Distinctive Features: Hand drawn rough sketch map of the Arabian Peninsula enclosed with letter no. C-436 dated 27th December 1938, sent to Sir Trenchard Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Produced to illustrate the European powers involvement and control over the region ...
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn sketch maps enclosed with a copy of letter no. C-184 dated 23rd May 1938 (folio 89) showing the Fao estates owned by Shaikh Ahmad with occupants’ names typewritten and number of trees cut down marked in red.
Genre/Subject Matter: This photograph shows a roadway and irrigation channel through Shaikh Aḥmad's estates at Fao, and the date gardens affected by the Basra port authorities’ widening of the roads. The trench and roadway extend from foreground to background with date palms on either side I...
Genre/Subject Matter: This photograph shows a road through Shaikh Aḥmad's estates at Fao, and the date gardens affected by the Basra port authorities’ widening of the roads. The road extends from foreground to background at right, with date palms on either side. Inscriptions: Recto, upper l...
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn sketch map of Umm Qasr sent with a copy of report by Colonel A.C Galloway dated 21th August (folios 89-91). Map prepared by the Base Survey Section showing the location of the proposed port at Umm Qasr, with landmarks lettered for reference and described in th...
'Howz Al Kishla Fao'. Photographer: Domnick Photo, Basrah
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Genre/Subject Matter: This photograph shows a road cut through Shaikh Aḥmad's estates in Fao and the date gardens affected by the Basra port authorities’ widening of the roads. The road extends from the foreground to background at right while the date gardens are visible predominantly at left...
'Howz Al Kishla'. Photographer: Domnick Photo, Basrah
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Genre/Subject Matter: This photograph shows trench filled with water, possibly an irrigation channel in Shaikh Aḥmad's estates at Fao, in the date gardens affected by the Basra port authorities’ widening of the roads. The trench extends from foreground to background and is filled with water, ...
Diagrammatic sketch map of the Iraqi-Kuwait border area
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Distinctive Features: Hand drawn rough sketch map of the area southwest of Safwan in Iraq, enclosed with a report of Kuwait-Iraq Frontier Incidents dated 29th September 1936 (folios 74-85). Shows the location of camps with number of tents and dates reported. Includes references to cases of smug...
Diagrammatic sketch map of the Iraqi-Kuwait border area
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Distinctive Features: Hand drawn rough sketch map of the area southwest of Safwan in Iraq, enclosed with a report of Kuwait-Iraq Frontier Incidents dated 29th September 1936 (folios 108-119). Shows the location of camps with number of tents and dates reported. Includes references to cases of sm...
‘Rough sketch to illustrate [the October 1933] incident’
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Distinctive Features: Hand drawn sketch map of Kuwait-Iraq maritime frontier attached to a report to illustrate incident between Iraqi Customs Authorities and a Kuwaiti vessel near Bubiyan Island on 15th October 1933 (folios 116-120). Kuwait-Iraq frontier indicated by red dash-dot line with t...