Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:Informal photograph of children on board the
Arabiaen route to Bombay. Mary Irene Curzon, the eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Curzon, sits at centre in a white bonnet and dress. With her a further three children stand, sit and lie nearby. A woman in white kneels at left, facing away from the camera.In the background a man sitting on a deck chair at centre looks towards the camera. At left in the background another woman sits in a deck chair. At left a woman and man stand (partially cropped out of photograph).This is the first of two, nearly identical photographs taken from the same angle. The second is at Photo 430/75/19.Inscriptions:Ink, below image: ‘Irene on board Arabia Dec 25. 1898’Pencil, alongside image at right: ‘18’Temporal context:This and the photographs that accompany it were taken en route to India at the end of 1898 and during the first year of Lord Curzon’s position as Viceroy of India, 1899.Physical description: Dimensions:94 x 113 mmCondition:The image is buckled along with the card it is mounted upon. Several creases and scratches have been stabilised. Slight underexposure or toning have affected the quality of the print. Light surface dirt throughout.Foliation:'18'Process:Albumen, collodio-chloride and platinum printing out paper
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:Informal photograph of children on board the Arabia
en routeto Bombay. Mary Irene Curzon, the eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Curzon, is at centre in a white bonnet and dress, looking towards the camera. With her a further three children stand, sit and lie nearby. A woman in white kneels at left, facing away from the camera.In the background a man and woman sit nearby one another on deck chairs. Two men walk along the deck at left away from the camera. At left a woman and man stand (partially cropped out of photograph).This is the second of two, nearly identical photographs taken from the same angle. The first is at Photo 430/75/18.Inscriptions:Ink, below image: ‘Irene.’Pencil, alongside image at right: ‘19’Temporal context:This and the photographs that accompany it were taken
en routeto India at the end of 1898 and during the first year of Lord Curzon’s position as Viceroy of India, 1899.Physical description: Dimensions:92 x 118 mmCondition:The image is buckled along with the card it is mounted upon. Several creases and scratches have been stabilised. Slight underexposure or toning have affected the quality of the print. Light surface dirt throughout.Foliation:'19'Process:Albumen, collodio-chloride and platinum printing out paper
Abstract: Pencil and ink sketch map of the island of Abu Mussa [Abū Mūsá]. The island’s coastline is marked in blue pencil. A number of features on the island are marked and annotated in German, including: an Arabic flag; the locations of two mines; an anchorage and loading point; heaps of red oxide. The map was possibly used in conjunction with a letter, from Shaikh Segger bin Kalet [Ṣaqr bin Khālid Āl Qāsimī] to Hage Hassan bin Ali Somey [Haji Hassan bin Ali Samaiyeh] (translation in the enclosing volume, folios 177-178) containing instructions for the collection of red oxide from Abu Mussa by the steamer
Louise.Physical description: Dimensions:200 x 285 mm.Materials:Pencil and pen on paper.
Abstract: A short report regarding concessions granted for the mining of oxides on Abu Musa island, compliled for the Secretary of State for India.The report is divided into three sections:I. List of Principal Persons Concerned;II. Chronological Table of Principal Events;III. List of Communications with German Government.Physical description: Condition: the file is contained within a bound volume that contains several other reports on a number of topics.Foliation: The foliation for this sequence commences at f 70, and terminates at f 71, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 7-151; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Relief shown by contours.Tracing showing the oxide iron sites and mines, numbered for reference with explanation in the upper left-hand corner and an annotation ‘Originally favoured by Major Cox with additions by Capt. Moore S/S Gulistan. Abu Musa 19th June 1909’ in the upper right.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink with additions in blue crayon on tracing paperDimensions:261 x 240 mm
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:This landscape view of a scene near Bushire [Būshehr] shows a trail winding from left through undulating landscape towards a flat plain below. In the background craggy peaks extend from right. Two figures on donkey or horseback can be seen at right while four further figures make their way along the path at left. It is not clear what mirage is being referred to in the title of the drawing.Temporal Context:Although the image dates from the Ouseley embassy 1810–12, the adjacent caption/description likely dates from c. 1880 and was written by later owner of the album, F. G. McCutcheon.Inscriptions:Recto:Lower right corner, in pencil: ‘28’Verso:Upper left, in pencil: ‘Abou-Shehr or Bushire, Persian Gulf’Lower left corner, in pencil: ‘J. D’Arcy. Malvern’Along lower edge, in pencil: ‘On the road to Dalkin [Daliki] from Bushire showing the mirage’Lower right corner, in pencil: ‘Novr. 2 1852’; ‘28’Adjacent inscription: ‘28.On the road from Bushire (Persian Gulf) to Dalkee showing the mirage’Physical description: Dimensions:108 x 282 mmMaterials:Watercolour on paperCondition:Light surface dirt coats the recto and verso, with staining along all edges. Two small puncture holes at upper left and right corners indicate that the drawing was at one time pinned up. A small tear or cut can be seen extending diagonally from lower edge , left of centre, for 10 mm.
