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, 1899.1 b&w albumen printDimensions: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
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.1 file (2 folios)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.
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.1 mapDimensions:200 x 285 mm.Materials:Pencil and pen on paper.
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.1 mapMaterials:Pen and ink with additions in blue crayon on tracing paperDimensions:261 x 240 mm
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’1 watercolour drawing on paperDimensions: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.
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, 1916.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 460mm x 570mm
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.1 file (4 folios)This file consists of a single document.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.
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.1 mapMaterials: Pen and ink on paperDimensions: 210 x 337 mm
The file comprises maps and notes prepared in anticipation of the stopping off at Bahrain of Indian Army regiments that were part of Indian Expeditionary Force D, which travelled from Bombay to Basra in October 1914, and went on to fight in the Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War. The regiments stopped at Bahrain between 23 and 30 October 1914. However, in spite of the preparations made, no troops or livestock left the Expeditionary Force ships which moored off the Bahrain coast.The file contains:three hand drawn maps (one original and two tracings) showing the proposed sites for camps, and planned routes for infantry and animals from the selected disembarkation points in Manama, to the camps (ff 4-5, ff 6-8, ff 9-11);a carbon-copied sketch map of a camp, located one mile south of Manama, with allocated plots within the camp for different regiments, many of which were part of the 6th (Poona) Division (f 3);a general note entitled ‘camping grounds in Bahrain Island’ (f 2);disembarkation notes, identifying the customs jetty, Political Agency jetty, and the Gray Paul & Company jetty, as the three points where disembarkation could take place (ff 12-13);a note on the availability of drinking water in Bahrain, including surface wells, deep wells, sea springs and island springs (ff 14-15);further notes on the two possible camping grounds identified (ff 16-18);a note on supplies, with brief details of fuel and fodder (f 19);notes for the ADMS [Assistant Director of Medical Services] on the climate and sanitary situation at Bahrain (f 20);duties of various people who would be involved in the disembarkation and supply of provisions (f 21).1 file (20 folios)Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The lands of the Eastern Caliphate Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia from the Moslem conquest to the time of TimurPublication Details: Cambridge : University Press, 1905.Notes: Cambridge Geographical Series.Physical Description: xvii, 536 p., 10 maps (folded).1 volume (536 pages)Dimensions: 195mm x 135mm
This map shows the territory of Kuwait and associated routes topographic heights in feet. The map also shows the location of the Kuwait Oil Company's base of operations, indicated as 'Camp' in the map legend.1 MapMaterials: Bromide on Manuscript with coloured ink.Dimensions: 313 x 353mm
Imprint:Published under the direction of Major-General H.L. Thuillier, C.S.I.-F.R.S., Surveyor General of India, Surveyor General’s Office, Calcutta. December 1877. Photozincographed under the Superintendence of Capt.n. J. Waterhouse.Edition statement:‘Compiled from the most authentic materials available in the Office of the Surveyor General of India, Calcuta, May 1876. With Corrections to November 1877’.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by shading. Boundaries coloured for reference with a key at the bottom left. Routes of various expeditions shown with names of explorers and dates of their journeys given. Notations on topographic features inserted on the map. Shows Telegraph Cable laid in 1864, Indus Valley State Railway, and Sind Punjab and Delhi Railway lines. Includes ‘List of Authorities Consulted in the Compilation of this map’.Inscriptions:In the lower centre above imprint, black faded ink: ‘A.A. 28-10’.1 map on 2 sheetsDimensions:779 x 1050 mm, on sheet 860 x 1108 mm
Genre/Subject Matter:Black and white photograph showing a gravel plain the foreground, and hills in the background.Inscriptions:Upper right, above image, in pen: ‘No 2.’Left, alongside image, in pen: ‘Lofty drifts of loose sand’ and ‘Gravel plain with sand’Right, alongside image, in pen: ‘Hills partially covered by sand drifts’Centre, below image, in pen: ‘Rocky ground. View to N. of Manzil’.1 photographDimensions: 105 x 149mm
This genealogical table of the Subhān [Subḥān] family appears in a section titled 'Recent History and Present Politics' of Jebel Shammar [Jabal Shammar] of Chapter 11 in volume one of
A Handbook of Arabia(Admiralty War Office, Intelligence Department: May 1916). The table includes 26 named and unamed individuals, including females. The names of individuals is printed in bold type.1 genealogical table
The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, through the Black Sea, and the country of Colchis. Containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan. To which is added, the coronation of this present king of Persia, Solyman the III.Publication details: London: printed for Christopher Bateman, 1691.Holding notes: Imperfect, only 16 plates present.1 volume (505 pages)The volume contains two sections, an account the travels and an account of the Coronation. There is an index to the account of the travels, which begins after page 417; and a table, similar to an index, for the account of the coronation which begins after page 154.Dimensions: 304mm x 197mm.Condition: [14], 417, [7[, [2], 154, [6]p, 25 leaves of plates, iii, map, portrait; 31cm. 2°.Pagination: p265 to p330 have been omitted; the pages between p398 and p403 have been numbered as follows: p402, p400, p401, p399.
Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.Publication Details: London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1816 Printed by A. Strahan, New-Street-Square.Notes: Printer's name from colophon.Physical Description: xxx, 423, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (col.), 1 map ; 28 cm. (4º)1 volume (423 pages)Dimensions: 280mm x 215mm
Genre/Subject Matter:This lithographic print shows objects and utensils in common use in Mecca. The items are drawn from the collection of Christiaan Snouck Hugronje and the illustration was printed by Pieter Willem Marinus Trap, the lithographic printer of the journal
Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie.The objects are itemised in the list of plates at the beginning of the volume. Each object is identified by a number, which refers to elements in this list. The information in square brackets has been taken from a contemporaneous essay by Snouck Hurgronje entitled ‘Ethnographisches aus Mekka’, which was published in
Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie, Vol. I, Leiden, 1888.They are as follows:1
Zèmbil(Marktkörbchen) [Market basket. Zigzag-shaped wickerwork palm leaf strips with two handles opposite one another at the centre of the edge, which is secured with braided black wool. These baskets are to be found in various sizes, the larger ones usually have a flat base.]2
Mèknasah(Teppichbesen aus Palmblättern) [Carpet brush; this two-sided bristles of palm leaf are bent towards each other and bound together so that the bristles the brush and the middle-ribbing form the handle.]3
Mekkabbah(Deckel für Schüsseln oder teller, die, mit Speisen gefüllt, von Haus zu Haus oder in die Moschee getragen warden) [Hat-shaped cover. The spiralling wicker-work of palm leaf strips are braided over a thin hoop. Strips of different coloured wool are drawn through the wickerwork near the edge of to form a fringe-like embellishment. In addition, short, narrow strips of silk and wool are affixed by sewing them on near the edge. ‘Would be used to cover a bowl or metal plate when one wants to send such a vessel, filled with food, to friends or neighbours, for example because one cannot accept an invitation to dinner.’]4
Quffah(Körbchen zum Mitnehmen von Speisen) [Cylinder-shaped basket with a covering lid that is attached by means of a cord threaded through two opposite points. Zigzag-shaped wickerwork of palm leaf strips into which short tassels of variously-coloured wool are worked in as embellishment. Children take such baskets of food to school. They also serve to carry dates, bread and the like, which are taken to mosques by the faithful for evening worship during the fasting month to enjoy after sunset as the first refreshment.]5, 5a
Mèrwaẖaj(aus Palmblättstreifen geflochtener Fächer) [Four-sided fan; zigzag-shaped wickerwork of narrow palm leaf strips. As a handle the stem of a palm leaf. The embellishments are formed of squares of numerous, convening holes, irregular six or four-sided in shape.]6
Qubqāb(hölzerner Stelzschuh, in dieser Form von Weibern getragen) [Wooden sandal with flower-deocration in red, yellow and silver and a row of bisected yellow diamonds along the central axis, on a green background. This form of shoe is worn primarily by women, un-coloured
Qubqābsare made use of by both sexes in the bathroom (and privy); because going barefoot is not recommended but leather footwear would be damaged by the running water.]7
Madāsmèkkāwi(mekkanische Sandale) [Mekkan Sandal, the upper side is decorated by rows of gold and silver thread tracery in rows across the transverse strap and yellow, red and green leather straps. Tiny green leather strips wind around the upper end of the peg that rests between the toes. Flaps of black, green, reddish and yellowish wool are attached to the middle of a second, adjacent strap. The name is only used by convention; no less frequently is the
Madāsmèdèniworn. Perhaps the origin of the form survives in the name.]8
Madāsmèdèni(medinensische Sandale; nicht weniger als die vorhergehende Form in Mekka getragen) [Medina Sandal. Almost identical to the previous, except with only one transverse strap with half-heart shaped flaps of variously-coloured wool fabric at the middle of the upper side. The leather peg is [decorated] as in the previous type. The inner part of the upper side of the sole is sewn with golden strips at the front edge. As to the meaning of the name, see above.]9, 10
Kursī’s(Tischchen zum Daraufstellen grosser metallener Teller mit Speisen) [Octagonal table: at each corner the table top meets one of the columnar legs of the table. Below the table top column-like bars at an angle as well as knobs form a grill. Lengths of semi-oval slat are attached to the table top itself, along each edge. The legs, the latticework and the slats are painted in various bright colours, the brown-wooden sheet is unpainted. A large metal plate is places onto such a table; food (e.g. rice with meat) is either directly placed onto it, or in various dishes. Such tables serve also serve to display beautiful copper objects (e.g. cans, Jassen) as showpieces.Rectangular table: a portion of the upper end of the four pillar-shaped legs are painted in various bright colours (marbled), the grill consists simply of vertical columns. Otherwise, apart from in form, identical with the above.]11, 12
Raẖl’s(Lesepulte, resp. aus Holz und aus Palmblattstielen; vorzüglich zu Uebungen im Qurānrecitieren gebraucht) [Lectern of brown wood; both the feet and the desk are formed of a piece each, which are movable due to the hinge at the mid-point of their length. The feet are carved up-to-date, the outer sides of the lectern with carving in base-relief. Used namely by boys learning to recite the Qur’an. Lectern made of palm leaf stalks; the crossbars are inserted through holes in the long bars.]13
Qalaç(lederne Mäklertasche zum Aufnehmen kleiner, dem Dèllāl zum Verkauf übergebener Gegenstände) [Leather trader’s bag. The exterior is decorated with many leather strips, which are brought together to form tassels and cords, and are decorated with strung beads of white metal. At the upper edge of the bag, six leather loops, through which a belt passes, by means of which the bag is closed. In actual fact, for the dealer, who is connected with practically every type of sale, such a bag serves to store small items (jewellery etc.) entrusted to the trader to sell; even when the bag is empty, the trader wears the bag over his shoulder, as a sort of attribute of his trade.]Inscriptions:Printed above image, in ink:XXXVIIIPrinted beneath image, in ink:Lower right corner: ‘ex. coll. auct.’Lower left corner: ‘P.W.M. Trap exc.’1 lithographic printDimensions:250 x 200 mmFormat:1 lithographic printCondition:The print is in good condition.Foliation:‘XXXVIII’
