Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, 10 June 1845, which provides an update on previous instructions received from the Court.The previous instructions were that Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company’s Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, should request protection from the Imaum for the agents of the Church Missionary Society. The agents, represented by Reverend Dr Krapf (also written Kraff), wished to obtain free passage into the interior of Africa through the Imaum’s territories on the East Coast of Africa. Hamerton was warned by the Court to proceed delicately with his request. An update from Hamerton is enclosed.The correspondents are: the Court of Directors; the Government of Bombay; and Hamerton.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 24’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 63’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 607, and terminates at f 613, 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.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Chart 598.Hydrographic chart covering the Horn of Africa north of the Juba [Bajun] Islands, the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula to Maskat [Muscat], the western Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Aden and the southern Red Sea. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings and some contours, sands and rocks, relief by hachures and occasional spot heights, settlements and place names, and includes topographical notes and navigational aids, including lights highlighted in watercolour.Chart compiled under the direction of Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen from 1822 to 1826, assisted by Captain Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal and lieutenants William Mudge, Thomas Boteler, Richard Owen, Edward Owen Johnes and Messrs Rogier, Arlett, Durnford, Badgley, Robinson, Bowen and Mercer, Midshipmen. North of 10°N the chart is compiled from reductions of more recent surveys by 'the East India Company's Officers'. Engraved by J & C Walker. Published by the Admiralty 1827, with corrections 1868, 1873, 1875, November 1876, December 1876, May 1877 and September 1877.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with watercolour additions, on paperDimensions: 870 x 600mm, on sheet 982 x 669mm
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:Image of the north end of Awali, a municipality in Bahrain, populated by workers from the Bahrain Petroleum Company.Inscriptions:Below image, in pen: 'N end of Awali'Below image, in pencil: ‘499’Physical description: Dimensions:54 x 78 mmCondition:The image is in good condition.Foliation:‘499’Process:Silver gelatin print
Abstract: Genre & Subject MatterAs well as four photographs, stamps, seals, printed documents, handwritten texts, maps and letters, this album contains fifty-one pencil, watercolour or pen and ink drawings; eight created while Augustus Fortunatis Bellasis was Collector and Magistrate at Hyderabad (Sind) in 1855 and the rest while he was on furlough travelling through the Middle East and Europe in 1856. The album also contains eight drawings by unidentified Sind artists. All items have been pasted onto the folios or otherwise inserted into the volume.Most of the drawings, whether complete or sketches, are inscribed with titles and dates. There are a number of blank folios.ElementsNumbers in square brackets refer to an alternative foliation system, which may extend throughout the related Scrapbooks. See ‘Arrangement’.f 4 [244] [Letter] ‘Produced in evidence in a poisoning case’f 5 [245] ‘Shah Maccai & Belooch Parade Ground. Hyd. Sind. 10 June 1855 from Varandah of Collector’s House’f 7 [247] [Letter] ‘From Dr Hartmann the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bombay’ff 8-10 [248, 249, 250] ‘Persian & Sindee Seals &c engraved at Hyderabad in Sind. Mostly by Fuzil Mahomed’f 11 [251] [Stamps of various collectors]f 12 [252] ‘The old seal used at Surat in 1800, when Surat was divided between the British Govt and the Nawabs of Surat. The two towers of the Castle are here represented with the British Flag floating over one and the Nawabs floating over the other.f 14 [254] [Prospectus of the Hydrabad Race Meeting]ff 16-20 [256, 257, 258, 259, 260] ‘Halla Tiles’f 22 [262] ‘The mode of tracing a pattern for an Embroidered Slipper. Hyderabad Sind.’f 23 [263] ‘Persian seal presented to the Emperor of the French at the Paris Exhibition of 186_’f 28 [264] ‘Gateway for the Mahomedan Cemetery at Hyderabad, Sind, designed by a native Artist – & painted in fresco.’f 31 [264 5, 264 6] [Painted design, inset; photograph of design on folio 23] ‘Another design for the same.’f 32 [264 7] [Photograph of design inset in folio 31]f 33v ‘The Verdict or rather Falsehood of the native court martial …’ [refers to folio 34]f 34r, f34v [265] [Written verdict against accused, ‘Mahomed Khan’, 7 August 1853]f 35 [266] [Watercolour drawing: camp near tomb]f 36 [267]‘Chimney at Shahandpoor 2 Nov 1855.’f 38 [269] ‘Old Halla Musjid from the Traveller’s Bungalow – 24 Nov 1855’f 40 [271] ‘Guhote Dund, 25 Nov 1855.’f 42 [273] ‘Sukkur Hills from Ruzee ka Gota 3 Dec 1855’f 43 [274] ‘Shewan from Meerpoor Ferry. Waiting for Jameson – 6 Dec 1855’f 46 [277] ‘Dhera Dulliel Fort 23 Decr 1855. A Mud Fort built by ... to stop the progress of Sir Charles Napier in 1843.’f 48 [278] [Letter dated 27th Dec 1855from Shaik Adnan Mesman[?]]f 50, f 51, f 52 [279 1, 279 2] [Copy of letter dated 30th March 1856 from Lieut. Colonel John Jacob C. B., acting Commissioner in Sind to the Right Honourable Lord Elphinstone G. C. H., Governor and President in Council, Bombay]f 53 [279 2] [Letter from C. Wood to the Governor in Council, Bombay, forwarded 20 May 1861]f 55 [280] [Photograph] ‘Byalla Club and Bombay Race course’f 56 [281] ‘Entrance to the Sea of Suez 30 April 1856.’f 58 [283] ‘Isle of Roda.’ ‘5 May 1856.’f 60 [285] ‘Pigeon Village in Egypt 6. May 1856.’f 63r, f63v [287] ‘4 May 1856. Pyramids of Ghiza.’f 64 [288] ‘Rhodes. 11 May 1856 with Manson. Sunday.’f 65 [Photograph] ‘Sir Bartle Frere. KCB KCSS Governor of Bombay’ ‘6 July 1864’f 66 [289] ‘Rhodes. 11 May 1856.’f 68a, f.68b [290] [Two sketches] ‘Views at Rhodes.’f 69 [291] ‘Rhodes’f 71 [293] ‘Entrance to Smyrna 12 May 1856’f 73 [295] ‘Entrance to Bay of Smyrna’ ‘12 May 1856’f 74 [296] ‘Smyrna 13 May 1856’f 75 [297] ‘Solitary Cyprus amid Grave Stones. Smyrna 13 May 1856.’f 76 [298] ‘Zenzdos 14 May 1856’f 78 [300] ‘Hector’s Tomb’ ‘Plains of Troy’ ‘In Sila Ajax’ Tomb’f 79 [301] ‘Two pretty Turkish Ladies on board the Steamer going to Constantinople in charge of their Eunuch 1856.’f 81 [302] [Joke] ‘What is the moral difference betw.: Cake & wine? / One is sometimes tipsy & the other is always drunk.’f 82 [303] ‘Fort of Asia’ ‘Dardanelles’ ‘Fort of Europe’ ‘May 1856.’f 83 Johnstone’s Sketch Map of the Country between Sevastopol and Balaklava Showing the Positions of the Russian Forts And of theBesieging Forces of the Allied Army November 1854’f 84 ‘Seat of the Russo Turkish Campaigns in European Turkey in 1828 . 1829.’f 88 [308] ‘22 May 1856 Entrance to Sebastapol Harbr’f 88v [308] ‘Phoras Pass 28 May 1856’f 89 [303 2] ‘Street in Rannesh[?] Crimea May 1856’f 92r [310 1] ‘The Alma 29 May 1856’f 92v [Untitled sketch of urban scene with minaret or tower]f 93 [310 2] ‘Chouphut Rali 30 May 1856’f 95 [312] ‘Balaklava Harbour. from the Buffalo Steamer 3 June. 1856.’f 97 [314] ‘Shumla 8 June 1855’f 97v ‘Adam ka Sanda. 