Abstract: The map shows the area of Southern Iraq around Zubair and Basra. The map indicates hydrology (of the Euphrates River), settlements, roads, vegetation and provides some indication of relief.Published by the General Staff India under the direction of Colonel Sir S G Burrard, KCSI, RE, FRS, Surveyor General of India, 1916.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 460mm x 570mm
Abstract: Representation of a broken bridge over the Ab-i-diz [Ridkhaneh-ye Dez]. Signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 234 x 295mm
Abstract: This document was written by Gertrude Bell, Liason Officer and Correspondent to Cairo, and briefly details the visit of 'Abd al-' Aziz ibn Sa‘ūd to Basrah on November 27 1916 as part of the Mesopotamian campaign. Bell also describes the following:how Ibn Sa‘ūd came to power and his influence in the Arab world;his relationship with the British;his physical appearance;his character.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 107, and terminates at f 110, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-66 to dispatch no. 4 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 20 February 1839. The enclosures are dated 4 November 1837-16 May 1838.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Afghanistan, the Sikh Empire and Sindh. Much of the correspondence is concerned with the invasion of Herat by Persia [Iran], specifically:A treaty between the Shah of Persia [Mohammad Shah Qajar] and the chiefs of Kandahur [Kandahar, also spelt Candahar in the file], and the eventual renunciation of the treaty by the chiefs on the belief that the Shah had violated its termsThe surrender of Gorian [Ghurian, also spelt Ghorian in the file] to the Persian army after a ten-day siegeThe return to Herat of Kamran Shah and the city’s re-fortificationA meeting between the Shah of Persia and the Governor of Khorasan at Sahrood Boostan [Shahrud Bastam]The siege of HeratReactions to Persia’s actions by Dost Mahomed [Mohammad] Khan, Emir of Afghanistan, and his exiled predecessor Shah Shuja [Shah Shujah Durrani]A request by Yar Mohamed Khan, Vizier of Herat, for assistance from Candahar, Bhokhara [Bukhara] and Toorkistan [Turkestan].Other topics covered include:Intelligence reports believed to be inaccurate or unreliableReports of two thousand armed Baloches [Balochis] assembling near Rojhun [Rojhan]The return of Ranjit Singh, Maharajah of the Sikh Empire, to LahoreThe surrender of Bahram Khan Mazari to the Governor of Multan [Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra], and the return of his possessionsThe unauthorised publication of a secret Government of India despatch in Bombay [Mumbai] newspapersArrangements for a visit to the Sikh Empire by the Governor-General of India and a meeting between him and the MaharajahAn account of the roads between Peshawar and Cabool [Kabul]Reports of a Russian agent at CaboolA perceived threat of invasion of Peshawar by Sardar Mahamad Akbur Khan [Wazir Akbar Khan], Emir of CaboolNegotiations for stationing a British Resident in SindhFabricated credentials of Haji Hoosain Ali Khan, who had claimed to be a representative of the Government of CaboolDebts left behind by the late Dr Gerard, surgeon with the British mission to Cabool.The primary correspondents are: Colonel Claude Martin Wade, Political Agent, Loodianah [Ludhiana]; Lieutenant Frederick Mackeson, on a mission to Peshawar; Captain Alexander Burnes, on a mission to Cabool; and the Government of India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 406, and terminates at f 603, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: Sketch map attached to a report by Bertram Thomas related to the slave trade dated 23 August 1929. Shows Yal Sa'ad country with settlements labelled and boundaries indicated by red dotted lines.Physical description: Materials: Pen and ink on paperDimensions: 210 x 337 mm