Genre/Subject Matter:This lithographic print shows objects and utensils in common use in Mecca. The items are drawn from the collection of Christiaan Snouck Hugronje and the illustration was printed by Pieter Willem Marinus Trap, the lithographic printer of the journal
Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie.The objects are itemised in the list of plates at the beginning of the volume. Each object is identified by a number, which refers to elements in this list. The information in square brackets has been taken from a contemporaneous essay by Snouck Hurgronje entitled ‘Ethnographisches aus Mekka’, which was published in
Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie, Vol. I, Leiden, 1888.They are as follows:1, 2
Schèrbah’s(hölzerne Wasserkrüge) [Wooden, vase-shaped pitcher with lid. The outside is painted in bright colours; the individual colour-bands are interspersed with decorative bands of yellow. The the majority of the decoration is formed by removing the varnish in the form of the intended design, forming a kind of incised decoration. The wide neck is painted green. As regards use, [cf. 1781.b.6/72] the same use for the wooden as for the clay pitchers apples. Note: the wood is actually more than decorative; for that very reason, because they do not cool the water, they are less useful. [Example 2:] Similar to the previous. The bell is larger the inner side of the neck painted red. The decorated is produced in the same way.]3, 4
Barrādijjeh’s(hölzerne Wasserkrüge) [Wooden water pitcher, only slightly narrowing from base to lid, with a very gentle contraction beneath the rim of the opening. Inside the neck a sieve-like sheet in the centre of which a large six-pointed star is cut out. The lid finds its centre in a tall knob, from whose tip and in a ring thereabouts wooden beads are attached to helical springs. Decoration is as in the previous. [Example 4:] Similar to the previous. On the inside of the neck there is a sieve-like punctuated wooden disc attached. Wooden objects such as this are beginning to be discussed, and similarly painted items have been received by the Ethnographic Imperial Museum from Calcutta. The decorations, however, are not incised but rather painted with colours. Extending from the edges, with partly round, partly star-shaped holes. The upper side of the sieve and the inner part of the neck that lies over it are painted red, as well as the concave underside of the lid.]5
H̱uqq(hölzerne Dose zur Aufbewahrung kleiner Gegenstände) [Wooden box with lid whose lower edge is wider than walls of the box. The interior of the boc and the lid are painted a dirty light green. For the safekeeping of small objects of various kinds.]6
Kāsoder
Kāsah(Trinkbecher) [Wooden drinking cup with tapering wall, from top to bottom. Base and inner side red, the external sides various colours, with metallic reflex. Used for drinking water or Sherbet. ]7
H̱uqq(hölzerne Dose) [Spherical box with colourful marbled markings, which are distributed thoughout fields between red and purple coloured bands, which run across the sphere. Although the centre of the belt, a bat-shaped decoration, produced by the scraping away of a portion of the paint. The box opens in the middle.8
Qaçabah(hölzernes Gestell zur Aufnahme eines Wasserkruges) [Wooden frame, used for holding a water pitcher. Between three, diagonally tapering, pillar-like legs, which narrow towards one another at the top, at the base a wooden lattice-work consisting of small knobs and buttons attached between parallel crossbars. Wooden acorns hang from the lower crossbars. On the inner side of the lattice-work a wooden ball is formed, into which a pitcher would rest, when placed there. The upper ends of the legs are attached into holes in the clay underside of the barrel-shaped head, which, at the top, forms into a vase-shape. On the lower edge of the head, are six wooden knobs. Between each pair of legs is a pillar-shaped rod with knob-like protrusions to the right and left of the middle of its length, and with a wooden acorn hanging from the lower end. In the middle of the upper end of the head is an iron eyelet onto which an iron ring and iron hook are attached, by which means the rack is hung onto the wall of a room. Painting etc. can be seen in the illustration. Racks that serve the same purpose, called
mirfa’are placed on the ground and are usually four-footed.]Inscriptions:Printed above image, in ink:XXXIXPrinted beneath image, in ink:Lower right corner: ‘ex. coll. auct.’Lower left corner: ‘P.W.M. Trap exc.’1 lithographic printDimensions:250 x 198 mmFormat:1 lithographic printCondition:The print is in good condition.Foliation:‘XXXIX’
Genre/Subject Matter:This lithographic print shows objects and utensils in common use in Mecca. The items are drawn from the collection of Christiaan Snouck Hugronje and the illustration was printed by Pieter Willem Marinus Trap, the lithographic printer of the journal
Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie.The objects are itemised in the list of plates at the beginning of the volume. Each object is identified by a number, which refers to elements in this list. The information in square brackets has been taken from a contemporaneous essay by Snouck Hurgronje entitled ‘Ethnographisches aus Mekka’, which was published in
Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie, Vol. I, Leiden, 1888.They are as follows:1
Schèrbah(hölzerner Wasserkrug) [Wooden water pitcher, vase-shaped; the interior of the neck opening red.]2
Rub’ī(hölzerner Wasserkrug) [Wooden water pitcher, vase-shaped; with narrow neck that is less than half as narrow as the above and the interior is red. Bell with metallic reflex.]3
Mèschrab(hölzerner Becher mit Untersatz und Deckel) [Wooden vessel with stand and lid. Interior of the lid and the bowl, as well as the underside of the base painted red. Exterior green marbled. Decoration incised by the same method described previously [cf. 1781.b.6/74]. Used for drinking Sherbet.]4
H̱uqq(Dose mit Deckel) [Wooden box with lid, whose lower edge protrudes over the walls of the box. The interior of the box and lid are painted a dirty light green. Used for keeping small objects of different kinds.]5
Ṯasahoder
Mèschrab(hölzerne Trinkschale) [Wooden drinking cup. Inner side light gray green, the border coloured yellow. Exterior bluw with yellow decorations as described previously [cf. 1781.b.6/74] and two red bands.]6, 7
Findjānund
Ẕarf(hölzerne Kaffeetasse und becherförmige, dazu gehörende Untertasse) [
Findjān: Bedouin coffee saucer. Of yellowish clay with greenish glaze. Similar vessels larger in size serve as butter dishes.