4 Novr 1853[?]’f 100 [316] ‘Belgrade 17 June 1856’f 102r ‘Aden 11. June going out of Harbour’f 102v [317 1] ‘Trajan’s Bridge on the Danube. 16 June 1856’f 102r ‘Orsova. 16 June 1856’f 102v [Two untitled river scenes] ‘103’f 103 [317 2] ‘Approach to the Iron Gates. 16 June 1856.’f 103v ‘Town on the Danube 23 June 1856’f 104 [318] ‘Boats on the Danube. 1856.’ [Two sketches]f 104va [Untitled sketch, probably town on the Danube] ‘23 June 1856’ ‘107’f 104vb [Untitled sketch, probably town on the Danube] ‘23 June 1856’ ‘108’f 105 [319] ‘Benedictine Convent of Gottweib – on the Danube – 28 June 1856’f 106 [320] ‘Saltzburg Castle 26 June 1856.’f 107 [321 1] ‘Aggstein Castle & Town 23 June 1856.’f 110 [322] ‘Church near Aggstein on the Danube 23 June 1856’f 111 [323, 324] ‘Der Strudel’ ‘Der Wirbel’ [Two etchings]f 112 [325] [Etching of Greinburg Castle overlooking the Danube at Grein] ‘Grein’f 113 [326, 327] ‘Linz’, ‘Der Landungsplatz in Linz’ [Two etchings]f 114 [328, 329] ‘Der Brobebefestigungsthurm in Linz’, ‘Gmunden vom See’ [Two etchings]f 115 [330, 331] ‘Gmunden v. Kalvarienberg’, ‘St. Wolfgang’ [Two etchings]f 116 [332, 333] ‘St. Wolfgang’,‘Hallstadt’ [Two etchings]f 117 [334, 335] ‘Traunkirchen am Traunsee’, ‘Der Traunfall’ [Two etchings]f 118 ‘Der Schwarzbachfall bei Golling’, ‘Der Vordere Gossausee’[Two etchings]f 119 [338, 339] ‘St Gilgen am Wolfgangsee’, ‘Hotel Tallachini in Ischl’ [Two etchings]f 120 [340, 341] ‘Das Badhaus in Ischl’, ‘Schloss Leopoldskrone bei Salzburg’ [Two etchings]f 121 [342, 343] ‘Salzburg vom Mönchsberge’, ‘Residenzplatz [Salzburg]’ [Two etchings]f 122 [344, 345] ‘Mozart Platz [Salzburg]’, ‘Das Neu- Oder Sigmund-Thor [Salzburg]’ [Two etchings]f 123 [346] ‘Salzburg von Kapuzinerberge’ ‘Eigenthum Vérlag v. G. Baldi in Salzburg’ [Etching]f 124 [347, 348] ‘Plan von München’, ‘Route von Ulm nach München’ [Route maps]f 125 [349] ‘Mey & Widmayer München von der Nordseite’ [Etching]f 126 [350] ‘Mey & Widmayer Königl. Residenz gegen den Hofgarten in München’ [Etching]f 127 [351] ‘Mey & Widmayer Ludwigs Kirche und Bibliothek in München’ [Etching]f 128 [352] ‘Mey & Widmayer Neue Pinakothek in München’ [Etching]f 129 [353] ‘Mey & Widmayer Pinakothek in München’ [Etching]f 130 [354] ‘Mey & Widmayer Bahnhof in München’ [Etching]Temporal ContextAlthough one letter is dated 1861, the majority of the items in this scrapbook relate to the period 1855–56.Physical description: Dimensions:Album: 340 x 230 mm [portrait]Format:Half-bound leather and marbled paper album 135 folios, onto/into which 111 items are pasted or otherwise inserted.Condition:Binding is broken lengthwise and there is extensive scuffing evident. The marbled paper is faded, with extensive surface loss on both covers.Foliation:The album has been foliated with two systems: the primary system (1–135) is usually noted in the right hand corner recto fo each folio. The secondary system (244–354) is indicated on the recto of the inserts themselves, in pencil, usually across the upper edge; this system does not include every item. It is indicated on the lower left corner of the fly leaf that the album was foliated on the 17/4/63.Binding:The album is bound in half leather format, which is heavily scuffed along the stitched spine. The spine is broken. This binding is original and has been personalised by gilt title information along the spine: ‘My Scrap Book.’ ‘Volume V. 1855. .1856’ ‘A.F. Bellasis’. A Shelfmark indicator, also gilt, has presumably been added later: ‘MSS. EUR. G45 10’
