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Photo 430/8(5)
- Record Id:
- 041-003082773
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003082768
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100019754360.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023515398.0x000007
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 430/8(5)
- Title:
- '[Muscat] Sultan's Palace. 31. Oct 1900'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank
- Scope & Content:
-
Genre/Subject Matter
This view of the bay of Muscat from an elevated position in the east was likely photographed from Al-Jalali fort. It shows the Al-Mirani fort at centre, along with the Sultan's Palace and a variety of other buildings lining the shore in the left middleground.
Many small craft are visible in the middleground and foreground, while two boats are at anchor further out in the bay at the right of the image.
Inscriptions
Upper right, in pen, alongside image, in pencil: ‘c’
Lower right, in pencil, alongside image: ‘5’
Below image: ‘Sultan's Palace. 31. Oct 1900’
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003082259
040-003082768
041-003082773 - Is part of:
- Photo 430 : Curzon Collection
Photo 430/8 : 'South Persia'. Photographer: Lt. A. A. Crookshank (Curzon Collection)
Photo 430/8(5) : '[Muscat] Sultan's Palace. 31. Oct 1900'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank - Hierarchy:
- 032-003082259[0008]/040-003082768[0005]/041-003082773
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 430
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 b&w photographic print
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100008391121.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1900
- Date Range:
- 31 Oct 1900
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Dimensions:
72 x 100 mm
Format:
Materials:
Condition:
The image is faded at the left. There are some minor surface losses in the lower half of the image.
Foliation:
'c'; '5'
Process:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)