Ẕarf: Coffee cup, light brown wooden saucer, for holding a coffee cup [7] of the same material. The exterior of each well polished.]8
Kātah(kleiner Becher mit Deckel) [Cup with lid of brown, polished wood in the form of a flass. The edges of the cup are edged by a narrow yellow-line. The material is thought to be Aloe wood.]9
Mèschrab(messingene Trinkschüssel; in der Mitte einer Art Pfeiler, von dessen Rande einige messingene Amulete herabhängen) [Brass bowl. From the centre a kind of column rises so that a second, smaller bowl rotates, on the edge of which many small bits of brass (amnulets) hang down. On the inner side of the bowl are engraved characters. Similar in form, (without the amulets) are the cups from which one may drink Zemzem water at the mosque.]10
Schīschah(Wasserpfeife) [Waterpipe consisting of a brass tripod onto which a coconut rests, from which a brass-studded pipe leans out to one side and serves to receive the hose. The coconut is mounted with brass at both ends; the lower end is an upturned cone-shaped tip with a thick knob at the end. With this the pipe rests onto the footpiece. The upper part of the brass coconut, which is connected to the lower part by vertical strips of brass that extend over the wooden, brass-studded tube, out of whose upper end the black,-glazed earthenware head of the pipe is inserted. The hose is made of leather, over which thin copper wire is woven and then covered with wood. To connect the pipe a black, painted wooden tube is secured at one end while the other holds the wooden, mouthpiece.]11 Elf Amulete aus vergoldetem Silbera vier (buchförmige)
Chatmah’szur Aufnahme von Qurānsprüchen usw.b zwei
Heikal’sc zwei
Lōẖ’smit Sprüchene ein
Ischm, zur Aufnahme eines Edelsteines[Eleven silver plated amulets on a silver-gilt chain, wherein eyelets are to be found on the upper edge while small bells hang. There are four instances of two identical shapes, so that in total seven different forms are represented as follows:a four in the in the form of a book with a cover (
Chatmah), actually intended to reveal quotations from the Qur’anb two in roll-form with rounded ends, one of which with a coverc two shield-shaped, one side almost entirely covered with charactersd two half-moons, also covered with characterse an oval container (
Ischm), surely intended to carry gemstonesSuch chains with amulets are usually worn by children, especially during holidays.]12
Subẖah(Rosenkranz aus Perlmutter) [Prayer beads with 100 pea-sized beads of mother of pearl, strung on a silken cord. The division of 2 x 33 and 1 x 34 pearls is achieved by inserting forward-projecting, elongated four-sided pieces of mother of pearl (
imām). At the lower end the handle, a columnar peace of mother of pearl.]Inscriptions:Printed above image, in ink:XLPrinted beneath image, in ink:Lower right corner: ‘ex. coll. auct.’Lower left corner: ‘P.W.M. Trap exc.’1 lithographic printDimensions:250 x 198 mmFormat:1 lithographic printCondition:The print is in good condition.Foliation:‘XL’
Genre/Subject Matter:This lithographic print shows objects and utensils in common use in Mecca. The items are drawn from the collection of Christiaan Snouck Hugronje and the illustration was printed by Pieter Willem Marinus Trap, the lithographic printer of the journal
Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie.The objects are itemised in the list of plates at the beginning of the volume. Each object is identified by a number, which refers to elements in this list. The information in square brackets has been taken from a contemporaneous essay by Snouck Hurgronje entitled ‘Ethnographisches aus Mekka’, which was published in
Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie, Vol. I, Leiden, 1888.They are as follows:1
Ghèllājah(Wasserkrug) [Water pitcher. Made of grey, porous clay with handle and spout; wooden lid. The decoration consists of teeth-like elevations and incised dashes. The vessel is filled from a large, clay barrel, which contains the water reserved for household needs, so that an amount of cool drinking water is always available. From this vessel one pours the water into smaller pitchers and from the latter into drinking vessels. Instead of lids, one probably places a thin white cloth, for the purpose of filtering the poured water.]2
Dōraq(Krug für Zemzemwasser) [Pitcher for Zemzemwater, made of ‘grey porous clay’, with handle. ‘In the mouth of the jug is a plug made of tree fibres, the same type used as a sponge with which to wash the body; here the material is used to filter the holy water. Hundreds of full
Dauraqsare to be found around the mosque and those who serve the Zemzem water pour the water from such pitchers for their customers.’]3, 5, 6
Schèrbah’s(Wasserkrüge) [Vase-shaped pitcher with earthenware cover. Apart from its use as a water pitcher, this vessel is used especially during the months of Ramadan in mosques at the end of a period of fasting. It is also placed before visitors to the mosque alongside a jug of Zemzem water and contains chilled water, into which fruits, especially Mulberries, are placed, so that the water tastes the same.]4
Ibrīq(Wasserkanne für Ablutionen) [Made of grey, porous clay. Ribs around the bell. Handle and spout. The
Ibrīqis filled with water and used for the purpose of ritual washing and cleaning after performing natural needs. The
Ibrīqis sometimes also made used for washing the hands after eating, for which most often a copper
Ibrīqand bowl are used.]7
Qullah(Wasserkrug) [Vase-shaped water-pitcher. Made of similar material to the
Ibrīq(grey, porous clay), decoration similar to that found on the
Ghèllājah; also, on the neck and on the upper half of the walls of the bell, oblique and vertical deep incisions. Wooden lid.]8
Rub’ī(Wasserkrug ; die Form gilt als specifisch mekkanisch) [Vase-shaped water-pitcher with two opposing handles at the junction between the neck and the bell. Wooden lid, which ends in a long, round spigot that fits into the neck of the pitcher.]9
