Sketch map of the Omani and Emirati coast from Muscat northbound
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Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours and hachures. Towns under Muscat authority underlined in red ink with distance from Ras Al Hamra inserted and shown in miles. Contains annotations concerning geology on hot springs and volcanic rocks, valleys and rivers labelled and shown by pec...
'70. X. 14. F.P. QASR AS SALWA. CONICAL HILL. LOOKING S'
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Oblique photograph taken in the course of an aerial reconnaissance of the Qatar Peninsula on 11 October 1935 by Squadron Leader J H Dand, Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi. There is a report on the reconnaissance at IOR/R/15/2/159, folios 18-20. Inscribed: 700 feet.
Oblique photograph taken in the course of an aerial reconnaissance of the Qatar Peninsula on 11 October 1935 by Squadron Leader J H Dand, Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi. There is a report on the reconnaissance at IOR/R/15/2/159, folios 18-20. Inscribed: 800 feet.
Plan of area of water adjacent to the property of Mesopotamia Persia Corpration, Manama, Bahrain
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A hand-drawn plan of an area of water on the inside of the New Sea Road and in front of the property of Mesopotamia Persia Corporation. The area was to be filled in and given to the Corporation by the State of Bahrain. The plan shows buildings and plots of land with notes on ownership.
Correspondence discusses miscellaneous topics including: The Amirs of Jaalan [Ja’alān] and their claim to be treated as an independent state along with the rebuttal of these claims. Kidnapping of Kersandas Lalji and visit to Sur in 1926 by Major Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, Political Agent Mus...
The volume contains copies of various budget reports for the State of Muscat, forwarded by the Political Agent Muscat to the Political Resident during the period July 1927 to March 1932. The list of reports sent to the Political Resident are as follows: Six-month statement of actual revenues and...
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to Hejaz affairs. Most of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah, the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the Foreign and Colonial Offices in London, and the Government ...
The file contains a copy of a letter sent by the British Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, regarding the date trade in Muscat. The letter encloses copies of letters forwarded by the Political Agent at Muscat on the cultivation of dates in the Persian Gul...
This file concerns economic developments in Saudi Arabia, including extracts from 'Saudi Arabia Monthly Economic Report. January/February 1948' (f 2) and March 1948 (f 7); extracts from 'Review of Middle East Press' dated 1 May 1948 (folio 3) and 28 May 1948 (folios 4-6); and a copy of an extract...
The file comprises copies of correspondence related to enquiries from British naval authorities in the Persian Gulf and Suez Canal, asking after the availability of various marine resources (motorised and sailing dhows, divers, barges) for procurement by the naval authorities for military means....
