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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/2
Title:
Gazetteer of Arabia
Scope & Content:
An alphabetically-arranged compendium of the tribes, clans and geographical features (including towns, villages, lakes, mountains and wells) of Arabia that is contained within three seperate bound volumes. The entries range from short descriptions of one or two sentences to longer entries of sev...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

3 volumes (1,100 folios)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/4
Title:
Arabia
Scope & Content:
This volume contains geographical, social and economic information on Arabia and was produced by the Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919. It is divided into two sections: 'Geography'(folios 3-8) and 'Man' including 'Race, Language and Religion', 'Manners and Custom', 'Economic Capaci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 volume (14 folios)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41
Title:
A Handbook of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This file consists of six volumes containing intelligence on Mesopotamia. These volumes are: Volume I: General (August 1916); Volume I: General (Second Edition, November 1918); Volume II: Irak [Iraq], The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (May 1917); Volume III: Central Mesopotamia with Souther Kurdista...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, and Syriac
Date Range:
1916-1918
Extent:

6 volumes (1329 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11
Title:
Who's Who in Persia
Scope & Content:
The volumes consist of Who's Who in Persia volumes I-IV, compiled by the General Staff, India. These are biographical dictionaries of individuals, families, and tribes connected with particular regions in Persia. A further four volumes contain corrections and additions for each of the previous vo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923-1924
Extent:

8 volumes (549 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/5
Title:
Arabia Intelligence Report
Scope & Content:
This volume contains geographical and strategic information on Arabia and was produced by the Naval Staff Intelligence Department, October 1941. It is divided into six sections: 'Policy', 'Strategy and Tactics', 'Economics' (folio 4) 'Geography and Topography' (folios 4v-10), 'Base Facilities a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1941
Extent:

1 volume (24 folios)

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/140
Title:
'Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns the geography of the Persian Gulf and was published by the Naval Staff Intelligence Department in June 1919. It is divided into two sections: 'Physical Geography', including 'Position and Frontiers', 'Surface, Coasts and Islands, River Systems', and 'Sanitary Conditions' (ff...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (22 folios)

7. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/14
Title:
Handbook of Yemen
Scope & Content:
The volume is Handbook of Yemen. Prepared by the Arab Bureau, Cairo, 1st edn, 15 January 1917 (Cairo: Government Press, 1917). The handbook contains information about Yemen under the following headings: Area; Physical Character (including Relief and Climate); Population; Districts and Towns; Ag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (91 folios)

8. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/3
Title:
Routes in Arabia
Scope & Content:
This volume contains descriptions of the 'more important of the known routes in Arabia proper' produced by the General Staff in Simla, India. It is divided up as follows: Part I - Routes in North-Eastern, Eastern, and Southern Arabia. Part II - Routes in South-Western, Western, and North-Weste...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 volume (425 folios)

9. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/12
Title:
'Handbook of Hejaz'
Scope & Content:
The volume is Handbook of Hejaz. Prepared by The Arab Bureau, Cairo, 2nd edn, 26 February 1917 (Cairo: Government Press, 1917). The handbook comprises information about Hejaz under the following headings: Area; Physical Character; Population; Districts and Towns; Tribal Notes; Political; Person...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (98 folios)

10. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/5
Title:
'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA'
Scope & Content:
The volume is Military Report on Persia. Compiled by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India (Simla: 1912, originally published 1911). The volume contains a summary history of Persia, followed by sections on the country's geography and climate; ethnography; resources; army; naval forces; pl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912
Extent:

1 volume (229 folios)