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23311. Mss Eur F126/109

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/109
Title:
‘Sketch map reduced from Sir R.M. Stephenson’s Railway map of Europe and Asia in 1850 and of China in 1863 Shewing the Proposed Railway Communication Connecting Europe and Asia. By Sir Rowland Macdonald Stephenson. 1882’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London, Connell Litho. 37 Castle St. Holborn E.C. Distinctive Features: Outline map showing the completed and proposed railway scheme in Europe and Asia, with lines coloured for reference and explained in a key provided in the lower centre of sheet. Below title the note: London, B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1882
Extent:

1 map

23312. Mss Eur F126/110

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/110
Title:
Sketch map of part of Persia
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Tracing of a sketch map of Persia showing routes from Bushire [Bushehr] to Shiraz, Firozabad [Firuzabad], Marghab and onwards to Ispahan with settlements marked, including the location of Persepolis. Notations concerning the ter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:

1 map

23313. Mss Eur F126/111

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/111
Title:
Sketch map of the Arabian coast between Al Katif and Ras Jibsk
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Hand drawn sketch map showing the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf between Al Katif and Ras Jibsk. Notations concerning the topography of the region cover the face of the map with graticule lines with degrees of latitude inserte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:

1 map

23314. Mss Eur F126/112

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/112
Title:
Map of the canals in the Hydrabad Collectorate
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Lithographed at the Bombay Education Society's Press. Signed John Beatty B.A.C.E. 3rd Executive Engineer C.D. In charge Canal Duties H.C. Distinctive Features: Map of the Hydrabad Collectorate [province of Sindh, Pakistan] showing the canals and roads with districts outlined in colo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:

1 map

23315. Mss Eur F126/113

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/113
Title:
Photograph of unknown building. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This architectural view of a large, recently-constructed complex of three buildings likely depicts a British residency or agency, although its precise location is unknown. Dates and photographer can also not be ascertained, however, it can be construed that the photograph ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1850s-1890s
Extent:

1 b&w photographic print

23316. Mss Eur F140/234/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F140/234/4
Title:
‘Capt C. at Marshag. May 22nd 71’
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This pencil sketch on paper depicts a man reclining against a pillow on a chaise-longue while reading. It is drawn in the style of a caricature, which is in keeping with other figural sketches in this volume and, more broadly, in the related files Mss Eur F140/232 and Mss E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1871
Extent:
1 drawing; pencil on paper, pasted into volume

23317. Mss Eur F140/234/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F140/234/5
Title:
‘Aden – Oct 22nd /71’
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter These two small watercolour drawings depict scenes taken from life at the Settlement of Aden in 1871. Both drawings focus on Arabs’ use of camels as a form of transport. In the left-hand drawing, four veiled women perch alongside one another atop a litter held in place on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1871
Extent:
2 drawings; watercolour and pencil on paper, pasted into volume

23318. Mss Eur F226/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/2
Title:
Memoir of John Evelyn Arnold Bazalgette
Scope & Content:
The file is a memoir of the career of Major John Evelyn Arnold Bazalgette, covering his service in the British Army and in India and the Persian Gulf. The file consists of three parts. The first part is a draft of a short memoir entitled ‘Jack of all trades’, which recounts Bazalgette’s experie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 20th century-1984
Extent:

3 items (550 folios)

23319. Mss Eur F226/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/7
Title:
Memoirs and Recollections of An Officer of the Indian Political Service
Scope & Content:
This file contains a photocopy of a typewritten draft of Sir John Richard Cotton's (b 1909) memoirs of his time in the Indian military and civil service. The memoirs, which were written when the author was 'in his seventy-fourth year', cover his time in the Indian Army, at Aden, Ethiopia, Attock...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983?
Extent:

1 file (78 folios)

23320. Mss Eur F226/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/10
Title:
Memoir of the Career of Sir Reginald Michael Hadow
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memoir of the career of Sir Reginald Michael Hadow, which records the following: Hadow's motivation; his education and entry into the Indian Civil Service (ICS), and later the Indian Political Service (IPS); his experiences in Russia in 1942, as well as Meshed [Mashhad], ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 20th century
Extent:

1 file (13 folios)

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