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231. IOR/L/PS/20/71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/71
Title:
Report on the British Indian Commercial Mission to South-Eastern Persia during 1904-1905. By A H Gleadowe-Newcomen.
Scope & Content:
Report by Arthur Hills Gleadowe-Newcomen, FRGS, FSA, President of the Commercial Mission to Persia. Submitted to the Government of India, and the Committees of the Upper India Chamber of Commerce, Cawnpore [Kānpur], and the Indian Tea Cess, Calcutta [Kolkata]. Publication statement: Calcutta: G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:

1 volume (86 folios)

232. IOR/L/PS/20/144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/144
Title:
Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia, and Luristan from April to October 1888. By Lt F R Maunsell, Intelligence Branch. In Two Volumes. Volume I: narrative report, description of larger towns and routes leading from them. Simla: Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Dept, 1890
Scope & Content:
Narrative report on surveys conducted in Mesopotamia [Iraq], North-West Persia [Iran] and Luristan [Lorestān]. The preface provides the following information: 'The object was to explore various tracts of little known country through which roads lead north from the head of the Persian Gulf to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890
Extent:

1 volume (152 folios)

233. IOR/L/PS/20/257

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/257
Title:
Mesopotamia Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by Act of Parliament to Enquire into the Operations of War in Mesopotamia, together with a Special Report by Commander J Wedgwood, DSO, MP, and Appendices. London: HMSO, 1917.
Scope & Content:
A signed proof, folios 1-100, plus additional material, folios 101-124. The cover bears the signature of Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Assistant Under-Secretary of State. The report has been annotated in blue pencil at various points. Contents: 'Part I. Preface. 'Part II. Origin of Mesopotamia [Iraq] Exp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1918
Extent:

1 volume (122 folios)

234. IOR/L/PS/20/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/64
Title:
PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.
Scope & Content:
The file contains a printed report published by the 'Admiralty, Intelligence Department (No. 694). September 1903.', providing a compilation of available information of naval, military and political value about various locations in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Places described include ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1903
Extent:

1 volume (55 folios)

235. IOR/L/PS/20/202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/202
Title:
Notes of a journey through Kurdistan in the winter of 1881-82.
Scope & Content:
By Montagu Gilbert Gerard, Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 1st Central India Horse, published in Calcutta by the Quarter Master General's Department. The notes consist of diary entries for the period 15 November 1881 to 16 April 1882, documenting each stage of Captain Gerard's journey th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1883
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

236. IOR/L/PS/20/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/84
Title:
Where's Where in Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume serves as an index of places featured on Survey of India degree sheets 2C, 2D, 2G, 2H, 2K, 1L, 2O, 2P, 3A, 3E, 3I, 3J, 3M, 3N, 10A, 10B, and 10C. The places are arranged alphabetically and give the degree sheet reference. The preface details the method to be used to identify any give...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (65 folios)

237. IOR/L/PS/20/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/24
Title:
Seistan. Revenue Report and Notes of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume III. Part VI - Revenue and Population Statements for Persian and Afghan Seistan
Scope & Content:
The third volume of reports produced by the Perso-Afghan Boundary Commission, Seistan [Sīstān], and submitted to the Government of India, Foreign Department. Publication statement: Simla: Government of India Foreign Department, 1906. The volume contains tabulated crop, revenue and population st...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:

1 volume (105 folios)

238. IOR/L/PS/20/27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/27
Title:
Report on the preliminary survey of the route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line. By W King Wood, Assistant Superintendent, Indo-European Telegraph Department.
Scope & Content:
Publication statement: Karachi: Government of India Telegraph Department, 1899. The report describes the 'Branch Section' (Ispahan to Ardistan), followed by the five 'Sections', and 'Unsuitable Routes', of the Central Persia Telegraph Line. For each section the report provides a description of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899
Extent:

1 volume (146 folios)

239. IOR/L/PS/20/249

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/249
Title:
A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of copies of a series of agreements, engagements, and conventions concerning Britain and a number of related parties regarding the construction and/or extension of telegraph lines in Turkey, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran [Makran Coast] between 1853 and 1916. Related...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (18 folios)

240. IOR/L/PS/20/263

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/263
Title:
Report and Proceedings of a Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Baghdad Railway, Southern Persia, and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the following minutes and proceedings: First Meeting, 2 March 1908. Evidence of Sir Richmond Thackeray Willoughby Ritchie. Second Meeting, 6 March 1908. Evidence of Sir J Mackay. Third Meeting, 11 March 1908. Evidence of Mr Frank Clark Strick and Mr E Lloyd. Fourth Meeting, 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1909
Extent:

1 volume (162 folios)