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1. Add MS 88942/1/64

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/64
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains etymological notes on Greek, Latin, German, Danish, Italian, Persian, and lists of words with 'uncertain and doubtful origin'. Back to front (upside-down): lists of population figures for England, Wales, Scotland, and other partly demographical figures and accounts of Englis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, French, Gaelic, Greek, Ancient, Irish, Italian, Latin, Persian, Sanskrit, and Welsh
Date Range:
1830s
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 40 pages of text), 23 loose sheets (23 folios, 44 pages of text)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1
Title:
‘A HISTORY OF PERSIA’
Scope & Content:
This file is A History of Persia by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Molesworth Sykes (London: Macmillan and Co, Limited, 1915). The file consists of two volumes, containing a historical narrative of Persia [Iran], dating from around 6000 BCE to the signing of the Persian Constitution of 1906 CE. It c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

2 volumes (770 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2
Title:
'A HISTORY OF PERSIA'
Scope & Content:
This file is A History of Persia by Brigadier-General Percy Molesworth Sykes (London: Macmillan and Co Limited, 1921). The file consists of two volumes. It contains a historical narrative of Persia [Iran], dating from around 6000 BCE to 1921 CE, including discussions of the cultures, languages...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:

2 volumes (812 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/20/C202/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C202/3
Title:
‘MILITARY REPORT ON IRAQ (Area 6) LOWER EUPHRATES’
Scope & Content:
A volume in a series of official publications entitled ‘Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq).’, compiled by the General Staff, British Forces in Iraq. This volume covers an area referred to as ‘Area 6: Lower Euphrates’. This area contains the lower section of the Euphrates River, running nort...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1927
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C202/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C202/4
Title:
‘MILITARY REPORT ON MESOPOTAMIA. (Iraq.) Area 7 (TIGRIS). (Provisional.)’
Scope & Content:
A volume in a series of official publications entitled ‘Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq).’, compiled by the General Staff, British Forces in Iraq. This volume covers an area referred to as ‘Area 7: Tigris’. This area contains the lower section of the Tigris River, running north from Bagh-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

1 volume (101 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/20/C202/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C202/5
Title:
‘MILITARY REPORT ON MESOPOTAMIA (IRAQ). Area 8 (WESTERN KURDISTAN). (Provisional.)’
Scope & Content:
A volume in a series of official publications entitled ‘Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq).’, compiled by the General Staff, British Forces in Iraq. This volume covers an area called in the volume ‘Area 8: Western Kurdistan’. This roughly spans between Birijik [Birecik], Hogena [Huknah], Mu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

1 volume (77 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/20/C259

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259
Title:
‘B.R. 525 (RESTRICTED) PERSIA’
Scope & Content:
An official publication entitled Persia from the Geographical Handbook Series produced by the Naval Intelligence Division (NID) of the Admiralty. This volume was prepared by the Oxford sub-division of the NID under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Mason, Professor of Geography at the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945
Extent:

1 volume (428 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/20/E56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E56
Title:
‘MILITARY REPORT ON ARABIA.’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of a military report on Arabia. It was published in 1904 and prepared by the General Staff, War Office. It is divided into eight chapters by the following locations: ‘General Description of Arabia Proper.’ The region of Syria [Greater Syria] The Hejaz The Yemen Nejd [Najd] El...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 volume (169 folios)