Abstract: Genre & Subject MatterAs well as photographs, a map, an engraving, lithographs, etchings, printed matter and handwritten documents, this album contains sixty-eight pencil, watercolour or pen-and-ink drawings. Twenty-eight drawings (including those from folios 23–73) were made while on leave from November 1850 to June 1852; forty drawings (including those from folios 74–129) were made in Karachi (Sind) and during a cold weather tour, December 1852 to March 1853, with Bartle Frere, Commissioner of the newly-acquired province of Sind.All items have been pasted onto the folios or otherwise inserted into the volume and are inscribed with notes by Augustus F. Bellasis.Most of the drawings, whether complete or sketches, are inscribed with titles and dates. There are a number of blank folios.ElementsNumbers in square brackets refer to an alternative foliation system, which may extend throughout the related Scrapbooks. See ‘Arrangement’.f 1 [Photograph] ‘The tomb of Henry Adrian Baron von Reede, in the Dutch Cemetery at Surat. A.D. 1691.’ ‘59’f 2 ‘Pamphlet on Tombs at Surat’ [missing]f 3 [Photograph] ‘The tomb of Sir George Oxenden Bt President of Surat & the 1st Governor of Bombay. ob: 1669.’f 4 [Photograph] ‘Tomb of Christopher Oxenden A.D. 1659 & of his brother Sir George A.D. 1669 Oxenden. The 1st Governor of Bombay’ ‘Tomb of Gerald Aungier’ff 6–7 [123 2] [Transcribed letters and accounts dating 1851–1854]ff 9–20 [123 1] [‘Report on the Southern Districts of the Surat Collectorate by A. F. Bellasis, Esq., First Assistant Collector, 15th October 1850 (Printed: 1854)]f 23 [126] ‘Bombay. From Byculla Club’, showing position of Randal Lodge, Henry Fawcett’s house and Mrs. Lestock Reid’s house (Henry Fawcett was a cousin of Augustus Bellasis).f 25 [128] [Unidentified landscape]f 26 ‘Straits of Babelmandel. 12 Novr 1850.’f 27 [130] [Unidentified maritime scene, probably in Red Sea]f 28 [131] ‘Chota Aden 11 Nov 1850’f 30 [133] ‘Isabera Islands – Red Sea – 13 Novr 1850’f 32 [135] ‘Jibel Jan – 13 Novr 1850.’f 34 [137] ‘Jibel el Teer – Red Sea. 13 Novr 1850’f 36 [139] ‘Approaching St John’s Isld 16 Novr 1850’f 37 [140] ‘16 Novr 1850. St John’s Isld.’f 39 [142] ‘Abushaha Range. Entrance to the Sea of Suez – 18 Nov 1850.’f 41 [144] ‘Boats on the Nile. 1850’f 42 [145] ‘Pyramids from the Nile distant ab 15 miles 21 Novr 1850’f 43 [146] [Sketch of boat, likely Egyptian, with 3 miniscule outlines of sail plans] ‘A. F. Bellasis.’f 45 [148] ‘Quarantine Harbr. Malta. Dec – 1850.’f 46 [149] ‘St of Messina after leaving Messina 13 Decr 1850’f 47 [150] ‘Stromboli 8 miles W. 13 Decr 1850’f 48 [151] ‘Stromboli 15 miles S.E. 13 Decr 1850’f 50 [153] ‘Rome from my bedroom window 16 Jany 1851.’f 52 [155] ‘Pio IX P.M.’ [Engraving of Pope Pius IX]f 53 [155 2] ‘Fac-simile of a curious Pen Drawing executed in a single oval line, By Overlaet of Antwerp’ [Lithograph: lithographer: A. Butler; printers: M. and N. Hanhart]f 54 [156 1] a ‘The Capitol [Rome]’; b ‘St. Mary Major [Rome]’ [Two etchings]f 55 [156 2] a ‘St Peters, the Vatican and Piazza’; b ‘Colosseum’ [Two etchings]f 56 [156 3] a ‘Fountain of Trevi’; b ‘Arch of Constantine’ [Two etchings]f 57 [156 4] ‘The Pantheon’ [Etching]f 59 [158] ‘Byland Abbey. 12 August 1851.’f 60 [159] ‘Rievaulx Abbey’ [Lithograph; delineated and lithographed by W. Monkhouse]f 61 [160] ‘Glen Moriston – Sep. 1851’ ‘Glen Moriston – the seat of James Murray Grant, Esq., Invernessshire.’f 62 [161] ‘Glenmoriston – the seat of James Murray Grant, Esq.’f 63 [162] ‘Loch Ness opposite to Glen-moriston. Oct 1851.’f 65 [164] ‘Loch Ness from the Horse Shoe looking towards Fort Augustus. Sept. 1851.’f 66 [165] ‘Glen Urquarth – Loch Ness –’f 68 [167] ‘Head of Windermere from foot of Curwen’s Island. 14 Oct 1851. Fish won’t bite.’f 72 [171] ‘Corfu. 29 May 52’f 73 [172] ‘Madon. a Greek Fort on the W. coast of the Morea. 