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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language Greek, Ancient Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add MS 45158 A-C

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 45158 A-C
Title:
Oblong duodecimo notebooks, map and list of buildings, belonging to Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell
Scope & Content:
two volumes of notes, made on a trip from Damascus via Baghdad to Aleppo in 1911 (Add MS 45158 A-B) a map of the locations of villages in western Syria, possibly dating from 1905, and an undated list of buildings for David George Hogarth (Add MS 45158 C)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Greek, Ancient, and Syriac
Date Range:
1905-1911
Extent:
3 items (72 folios)

2. Add MS 45158 B

Reference (shelfmark):
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. IOR/L/PS/10/481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/481
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 4 'German War: Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns events that happened in Persia and in the Eastern territories of the Ottoman Empire (Iraq), during the First World War. The main focus is the Turkish action in Persia, and the British intrigues to maintain control over Persia, preventing the country from entering the war and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, German, and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 Jan 1915-13 May 1915
Extent:
1 volume (333 folios)