Kānūn(Kohlenfass aus Thon; dient als tragbarer Ofen) [Coal-barrel, made from red clay on three, even legs, that join at a bowl-shaped, round foot. The exterior is painted in various colours but not glazed. The shape on the whole is irregular. These and similar vessels serves as portable stoves for cooking food outside the actual kitchen, where brick kilns are used.]10
Mènqèl(irdenes Becken zum Vorbrennen von wohlriechendem Holz) [Cup-shaped, earthenware basins. The round base is hollowed out from below, the sides painted in different colours, though not glazed. Used for burning grafrant wood, such as aloe or for smoking the
Qafalthat is used for drinking water; one holds the empty drinking jug upside over it before filling. Clothes or even the whole body can be smoked over it.]11, 12
Schèrbah’s(Kaffeekrüge der Beduinen) [Bedouin coffee pitcher. With a wide base, high, narrow neck and handle. Material: reddish clay, coloured on the outside reddish-brown, though not glazed with ornamentation in blackish grey-brown colour. Neck-opening with spout.]13
Findjān(Kafeenäpfchen der Beduinen) [Bedouin coffee saucer. Of yellowish clay with greenish glaze. Similar vessels larger in size serve as butter dishes.]14, 15
Muschṯẖaqqèr-
ridjālund
M. ẖaqq el-ẖarīm(Männer- und Frauenkamm) [Man’s comb. The top edge with transverse grooves. The material is sold under the name of ‘sandalwood’. Woman’s comb. On each side there is a hole for the fingers. Grooved pattern along the middle of the comb. The material is sold as aloe wood, but is usually only perfumed.]16
Medakk(hölzernes Einziehestäbchen, womit die
Dikkehin die Koulisse der Beinkleider gebracht wird) [Wooden feeding-stick. Painted in bright colours with a hole at the upper end. The ‘
Dikkèh’ (the [waist-]band with which the trousers are pulled together at the middle of the body and fastened) is threaded through this hole and in this way the ‘
Dikkèh’ is in turn threaded into the
Koulisse(Bêt èd-dikkèh) or sliding seam.]17
Mibcharah(Weihrauchbecken) [Made from brass with a lid, which pivots from a hinge on the handle itself. The lid has six round holes. The base is hollowed out. Such vessels with burning incense are held up for the departing guests with which to smoke the hands upon bidding farewell. ]18
Merassch(Vase zum Besprengen mit Rosenwasser) [Vase made of frosted glass (Bohemian in style) with long, thin neck and decorated with gold. In the mouth of the vase is a glass pipe which is secured by means of a screw thread. Used for sprinkling departing guests with rosewater.]19
Qèdaẖ(hölzerne Trinkschale) [Drinking bowl of brown wood. Decoration consists of pins of soft, white metal driven into [the outside]. Near to the edge a row of brass pins with large, round heads, such as those found in the centre of the base on the inside. Meccans drink out of such bowls often, in so far as they don’t pay homage to the ‘new style’ of glass dishes.]The number ‘19’ appears erroneously adjacent to two of the objects, at right and left, while ‘9’ is omitted. A note at the foot of the itemised list of plates explains that the ‘19’ on the left is an error and should refer to number ‘9’.Inscriptions:Printed above image, in ink:XXXVIIPrinted beneath image, in ink:Lower right corner: ‘ex. coll. auct.’Lower left corner: ‘P.W.M. Trap exc.’1 lithographic printDimensions:250 x 200 mmFormat:1 lithographic printCondition:The print is in good condition.Foliation:‘XXXVII’
The sheet contains a section map: Isfahān—Urūjān [Borūjen]—Ardal—Gurāb—Bāzuft—Chilau in Bakhtiāri Country, south-western Persia. It is found in the
Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn Rivercompiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. It show a cross-sectional view of the route.The map includes a printing statement which reads 'I. B. Topo. Dy. No 8,170. Exd. C. J. A., July 1909. No. 4,907-I., 1909.'.Vertical scale: 1:72,0001 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 210 x 639mm
The sheet contains a section map: Isfahān—Deh Kurd [Dehie Kord]—'Alī Kūh—Charī—Bāzuft—Chilau in Bakhtiāri Country, south-western Persia. It is found in the
Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn Rivercompiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. It show a cross-sectional view of the route.The map includes a printing statement which reads 'I. B. Topo. Dy. No 8,170. Exd. C. J. A., July 1909. No. 4,907-I., 1909.'.Vertical scale: 1:72,0001 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 210 x 639mm
Genre/Subject Matter:This full length standing portrait shows two young sons of the Banī Shaybah family, gatekeepers of the Caaba.The two boys stand side-by-side in matching light-coloured outer robes, which are embroidered at the lapels; under their outer robes each of the boys wears a patterned
jalabiya. These garments appear to be cut from the same cloth, except that the pattern is inverted.The boy on the left wears a pale-coloured turban but the boy on the right wears a keffiyeh held in place by an agal.The negative has had hand-work applied, causing it to take on a soft-shaded quality in places. In particular, the background appears to have been substituted.Inscriptions:Printed above image, in ink:XIVPrinted beneath image, in ink:'Kinder aus der Familie der Benī Schēbah (Thorhüter der Ka’bah).'A circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower right corner.1 collotype printDimensions:131 x 93 mmFormat:1 collotype printCondition:The print is in good condition.Foliation:‘XIV’
Genre/Subject Matter:This black and white photograph shows the ruins of the barracks at Basidu.Inscriptions:On reverse of image, in pen: ‘Ruins of Barracks at Basidu 1901’.1 photographDimensions: 95 x 119mm
Genre/Subject Matter:This black and white photograph shows the ruins of the hospital at Basidu.Inscriptions:On reverse of image, in pen: ‘Ruins of the Hospital at Basidu. 1901’.1 photographDimensions: 94 x 119mm
Genre/Subject Matter:This black and white photograph shows the ruins of the mess house at Basidu, with the Royal Navy ship HMS
Sphinxin the background.Inscriptions:On reverse of image, in pen: ‘Ruins of mess house Basidu H M S “Sphinx” at anchor. 1901’.1 photographDimensions: 92 x 119mm