30 May 1852.’f 74 [173] ‘Entrance to Kurachee 1852’f 75 [174 1] ‘Manora from Clifton 22 May 1852’f 76, f 77 [174 2] ‘Clifton from Manora 1 June 1852.’ and ‘Banks of the Nile 19 Nov 1857’f 78 [175] [Map of part of Karachi, including Keamaree (Kiamari) and Clifton]f 80 Inscription reading: ‘Sketches taken during the cold season of 1852/53 while on an official tour of inspection through the Province of Sind with Mr H. B. E Frere – the Commissioner in Sind.’f 81 [176]‘Great Burr Tree – Gooza. 31 Dec 1852’f 82 [177] ‘Burr Tree near Gooja 13 Nov 1852’f 84 [179] ‘Extract from the Book kept at the Izandier Bungalow at Ghurra in Lower Sind’; [Letter from Lawrence Hammend to Belasis, 31 October 1854]f 87 [181] ‘Niggin Jatta. 2 Jany 1853’ [Sketch of camp with camels]f 88 [182] ‘Hyderabad from Meanee 13 Jany 1853’f 90 [184] ‘21 Jany 1853 – Camp Futt – Sukkee Hills in distance’f 91 [185] [Camp in western India with city on hilltop]f 93 [187] ‘Farooshah. Lieut. Jameson’s Head Quarters 1853.’f 94 [189] ‘Burr Tree, Nowshera – 9 Feby 1853’f 96 [190] [Sketch of the head of a man]; ‘Nawab Ali Fauzdarof Shikarpoor, Feby 1853’; ‘Back view of Nawab Ali on his Mule.’; ‘Shikarpoor Bazaar. 10 Feby 1853.’f 98 [192] ‘Jacobadad February 1853.’f 100 [194] ‘Boats on the Indus – 1853’f 102r [196] ‘Loong Khan Jakranee 27 Feby 1853’f 102v [Sketch of unidentified woodland scene with structure]; [Sketch of head and shoulders of unidentified man]; ‘2 May 1853 Near Nuygen[?] Pier.f 106 [199] ‘Banks of the Sindh. 23 Feby 1853.’f 108 [201] ‘Island below Sukkan 1853’f 110 [202 1] ‘Sukkee. 18 March 1853’f 111 [203 1] ‘Kwaja Khoja – The Fisherman’s Mosque’f 112 [203 2] ‘Bukkur Fort 16 March 1853.’f 113 [204] ‘Kwaja Khoja. the Fisherman’s Mosque.’f 115 [206 1] ‘Sukkur’ ‘Bukkur Fort’ ‘Roree 14 March 1853’f 116 ‘Suez. 21 Nov 1857.’f 116v ‘Bukkur 15 March 1853’’f 117 [206 2] ‘Minaret – Sukkur. 15 March 1853.’f 118 [207] ‘Sukkee Hills. 18 March 1853.’f 120 [209 1] ‘The Indus. 19 March 1853.’f 121 [209 2] ‘Veron Bezla 22 March 1853’f 123 [211 1] ‘Hell’s Gate. 23 March 1853’f 124 [211 2] [Unidentified landscape with fisherman swimming on pots] ‘23 March 1853’f 126 [213] ‘Banks of the Indus in the Delta. 23 March 1853.’f 128 [215 1] ‘Ruins of Buddeen 1853’f 129 [215 2] ‘Ruins of Buddeen 1853’f 130 [216] [Handwritten notes] ‘Bacon says. “Reading maketh a full man – conference a ready man, & writing an exact man. / The Arabs have a proverb that those who dabble deep in manuscript, are like donkeys laden with many books. / “I’ve seen much finer women, ripe & real than all the nonsense, of their stone idial [sic]” Byron 2/4/57’ff 131–132 [217, 218] ‘The thirteen fundamental Articles of Faith – which every Jew ought firmly to believe & rehearse daily –‘f 134–137 [219, 220, 221, 222] [Handwritten notes] ‘Architecture in England’Physical description: Dimensions:Album: 340 x 230 mm [portrait]Format:Half-bound leather and marbled paper album 135 folios, onto/into which 111 items are pasted or otherwise inserted.Condition:Binding is broken lengthwise and there is extensive scuffing evident. The marbled paper is faded, with extensive surface loss on both covers.Foliation:The album has been foliated with two systems: the primary system (1–135) is usually noted in the right hand corner recto of each folio. The secondary system (123–222) is indicated on the recto of the inserts themselves, in pencil, usually across the upper edge; this system does not include every item.Binding:The album is bound in half leather format, which is heavily scuffed along the stitched spine. The spine is broken and covers detached. This binding is original and has been personalised by gilt title information along the spine: ‘My Scrap Book.’ ‘Vol. III. 1850. .1853’ ‘A.F. Bellasis’.
