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1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/67
Title:
Report on Manufactures and Resources of Bagdad
Scope & Content:
Tables displaying the manufactures of Bagdad [Baghdad], Merdin [Mardin], Courdistan [Kurdistan], and Bussora [Basra], and the natural resources of these places plus Kerkook [Kirkuk]. Includes details of export destinations and approximate annual value. This report was collated by Harford Jones,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 163
Title:
Orographical and Economic Map
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the orographic and economic features of ‘Iraq [Iraq]. Relief is shown in shades of brown tinting. The map depicts the key economic products of ‘Iraq’s regions: barley, bitumen, camels, cotton, dates, fruit, liquorice, oil, rice, sheep, and wheat; and also delineates the upper va...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

3. IOR/R/15/1/511

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/511
Title:
File 53/47 (D 43) Kuwait Water Supply
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials following a request made by Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait, for the British authorities to ensure an adequate water supply to Kuwait (a copy of the letter is contained on folio 3). The correspondence includes discussions...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1912-9 May 1923
Extent:
1 volume (229 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/512

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/512
Title:
File 53/49 (D 37) Kuwait Oil
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials that discusses the following topics: Oil deposits in Syria and the Farsan [Farasan] islands (ff. 9-11, 14-15, 16-20, 22, 24, 28). Negotiations for the construction of oil wells in Kuwait (ff. 4-8, 12, 16, 20-22, 23-32, 36). The prospect...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1913-12 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 volume (71 folios)

5. Mss Eur F111/300

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/300
Title:
Reconaissance through Baluchistan and Seistan, 1897
Scope & Content:
This volume is a confidential report, printed at the War Office, by Harrison and Sons, printers in ordinary to Her Majesty, in 1899, and authored by Major George Washington Brazier-Creagh, Intelligence Division, War Office, concerning the resources, administration and general affairs in Baluchis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1897
Extent:

1 volume (58 folios)

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