Genre/Subject Matter:This black and white photograph shows the ruins of the Commandant’s house at Basidu.Inscriptions:On reverse of image, in pen: ‘Ruins of Commandants house at Basidu. 1901’.1 photographDimensions: 94 x 119mm
ImprintHaag: Martinus Nijhoff, 1888Genre/Subject Matter:The volume contains 65 collotype prints (pasted on paper), 5 photolithographs, 4 lithographs and 1 other image. The majority of these – particularly the latter half of the volume – are group portraits of pilgrims en route to Mecca.These photographs were taken evidently in the same courtyard-like space, either at Jeddah or Mecca, where Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje was based from 1884. Although not clearly anthropometric, some of these images can be classified as ethnographic portraits.Other scenes are taken at Mecca and include some photolithographic reproductions of photographs that may have been taken by Muḥammad Ṣādiq Bey (1822 or 1823–1902 or 1903), an Egyptian army engineer who took the first photographs of Medina in 1861 and Mecca in 1880-81, whose photographic prints Hurgronje was aware of and may indeed have collected.Still more photographs may have been taken by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār, Hurgronje’s working partner during his time in Mecca, and possibly sent to Hurgronje after his departure from the Arabian Peninsula in 1885.Finally, the print attributed to Siegfried Langer (1781.b.6/60) is not likely to have been taken by Langer, rather, according to Durkje van Der Wal in his publication Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje: The First Western Photographer in Mecca, 1884-1885 (Amsterdam : Manfred & Hanna Heiting Fund, Rijksmuseum, 2011, p. 40), the studio portrait was purchased and presented to Snouck Hurgronje.Elements1 Die Moschee und der nordwestliche Theil der Stadt2 Die Moschee3 Die Ka’bah4 Die H̱amīdijjah (von Othman Pascha erbautes Regierungsgebäude).5 Othman Pascha mit dem egyptischen Maẖmal.6 Die von Othman Pascha erbaute Hauptwache (links im Hintergrund èç Çafa).7 ‘Aun èr-Rafīq, Grossscherif von Mekka (1882– ).8 Othman Pascha, 1882–86 Generalgouverneur des H̱idjāz.9 Thorhüter der Ka’bah.10 Vornehmer indischer Kaufmann und türkische Beambte in Mekka.11 Vornehmner Kaufmann mit seinem cirkassischen Sklaven.12 Muhammad Abd-èl-‘Azīz, Sohn des reg. Grossscherifs13 Neffe des reg. Grossscherifs.14 Neffe des reg. Grossscherifs.15 Neffe des reg. Grossscherifs.16 Vornehmer Sèjjid in Mekka.17 Vornehmer Sèjjid in Mekka.18 Mu’èddin (Aufrufer zum Gottesdienste).19 Kātib (Schreiber) des Grossscherifs.20 Mekkanischer Arzt.21 Sohn des Arztes.22 Kinder aus der Familie der Benī Schēbah (Thorhüter der Ka’bah).23 Sèjjid in Mekka.24 Mekkaner.25 Kaufleute (Mekka und Djiddah).26 Ali Rèjjis (aus einem Geschlechte von Obersten der Mu’èddin, welches von Abdallah ibn Zubair herstammen soll).27 Mu’èddin (Aufrufer zum Gottesdienste).28 Mitglieder verschiedener Scherifenfamilien in Mekka.29 Mitglieder verschiedener Scherifenfamilien in Mekka.30 Mitglieder verschiedener Scherifenfamilien in Mekka.31 Mitglieder verschiedener Scherifenfamilien in Mekka.32 Ein Stück der Kiswah (der brokanten Bekleidung der Ka’bah). ¼ der Originalgrösse.33 Negersklaven mit dem Ṯúmburah-orchester.34 Pilger aus Sukapura (Java).35 Buginesische Pilger (Celébes).36 Pilger aus Solok (Sumátra).37 Pilgerin aus Banten (Java).38 Pilger aus Baçrah.39 Pilger aus Baẖrain; in der Mitte ein Schēch aus Kabul.40 Pilger aus Zanzibar.41 Pilger aus Baghdad.42 Pilger aus Mandar (Celébes).43 Pilger aus Sumbáwa.44 Pilger aus Djapára (Java).45 Pilger aus Malang und Pasurúan (Java).46 Bettelnde Pilger aus Jèmèn.47 Pilger aus Marokko.48 Indischer Pilger.49 Derwische aus Buchara.50 Haupt der Schēche für malaiische Pilger.51 Schēch für malaiische Pilger.52 Pilger aus Moko-moko und Indrapura. (West-Sumátra.)53 Pilger aus Edi. (Nord- Sumátra.)54 Schēch der Bootsleute in Djiddah mit drei Zunftgenossen.55 Süssigkeitskrämer (Djiddah).56 Ausrufer und Mäkler (Djiddah).57 Mekkanerinn.58 Lohndiener und Eunuch mit dem Kinde seines Herrn.59 Mekkanerinn im Brautanzug.60 Damen in Haus- und Strassentoilette (Djiddah). Aufnahme von Siegfried Langer.61 Pilger aus Selahar (vulgo Saleyar).62 Pilger aus Pontianak (West-Borneo); links ein dort ansässiger Araber aus H̱adhramaut.63 Pilger aus Sambas (Borneo); hinter den Pilgern steht der Wakīl (Bevollmächtigte) des Schēchs.64 Pilger aus Martapura (Süd-Borneo).65 Pilger aus Ambon, Kei und Banda; links der Sohn eines Ambonesen mit einer Mekkanerinn.66 Pilger aus Batjan (Molukken); Sohn des Sultans, Oheim des Prinzen und ein Priester.67 Pilger aus Ternate.68 Pilger aus Palembang.69 Pilger aus Korintji (Sumátra); der hinter ihnen sitzende Schēch stammt auch aus Korintji.70 Pilger aus Mandaïling (Sumátra).71 Pilger aus Gross-Atjeh mit zwei “Wakīl’s”.72 In Mekka gebräuchliche Gegenstände.73 In Mekka gebräuchliche Gegenstände.74 In Mekka gebräuchliche Gegenstände.75 In Mekka gebräuchliche Gegenstände.InscriptionsFront fly leaf, in pencil: ‘1781.b.6’ ‘Text 10077L4’Rear fly leaf, in pencil: ‘1781.b.6’1 three-quarter leather, published volume (c. 82 pages), illustrated with 65 collotype prints, 5 photolithographs, 4 lithographs and 1 other image
This file contains correspondence between the British officials in Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad, the India Office and the Government of India, as well as with Khalīl bin Ibrāhīm Kanoo [Kānū].These papers concern various enquiries made by the British Admiralty between 1929 and 1938 regarding flags flown by the sheikhs of Qatar, Bahrain and the Trucial Coast. Contained within this file are descriptions and sketches of various flags, as well as a specimen of fabric (f. 38) demonstrating the colour of the flag flown by the Shaikh of Qatar, ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī.1 file (69 folios)This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.Foliation: Begins on front cover, circled, and continues to page before back cover.
