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1. IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1
Title:
''A HANDBOOK OF MESOPOTAMIA VOLUME 1 GENERAL''
Scope & Content:
This volume is Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume 1: General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division: August 1916). The handbook contains a variety of information about the region of Mesopotamia, including its geography, economy, population, and history. The prefatory note at the start of the v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Aug 1916
Extent:

1 volume (367 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/C188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C188
Title:
Persia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 80
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns the geography, political history and economic conditions of Persia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in June 1919. It is divided into three sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'(folios 4-8); 'Political History'(folios 9-32); 'Social a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 volume (78 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/20/C190

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C190
Title:
Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This volume is a confidential handbook on Mesopotamia prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, dated February 1919. There is a table of contents which includes the following chapters: I: 'Geography Physical and Political', including 'Position and Frontiers', ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1919
Extent:

1 volume (76 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/20/C201/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C201/1
Title:
‘Military report on Persia. Vol IV, part I. Persian Baluchistan, Kerman and Bandar Abbas.’
Scope & Content:
Military report on Persia (volume IV, part I, covering Persian Baluchistan, Kermān and Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]), dated 1922, and published by the Central Government Press at Simla in 1923. The report’s chapters cover: History, including: Persia’s recent political history; a recent history...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

81 folios

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C201/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C201/2
Title:
‘Military report on Persia. Vol IV, part II. Fars, Gulf ports, Yazd and Laristan.’
Scope & Content:
Military report on Persia (volume IV, part II) covering Fars, Yazd, the Gulf ports and Laristan, dated 1922, and published by the Central Government Press at Simla in 1924. The report’s chapters cover: History, including a recent political history of Persia; military history; the Anglo-Persia Wa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:

103 folios

6. IOR/L/PS/20/C205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C205
Title:
Military report on Arabistan (Area no 13)
Scope & Content:
Military report on Arabistan [Khuzestan] province, compiled by Air Headquarters, Iraq, and printed in 1924 (Simla: Government of India Press). The report is organised into nine chapters (with subsections), each covering a different subject, plus appendices, as follows: Chapter I - History (Gen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:

1 volume (178 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/20/C252

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C252
Title:
Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939
Scope & Content:
This volume contains geographical information and maps about the Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. It was produced by the General Staff, India, and printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, Simla, 1940. The volume is divided into two sections: 'Military Report' including general desc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 volume (157 folios and 7 maps in pocket)