P 4180/1915 The War: German attempts to fan Islamic feeling
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(1) Note dated 1 Dec 1915 from Harold Nicolson, Foreign Office, to Arthur Hirtzel, Assistant Under Secretary of State for India, saying the News Department of the Foreign Office will produce an article based on information sent in a paper from Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner in Cairo. ...
P 4640/1917 The Turkish campaigns in Mesopotamia, Palestine and Hedjaz
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Report dated 4 Aug 1917 written in Geneva by Lieutenant Commander Hugh C. Whittall R.N.V.R., headed “Enemy plans – The coming Turkish campaigns in Mesopotamia, Palestine and Hejaz”. The report details information obtained from interviewing people in Turkish diplomatic, consular, military, naval ...
P 949/1919 Appreciation by the War Office of the Russian Situation, a Report for use at Peace Conference
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Report dated 12 Jan 1919 written by General Staff War Office, entitled “Appreciation of the internal situation in Russia”, headed “For use at Peace Conference”, with a map and associated administrative items. The documents, in order of their appearance, include: (1) Note dated 25 Feb 1919 fro...
Land allocation for the Calcutta Botanical Garden, plus procurement of roots, herbs and trees
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pp 286-304. Letter from Robert Kyd relating to land allocated for the botanical garden in Calcutta; plus memorandum on the procurement for the garden of "various roots, herbs and trees from Bombay, Madras, Penang and China".
Letters to Government from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd reporting on various botanical subjects
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Bengal Public Proceedings, 2nd July 1790: [pp 350-355] Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd to the Secretary to Government, dated Calcutta 25th June 1790, regarding the cultivation of Mawah and Teak, and reporting that there were upwards of one thousand plants of Spanish American Napaul [...
Proceedings regarding the climate of Northern India
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Bengal Public Proceedings, 2nd July 1790: [pp 680-683] Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd to David Hay, Secretary to Government, dated Calcutta 27th July 1790, regarding the benefits to the health of Europeans of the climate near the northern frontiers of India, in contrast to the dange...