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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Subject Archaeology Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/10/742

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/742
Title:
File 2447/1918 'Antiquities Mesopotamia: Preservation of Historical Ruins. (Campbell Thomson and Hall Collection of Antiques)'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes, regarding the preservation of ruins of historical interest in Palestine and Mesopotamia [Iraq] after the First World War. The papers notably cover the following: Arrangements for British specialists and archaeologi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1918-15 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (336 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/192
Title:
‘37 File 483 Memorandum on Bahrain; Major E L Durand’s Notes on the Antiquities of Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s contents fall into two categories: Reports and memoranda on Bahrain, dated 1875, including a report on the rulers of Bahrain (folios 2-7); a history and genealogy of the Uttoobee [ʿUtūb] tribe (folios 9-10); names of the ʿUtūb rulers (folios 11-13); a memorandum on Bahrain (folios ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1875-20 Feb 1889
Extent:
1 volume (104 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1513

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1513
Title:
‘16/16 Miscellaneous – Archaeological excavations at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the Dilmun burial mounds in Bahrain, including archaeological excavations of, and damage inflicted to them. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Char...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1927-29 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

4. Mss Eur F111/29

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/29
Title:
Subject Catalogue of Publications Relating to Persia
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of an alphabetised catalogue of publications relating to Persia divided by subject. The subjects cover a range of subjects but are mainly related to the history, art, geography and archaeology of Persia. The catalogue appears to have been either for or by Lord Curzon of Kedl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:

1 volume (194 folios)

5. Mss Eur F111/30

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/30
Title:
Manuscript of Persia and the Persian Question
Scope & Content:
This file contains sections of the handwritten manuscript of the book Persia and the Persian Question by George Nathaniel Curzon. These papers come as part of the full handwritten draft of the book that comprises the shelfmarks Mss Eur F111/30-32. The printed edition of the book, which was publi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1889-1892
Extent:
1 file (668 folios)

6. Mss Eur F111/31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/31
Title:
Manuscript of Persia and the Persian Question
Scope & Content:
This file contains sections of the handwritten manuscript of the book Persia and the Persian Question by George Nathaniel Curzon. These papers come as part of the full handwritten draft of the book that comprises the shelfmarks Mss Eur F111/30-32. The printed edition of the book can be found in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890
Extent:

1 file (575 folios)

7. Mss Eur F111/32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/32
Title:
Manuscript of Persia and the Persian Question (Continued)
Scope & Content:
This file contains sections of the handwritten manuscript of the book Persia and the Persian Question by George Nathaniel Curzon. These papers come as part of the full handwritten draft of the book that comprises the shelfmarks Mss Eur F111/30-32. The printed edition of the book can be found in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890
Extent:

1 file (218 folios)

8. Mss Eur F111/67

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/67
Title:
General information on Persia for any future edition, 1895
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of an envelope of notes and printed papers that make up some ancillary materials collected by George Curzon at the time of the publication of his book, Persia and the Persian Question. The notes consist of official correspondence on Persia from the British Government, archaeo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1892-1895
Extent:

1 volume (109 folios)

9. Mss Eur F112/611

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/611
Title:
Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters, notes, and printed material on Persia compiled by George Curzon in the course of conducting research prior to the writing of his book: Persia and the Persian Question. The papers' contents and type vary considerably, but consists primarily of handwritten notes, some...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1880-1891
Extent:

1 file (692 folios)