Distinctive Features: Hand-drawn outline map with certain areas (i.e. the Trucial Coast, area north of Shinas down to Muscat, and Dhofar Crown Estate) defined and annotated with remarks on their revenues. Coastal towns in the Gulf of Oman labelled and represented by encircled dots.
Distinctive Features: This is a printed version of a sketch map hold at IOR/R/15/1/319, folio 100. Shows western shores of the Persian Gulf with key regional ports marked and underlined in red. The map was produced to illustrate the debate over the port of Zubara, Qatar. In the left-hand cor...
‘Rough Sketch Chart of Kuweit, Fao, M’gussa and Surrounding Country’
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Distinctive Features: Hand drawn sketch map of Kuweit [Kuwait], Fao [Al Faw], M'Gussa [Umm Qasr] and surrounding country attached to a letter dated 20th February 1902. Anchorage near M'Gussa [Umm Qasr] and Khor al Subiyah area lettered with their coordinates reported below title. Shows the lo...
Newspaper cutting from an unknown paper with date ‘Tues May 17th 1913’ inserted in black ink at top of the page. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Map of the Persian Gulf region issued with an article ‘British Interest in the Gulf’ to illustrate the Baghdad Railway with propo...
Distinctive Features: Coastline between Ras Mussendam (Musandam) and Ras El Hadd (Ras Al Hadd) shown in red with grid added in pencil. Tracing produced from Mr. Bower’s map which was requested by Lieutenant Colonel F.B. Prideaus, in letter dated 19th October 1925, in order to compare it with ...
Blueprint map of Bahrain showing the proposed area for an oil concession covering the Hawar Islands. The proposed concession area has been coloured red on the map. Map enlarged in the Land Department, Government of Bahrain.
Letter No. 62 to Lieutenant James Dickson from John Beaumont at Bushire
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Short letter commanding Dickson to depart for Bombay as quickly as possible as his passenger Captain Richard Scott is charged with a commission for the company.
Instructions for Aga Momain, Issued by Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun, Resident, Bushire
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Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur] issues Aga Momain with instructions to take charge of the 40 bales of long ells that were returned by Hadgee Kaliel Khaun [Haji Khalil Khan].
Receipt of Six Empty Hogsheads Delivered by the Ravensbourne Brig
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This is a receipt for six empty hogsheads belonging to the Honourable Company for the use of the Bushire factory, which were delivered by the Ravensbourne Brig.