Abstract: This printed memorandum, by Joseph Austen Chamberlain, contains a report of a lecture 'Germany and the Middle East', by Dr Paul Rohrbach given at the Hamberg Volksheim which was printed in
Hamburger Fremdenblatt, 3 December 1915.The report discusses Rohrbach's opinions on the current situation in Europe and how Germany now had an advantage following the opening up of routes to the Middle East and the Suez Canal through the provision of railways and money to Turkey. The lecture also focused on Germany's need for raw materials, how access to the Middle East can provide them with oil, minerals, cotton and wheat, and the potential future economic benefits posed by the war-time alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey. The lecture concludes with the suggestion that as Germany cannot compete with Britain in its Naval strength it could use the Suez Canal as a point of pressure to try to secure access to the sea and its own position in the heart of Europe.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation commences and concludes on folio 6, 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 former foliation sequence is also present in the volume; these numbers are also written in pencil, are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: Confidential memorandum containing a list of chapters and translated extracts from the book
Der Kampf um Arabien zwischen der Türkei und England[The Fight for Arabia between Turkey and England] by Dr Franz Stuhlmann of the Hamburgischen Kolonialinstitut [Hamburg Colonial Institute], and published by George Westermann in Hamburg, 1916. The extracts, which begin on the verso of folio 1, are preceded by a note, written by Arthur Hirtzel, Secretary to the Political Department of the India Office, and dated 31 October 1916, which draws attention to the academic credentials of Stuhlmann’s book.The extracts from Stuhlmann’s book cover topics including: the province of Hejaz and the Hejaz railway; the Trans-Arabian railway; the University of Medina; Turkish reforms; Yemen and Asīr, including the railway from Hodeida [Al-Ḥudaydah] to Sanaa [Ṣanʻā']; English interests in southern Arabia; Muscat and Oman; Bahrein [Bahrain] and the Turkish province of El-Hasa [Al-Hasa]; the Wahabis [Wahhābīs] and their successors in Nejd [Najd]; Koweit [Kuwait]; oil deposits in Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]; navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates; Mesopotamia during the War; and extracts from Stuhlmann’s conclusion, which comments on the strategic importance to England of the Persian Gulf, and the importance to Turkey and Germany of the Shatt al-Arab.An appendix to the memorandum, entitled ‘The importance to Germany of an open Persian Gulf’ is a review of an article that appeared in the journal
Europäische Staats und Wirtschafts Zeitung, 18 August 1916, entitled ‘Der persische Golf und die Verkehrspolitik der Mittelmächte’ [The Persian Gulf and the Commercial Policy of the Central Powers], written by Professor Gerhard Schott of the Deutsche Seewarte [German Hydrographic Office].Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The booklet contains an original typed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Aerial photograph of gardens and walls at Ambak [Nibāk], situated in a desert landscape on the frontier between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The photograph was taken during a Royal Air Force reconnaissance flight on 14 October 1935. On the rear of the photograph is a red date stamp, marked ‘for official use only’, ‘Royal Air Force official, Crown Copyright Reserved’, and dated 16 October 1935.Physical description: Dimensions:183 x 183 mm.