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1. 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)

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/17/16/5

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)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/6
Title:
Military report on the Aden Protectorate
Scope & Content:
Military report on Aden Protectorate by the General Staff India, dated 1915, and printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla. The report's chapters cover: History, including a general summary of the history the region from 529 A.D. to 1915; histories of the individual tribes ('Abdalī, 'Akra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 volume (164 folios)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/7
Title:
Field notes: Aden Protectorate
Scope & Content:
Published in 1917 by the General Staff, India, this report is intended as a guide for officers serving in the field. Chapter headings are: history; geography; population; tribes; climate; Aden and Shaikh Othman; water supply; special notes for various branches; miscellaneous; personalities of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

28 folios

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/8
Title:
Defences of Aden and Perim.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains extracts from the Military Proceedings of the Government of India, consisting of correspondence, reports, tables and statements relating to defences, fortifications, batteries and barracks at Aden and Perim Island. The principal correspondents are the Secretary to the Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1882
Extent:

1 volume (28 folios)

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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/9
Title:
An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden
Scope & Content:
'An Account of the Arab tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' that was originally compiled by Captain F M Hunter and C W H Sealy in 1886, added to intermittently by various officers of the Aden Residency and re-published and revised in September 1907 by Captain Arthur Henry Eyre Moose, Assistant Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:

2 volumes (194 folios)

8. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/10
Title:
Despatch by Major-General J. M. Stewart, C.B., on the Operations of the Aden Field Force. From 7th February to 31st March 1918
Scope & Content:
Despatch by Major-General James Marshall Stewart, the General Officer Commanding, Aden Field Force, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla. The file contains amendments to be included in a previous despatch dated 18 February 1918, in order to bring the record of operations...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1918
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

9. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/11
Title:
Despatch by Major-General J. M. Stewart, C.B. on the operations of the Aden Field Force 1st April to 31st August 1918
Scope & Content:
Despatch by Major-General James Marshall Stewart, the General Officer Commanding, Aden Field Force, addressed to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla. The file comprises copies of two letters containing a summary of the operations of the Aden Field Force for the period 1 Ap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1918
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

10. 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)