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1. Add MS 45158 A

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Add MS 45158 A
Title:
‘Diary of Gertrude Bell, 1911.’
Scope & Content:
The first of two oblong duodecimo volumes containing abbreviated notes recorded by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, during the course of a journey through Syria, Turkey and Iraq, from Damascus to Aleppo via Baghdad. The volume covers the period 9 February to 18 April 1911, covering Bell’s depart...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1911-18 Apr 1911
Extent:
1 volume (33 folios)

2. Add MS 45158 B

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Add MS 45158 B
Title:
‘Diary of Gertrude Bell, 1911.’
Scope & Content:
The second of two oblong duodecimo volumes containing abbreviated notes recorded by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, during the course of a journey through Syria, Turkey and Iraq, from Damascus to Aleppo via Baghdad. The volume covers the period 19 April to 23 May 1911, covering the journey from...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Greek, Ancient, and Syriac
Date Range:
19 Apr 1911-23 May 1911
Extent:
1 volume (37 folios)

3. Add MS 45158 C, f 1

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Add MS 45158 C, f 1
Title:
Sketch map of the area west of the Ma‘arrat an Nu‘mān, Syria
Scope & Content:
Sketch-map of the area west of Ma‘arrat an Nu‘mān, Syria, drawn by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell. The map indicates the names and locations of settlements. Aside from an outline in the northwest quarter of the map, which may represent a body of water, no other topographic details are shown. Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 map

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/15
Title:
A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919
Scope & Content:
Admiralty handbook regarding Syria (including Palestine) 'to as far north as the River Orontes and a line Antioch-Aleppo-Meskeneh. For details of the part of Syria beyond this line reference must be made to the Handbook of Asia Minor, Vol. iv, Part 2 (C.B. 847 C).' 'Contents. Chapters: I. Bound...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 volume (365 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 154-210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 154-210
Title:
Military Affairs in Afghanistan, India, Egypt and Syria, and Turkish Arabia
Scope & Content:
The item comprises enclosures to a despatch, Number 117 of 1839, dated 25 October 1839, from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee containing a précis of the latest financial, military, political and general intelligence on: Lahore; Mooltan [Multan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1839
Extent:
1 item (57 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/388, ff 260-882

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/388, ff 260-882
Title:
Affairs in Various Places in Asia and the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 93 of 1840, dated 31 October 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-244 and are dated 13 January to 31 October 1840. Enclosure numbers 20-31, 121-26...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item (623 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/12
Title:
‘LETTERS FROM THE E.I.C. RESIDENT IN THE PERSIAN GULF 1842-43 FROM AGENT IN SYRIA 1842-43 FROM AGENT WITH IMAUM OF MUSCAT 1842-43’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters to the Secret Committee of the East India Company from: Lieutenant-Colonel Davies, in charge of the Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson; HM’s Consuls and East India Company’s Agents in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1842-13 Apr 1844
Extent:
1 volume (227 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/67/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/1
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Lord Mornington, Governor-General of Bengal, to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
A dispatch from Lord Mornington, Governor-General of Bengal, at Fort St George, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 3 September 1799, regarding: the dispatch of an embassy to the court of Baba Khan [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], King [Shah] of Persia [Iran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1799-5 Sep 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/39
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Jacob Bosanquet, John Blankett and Robert Abbott
Scope & Content:
Copies of three letters from Harford Jones, newly appointed Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Vienna and Constantinople [Istanbul] en route to Bagdad in July-August 1798: 1. A letter to Jacob Bosanquet, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Vienna and dat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 July 1798-18 Aug 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/92

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/92
Title:
Report on Syria
Scope & Content:
A report compiled by John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, concerning the feasibility of a French army reaching the Euphrates and the entrance to the Persian Gulf from Syria. It covers issues including: The grain surplus in Aleppo Roads from Latichia [Latakia] and Alexandretta [Iskenderun] to the Eu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1799
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)