A rough sketch of the sections of Shaikh Ahmad's estate in Fao
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Distinctive Features: Rough plan attached to a letter no. C-173 dated 29th April 1938 (folio 214) showing the relative positions of the sections of the Shaikh of Kuwait estate in Fao with occupants’ names reported; the proposed cut new road and widened old roads indicated by pecked line. Orie...
‘Map Showing Selection by the Bahrein Petroleum Company Limited Under Concession Dated December 2nd 1925. Bahrein Island, Persian Gulf'
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Distinctive Features: Reduced printed copy of an outline map of Bahrain produced by the Bahrein Petroleum Company, sent with a copy of the Mining Lease with a letter no. P.Z. 3850/35 dated 7 June 1935 (folio 169). Above title in the upper right-hand corner: ‘Second Schedule to the Lease dated...
‘Proposed Reservation of 80 ft. Wide Strip of Land from Refinery to Sitrah’
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Distinctive Features: Blueprint sketch map dated 18 December 1935 produced by the Bahrein Petroleum Company, enclosed in a letter no. PA-333 (folio 42). Shows the proposed reservation of land for the refinery at Sitrah, Bahrain, including a ‘central line’ representing intended road and pipel...
This file is a continuation from the previous file concerning the events of the 1913 uprising of the Ibāḍī imamate and the tribes of the interior of Oman under the leadership Sālim bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī against the authority of the Sultans of Muscat and Oman, al-Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘...
‘Proposed Reservation for Refinery, Water Wells and Lines to Sitra. SK. No. 120. Corrected Nov. 6, 1936’
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Distinctive Features: Blueprint sketch map dated 1 Mar 1936 and revised 6 November 1936, produced by the Bahrein Petroleum Company. Enclosed with a letter no. C/504-10/1, dated 26 November 1936 (folio 175). Shows the proposed reservation of land for the refinery at Sitrah, Bahrain including t...
‘35/110 Muskat Transfer of Oman Subjects to Other Nationalities; 35/102 Request of Musallam bin Juma bin Salim al Ja’davi for registration of his Dhow 1912 (Vide case of 3 Omanis and German Consul – 35/101); German Flag Case 1912-to-1914 A 28’
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Correspondence concerning the transfer of Omani subjects to other nationalities and registration of dhows. The file concerns the request of Musallim bin Juma to be registered under the laws of the East African Protectorate. Correspondents include the Government of India, Foreign Department; Poli...
Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920
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Correspondence concerning the uprising of the tribes from the interior of Oman against the Sultan of Muscat [Taymūr bin Fayṣal]. Topics discussed include: A survey of causes and history of rebellion of the Omani tribes under their elected Imam until 1915; The Ibadhi sect of the Omanis. Agreemen...
Distinctive Features: Outline map of the Qatar Peninsula copied from the British Admiralty Chart No. 2837b and enclosed with a copy of Report on the Air Reconnaissance carried out over Qatar on 11 October 1935 (folios 72-73). Classified ‘Secret’. Shows the reconnaissance route with direction ...
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn sketch map showing Dawḩat Salwá and area west of Salwa, attached to a letter No. C/38-1.a/38 dated 25 January 1936, to illustrate a dispute concerning Saudi-Qatar boundary.