‘No. 5 Muscat, with Mirani fort and Sultan’s Palace.’
IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 63
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The record is made up of 1 photograph. It was created in Feb 1940. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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This black and white photograph shows a view of Muscat taken from the bay in front of it in the image. There are three ships in the bay, and smoke is visible from guns that have just been fired from the Mirani Fort. The Sultan’s Palace is the building with the flagstaff in the photograph.
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Printed label on the reverse of the image: ‘No. 5 Muscat, with Mirani fort and Sultan’s Palace.’
- Extent and format
- 1 photograph
- It is part of
- 133 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/12/3940
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 84 x 107mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Photograph
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 63
- Date(s)
- Feb 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 63
- Title
- ‘No. 5 Muscat, with Mirani fort and Sultan’s Palace.’
- Pages
- 63r:63v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Public Domain