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Project / Collection India Office Records Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/10 Subject Geographical exploration

1. IOR/L/PS/10/135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/135
Title:
File 758/1908 'Arabia: Travellers - Mr G W Bury'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, notes and press cuttings relating to the movements of the explorer and naturalist, George Wyman Bury. The majority of the correspondence is between Bury himself, the India Office, the Government of India, the Government of Bombay, and the Political Residency at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1915
Extent:
1 volume (229 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/259

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/259
Title:
File 1202/1912 'Arabia:- Travellers. Capt. F. F Hunter. Herr Runkiar (Danish Expedition). Capt Shakespear.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns expeditions by British officers and by the Royal Danish Geographical Society into the interior of Arabia. The papers cover: plans by the Royal Danish Geographical Society to explore the countries around the Persian Gulf, 1909; the refusal of British officials to sanction a p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1908-5 Mar 1920
Extent:
1 volume (175 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/657
Title:
File 756/1917 Pt 1 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 1 to 65’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin numbers 1-65 produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo. They deal with economic, military, and political matters in Turkey, the Middle East, Arabia, and elsewhere, which – in the opinion of British officials – affect the ‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 volume (616 folios)