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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/MIL Language Persian

1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 12
Title:
‘Sarhang Hájji Ibrahim Khán, Commandant of the Bakhtiari Horse.’
Scope & Content:
One photographic print: a full-length portrait of Sarhang (a rank equivalent to Colonel) Hajji Ibrahim Khán, Commandant of the Bakhtiari Horse. The title is printed above the photograph in Persian, and below the photograph in English. The Persian title also bears a date: Hijri year 1301 (c.1883).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
?1883
Extent:
1 photographic print

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 63
Title:
‘Sartip Muhammed Hossein Khán, Bakhtiari.’
Scope & Content:
One photographic print: a full-length portrait of Sartip (a Persian military rank equivalent to Brigadier General) Muhammed Hossein Khán. The title is printed above the photograph in Persian, and below the photograph in English. The Persian title also bears a date: Hijri year 1301 (c.1883).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
?1883
Extent:
1 photographic print

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/38
Title:
Glossary of Persian military terms, with Appendix I, containing ranks of the Persian Army; Appendix II, containing musketry terms
Scope & Content:
This volume is a glossary of Persian military terms and was published in Lucknow by the Newul Kishore Press. The terms are listed in alphabetical order in English and the Persian translation appears next to each term. There are two appendices at the end of the volume: the first contains a list ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
1 volume (22 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41
Title:
A Handbook of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This file consists of six volumes containing intelligence on Mesopotamia. These volumes are: Volume I: General (August 1916); Volume I: General (Second Edition, November 1918); Volume II: Irak [Iraq], The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (May 1917); Volume III: Central Mesopotamia with Souther Kurdista...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, and Syriac
Date Range:
1916-1918
Extent:

6 volumes (1329 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1
Title:
Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1916'
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division: August 1916). It is an introductory volume containing matter of a general nature giving an account of conditions in Mesopotamia. The volume includes a note on official use, title page and ''No...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (186 folios)

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/2
Title:
Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918'
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Naval Staff, Intelligence Department: November 1918). This is an updated and expanded edition of A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: August 1916) (IOR/L/MIL17/15/41/1). This is an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 volume (282 folios)

7. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/52
Title:
Vocabularies: English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish, Syriac'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains vocabularies for the following languages: English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish, and Syriac. It was published in London and was compiled by the Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division, on behalf of the Admiralty and the War Office during the First World War...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1917
Extent:

1 volume (90 folios)