Genre/Subject Matter:This full length portrait shows a man, described as a ‘member of a shereef family’, i.e. a descendant of Muhammad via his daughter Fatima. He faces forward, looking toward the camera.The man wears a mid-coloured outer-robe over a pale-coloured robe with a large janbiya held at his waist with a dark-coloured sash. His mid-coloured keffiyeh is held in place by an agal.The negative has had hand-work applied, causing it to take on a soft-shaded quality in places. In particular, the background has been substituted completely and the pattern in the carpet on which he stands has been reinscribed.Inscriptions:Printed above image, in ink:XVIA circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower right corner.1 collotype printDimensions:128 x 95 mmFormat:1 collotype printCondition:The print is in good condition.Foliation:‘XVI’
Genre/Subject Matter:This full length portrait shows two men, described as ‘members of various shereef families,' i.e. a descendant of Muhammad via his daughter Fatima.They face slightly left, looking forward.Both men wear dark-coloured outer-robes over a pale-coloured robes, open at the neck. Each wears a large janbiya held at his waist with a dark-coloured sash. On their heads they wear pale-coloured turbans and they each hold the handle of an umbrella or parasol in their right hands: that of the man on the right is pale-coloured while that of the man on the left is dark-coloured.Inscriptions:Printed above image, in ink:XVIA circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower right corner.1 collotype printDimensions:127 x 96 mmFormat:1 collotype printCondition:The print is in good condition.Foliation:‘XVI’
Genre/Subject Matter:This full length seated portrait shows two men, described in the title as ‘members of various shereef families,' i.e. descendants of Muhammad via his daughter Fatima. They face slightly to the left, looking forward.The man on the right wears a dark-coloured robe, a pale-coloured, tasselled keffiyeh held in place by a dark-coloured agal and sandals. At his waist a janbiya can be seen emerging from his robes and he wears a ring on his little finger.The man on the left wears a pale-coloured outer-robe that is heavily embellished, perhaps embroidered, along the lapels over a white robe. On his head he wears a white turban with a dark-coloured cap. He wears polished leather shoes and he, too, wears a janbiya, which emerges from under his robe at the waist.The negative has had hand-work applied, causing it to take on a soft-shaded quality in places. In particular, the background has been substituted, though the mat on which they are seated remains.Inscriptions:Printed above image, in ink:XVIA circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower right corner.1 collotype printDimensions:127 x 95 mmFormat:1 collotype printCondition:The print is in good condition.Foliation:‘XVI’
Genre/Subject Matter:This full length seated portrait shows a man, described as a ‘member of a shereef family’, i.e. a descendant of Muhammad via his daughter Fatima. He faces slightly left and looks forward.The man wears a dark-coloured outer-robe over a pale-coloured robe, open at the neck. A large janbiya is held at his waist. His keffiyeh is held in place by a dark-coloured agal.Inscriptions:Printed above image, in ink:XVIA circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower right corner.1 collotype printDimensions:127 x 96 mmFormat:1 collotype printCondition:The print is in good condition.Foliation:‘XVI’
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: ‘499’1 b&w silver gelatin printDimensions:54 x 78 mmCondition:The image is in good condition.Foliation:‘499’Process:Silver gelatin print
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 1855–56.135 folios, including 111 items (4 letters; 5 folios of seals; 1 folio of stamps; 1 printed document; 5 folios of watercolour illustrations of tiles; 1 tracing of a pattern for embroidery; 2 watercolour architectural illustrations of decorated doorways; 4 photographs; 2 handwritten texts; 51 watercolour, pencil or pen and ink drawings; 4 maps, printed; 31 etchings) inserted or pasted into a half bound leather and marbled paper volumeThe album has been foliated with two systems: the primary system (i-iv; 1–139) is consistent and is indicated in pencil along the lower edge, usually in the right hand corner. The secondary system (244–354) is indicated on the inserts, in pencil, usually across the upper edge. It is indicated on the lower left corner of the fly leaf that the album was foliated on the 17/4/63.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’
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’139 folios, including 105 items (68 drawings; 1 hand-drawn map; 1 engraving; 2 lithogaphs; 7 etchings; 11 handwritten documents; 12 printed matter; 3 photographs) inserted or pasted into a half bound leather and marbled paper volumeThe album has been foliated with two systems: the primary system (1–135) is generally consistent and is indicated in pencil along the lower edge, usually in the right hand corner. The secondary system (123–222) is indicated on the inserts, in pencil, usually across the upper edge; this system does not include every item.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’.
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.1 folioFoliation: 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.
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].1 file (6 folios)The memorandum, which chiefly comprises extracts from a book, is arranged by the book’s chapters, with the pages covering each chapter indicated, and the page numbers for each extract also indicated.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.
