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1. Photo 49/1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(17)
Title:
'Salt Rocks and River [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the salt rocks and a river on Qishm Island. Rocky hills rise in the background, while at right a scree-covered slope leads down to the river at centre. Inscriptions: Ink, below image: 'Salt Rocks and River.' Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘17’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

2. Photo 49/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(18)
Title:
'Artist at Work, Kishim [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Showing an unidentified European man wearing a pith helmet sketching in a notebook on a rocky hillside on the island of Kishim [Qishm], off the Persian coastline. Inscriptions: Ink, below image: 'Artist at Work, Kishim.' Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘18’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

3. Photo 49/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(19)
Title:
'Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter View of a group of sowars or mounted escorts. The title presumably refers to chain-mail worn by the soldiers (visible in the helmet worn by the man third from left). Inscriptions Ink, below image: 'Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.' Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘19’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

4. Photo 49/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(20)
Title:
'Camel Guard-of-Honour, Koweit.' Photographer: Raja Deen Dayal & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter View of a group of eleven men mounted on camels to form a guard of honour. Inscriptions Ink, below image: 'Camel Guard-of-Honour, Koweit.' Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘20’
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

5. Photo 49/1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(24)
Title:
'Bushire Coast Line.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter View of Bushire. The shoreline extends from right to distant left, lined with two-storey buildings. A particularly ornate balcony is visible at far right. In the distant background at left a dhow can be seen Inscriptions Ink, below image: 'Bushire Coast Line.' Pencil, lower righ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2-3 Dec 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

6. Photo 49/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(8)
Title:
'General View from R.I.M.S. Hardinge, Lingah.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from on board R.I.M.S. Hardinge, looking towards Lingah [Lingeh]. Four dhows are anchored off the coast while the town of Lingah is visible along the horizon. Inscriptions: Ink, below image: 'General View from R.I.M.S. Hardinge, Lingah.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24-25 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

7. Photo 49/1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(10)
Title:
'Khor-Kawi Passage, [Persian Gulf]' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from on board ship, looking towards the Khor Kawi Passage [Khor Kuwai/Quwai Strait], between Goat island [Jazirat al Ghanam] and Telegraph island (which is part of the Musandam Peninsula). The wake of the steamer can be seen extending from the foreground into the distant b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

8. Photo 49/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(11)
Title:
'Panoramic View of Hills, Elphinstone Inlet. [Persian Gulf]' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from on board ship, looking towards Elphinstone Inlet [Muḩāfaz̧at Musandam], off Telegraph Island. A steamer is visible right of centre and a smaller craft can be seen at far left. Rocky hills fill the skyline and a small low-lying island is visible in front of them. Inscr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

9. Photo 49/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(2)
Title:
'R.I.M.S. Hardinge accompanying Ships of the Royal East Indian Squadron.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View showing R.I.M.S. Hardinge (at centre) accompanying ships of the Royal East Indian squadron on Lord Curzon's tour of the Persian Gulf in November 1903. At least seven craft – some steamers and at least one sailing boat – are visible along the horizon line. The precise locat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

10. Photo 49/1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(9)
Title:
'Falk-al-asad Inlet, Persian Gulf.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from on board ship, looking towards the Falk-al-asad Inlet, on the coastline of the Persian Gulf, between Musandam Island and the mainland. In the left background a steamer trails a plume of smoke. Behind it high rocky hills line the shore. Inscriptions: Ink, below image: ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print