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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/38
Title:
Glossary of Persian military terms, with Appendix I, containing ranks of the Persian Army; Appendix II, containing musketry terms
Scope & Content:
This volume is a glossary of Persian military terms and was published in Lucknow by the Newul Kishore Press. The terms are listed in alphabetical order in English and the Persian translation appears next to each term. There are two appendices at the end of the volume: the first contains a list ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
1 volume (22 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1
Title:
Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1916'
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division: August 1916). It is an introductory volume containing matter of a general nature giving an account of conditions in Mesopotamia. The volume includes a note on official use, title page and ''No...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (186 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/2
Title:
Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918'
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Naval Staff, Intelligence Department: November 1918). This is an updated and expanded edition of A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: August 1916) (IOR/L/MIL17/15/41/1). This is an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 volume (282 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 437-461

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 437-461
Title:
Kelat, Candahar and Herat Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 54 of 1856, dated 28 July 1856. The enclosures are dated 19 June-7 July 1856. The enclosures chiefly comprise letters from Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob, Acting...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
28 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item (25 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1
Title:
''A HANDBOOK OF MESOPOTAMIA VOLUME 1 GENERAL''
Scope & Content:
This volume is Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume 1: General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division: August 1916). The handbook contains a variety of information about the region of Mesopotamia, including its geography, economy, population, and history. The prefatory note at the start of the v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Aug 1916
Extent:

1 volume (367 folios)

6. Mss Eur F111/382

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/382
Title:
Notes on Persian Seistan
Scope & Content:
A confidential report on the Persian region of Seistan [Sistan]. The report was compiled by Captain Edward Abadie Plunkett, 1st Battalion (Lincoln Regiment), in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter-Master General's Department. The report was printed at the Office of the Superintendent of Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1903
Extent:

1 volume (67 folios)