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 1935.1 black and white photographDimensions:183 x 183 mm.
Genre/Subject Matter:Black and white photograph showing a plain with tents, what appears to be a fort, and several people in the foreground, and hills in the background.Inscriptions:Upper right, above image, in pen: ‘No 3.’Centre, below image, in pen: ‘Amir Chah showing W end of valley. Closed by sand drifts. Also[?] Amir Chah thana’.1 photographDimensions: 105 x 149mm
Genre/Subject Matter:This full-length standing studio portrait of a woman is intended to demonstrate an ethnic, occupational and class ‘type’, in this case that of a Somali ‘stick-gatherer’. Although Frederick Mercer Hunter provides no description for stick-gatherers, the woman’s ragged clothing and pose may have been intended to demonstrate that she is what Hunter describes on p. 33 as a ‘low-born Somali or [negro] (Jarbarti)’who undertakes ‘scavengers’ work’.The woman, posed in a studio with rocks about her feet and carrying a long walking stick, appears bent over under the weight of the bundle of sticks she is carrying. A twisted rope binds the sticks together and forms a harness about her upper torso. The woman is blind or has an eye condition which has clouded her retinas.Inscriptions:In pencil, upper left corner adjacent to print: ‘12’1 albumen printDimensions:87 x 55 mm [portrait]Format:1 albumen print pasted to backing paper and mounted between pp. 130-31Materials:Silver printing-out paper, albumen printCondition:The print is unevenly hand-cut, with one surface adhesion of card in the upper left corner along the left-hand edge. Dark spotting and streaking throughout the upper half of the image originate in the printing process.Foliation:‘12’Process:Albumen print
This file concerns suspicions of foreign agent activity in Saudi Arabia. Folios 2-5 and 8 concern suspicions held by C S Freebury of Gray Mackenzie and Company Limited at Ras Tanura, with regards to Mr Jean de Kuharski and Mr Pixton (Polish and English citizens respectively, who are said to be making a documentary film about the life of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]), and an American named William Frary. Folios 6-7 concern information received with regards to three men (two Palestinian Arabs and a Bulgarian) who have been trained in a Russian military intelligence school and who are seeking work in Aramco at Dhahran (al-Ẓahrān). The file contains correspondence between Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent at Bahrain; Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain; C S Freebury of Gray Mackenzie and Company Limited at Ras Tanura; His Majesty's Minister at Jedda; and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government.1 file (8 folios)The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. File notes appear at the rear of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover on folio 1 and terminates at the back cover on folio 10; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The map shows a region of eastern Africa around Obokh [Obock] at the northern entrance to the Gulf of Tajura, indicating buildings, hydrology, soundings and navigation lights, with short descriptions of vegetation and tidal conditions, and a brief note on the visibility of buoys. The map was compiled 'From French Government Surveys.'Sheet 'No. 696-I., 95.' appears in the lower margin, and a printing statement reads, 'Intelligence Branch. Topographical. Dy. No. 1,163. Exd. C.J.A., March 1895.' A hand stamp reads, 'Intelligence Division 15 Jan 1896'.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 110 x 170mm, on sheet 510 x 565mm
Obock, Mascate, Bouchire, Bassorah, written by Denis de Rivoyre, illustrated by Saint-Elme Gauthier.Publication details: Published by E Plon & Company, printers and editors, 10 Rue Garancière, Paris, 1883.Physical description: 292 pp; [14] leaves of plates (2 folded); illustrations and fold-out map.1 volume (290 pages)This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. This is found at the back of the volume, beginning after page 290.Dimensions: 180mm x 120mm.
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding their attempts to monitor and prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa. The correspondence dates from March 1869 to October 1869.Of particular interest are the following folios:Folio 71 - French Government boat registration papers that had been given to 'Arab Dhows' allowing them to travel under the French flag.Folio 73 - A chart entitled 'Memorandum of Number of Slaves landed and liberated at Aden, and how disposed of'.Folio 74 - A copy of the Slave Trade Jurisdiction (Zanzibar) Bill, May 1869.Folios 89-91 - 'A Memorandum by Mr. Churchill [Henry Adrian Churchill, Britain's Agent in Zanzibar] respecting Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa'.1 volume (25 folios)The file is arranged in rough chronological order, with the earliest correspondence at the beginning of the file and the latest at the end of the file.Condition: contained within a bound volume that contains a number of other files.Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 67, and terminates at f 91, 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 5-134; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
The bundle consists of a English translation of a paper produced by the Persian Government. The paper outlines Persian complaints against the conduct and line of policy adopted by HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, and his predecessors: Colonel Justin Sheil, Colonel Francis Farrant, and William Taylour Thomson. It also explains the Government of Persia's position on Herat.The paper was enclosed in a letter from Murray – Number 15 of 1856.1 item (4 folios)
This file contains printed copies of correspondence between British officials regarding Britain's attempts to prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa, relations between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar, and Zanzibar's relations with Muscat. The correspondence dates from September 1866-July 1869.The file contains translated copies of correspondence between the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed and the Viceroy of India, John Laird Mair Lawrence as well as translated correspondence between an Envoy of the Sultan of Zanzibar and the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Stanley [Edward Henry Stanley].On folio 42r, the file contains a translation of a letter from Queen Victoria to the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed. The letter confirms the friendly relations between the two and informs the Sultan that a sword has been specially commissioned for him as a gift.The file also contains translated correspondence between the Sultan of Johanna [Anjouan Island, now part of the Comoros Islands] and Henry Adrian Churchill, Britain's Agent in Zanzibar.1 volume (34 folios)The file is arranged in rough chronological order, with the earliest correspondence at the beginning of the file and the latest at the end of the file.Condition: the file is contained within a bound volume that contains a number of other files.Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 31, and terminates at f 66, 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 5-134; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.