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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name War Office, 1857-1964

231. IOR/L/PS/18/B329

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B329
Title:
Proposed Intelligence Service for the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a draft scheme prepared by the War Office concerning a reconsideration of Britain's intelligence service in the Middle East. The memorandum includes sections covering British intelligence operations in Constantinople, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Southern Arabia and Somaliland, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1919
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

232. IOR/L/PS/18/C179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C179
Title:
Mesopotamia Administration Committee. Proposed extension of Quetta-Nushki-Dalbandin railway.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the Government of India's proposed extension of the Quetta-Nushki-Dalbandin railway westwards to Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh]. It consists of the following: five telegrams between the Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger] and the Secretary of State for India [Edwin Samuel Mon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1917-18 Aug 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

233. IOR/L/PS/20/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35
Title:
‘Report for the Army Council on Mesopotamia. By Sir John P Hewett, GCSI, KBE’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains an illustrated report, with maps, correspondence and statistical data included as appendices, for the Army Council on Mesopotamia [Iraq], prepared by Sir John Prescott Hewett for the War Office, dated 10 March 1919. The report focuses on: a) the administration and expenditure...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (53 folios, 5 maps)

234. IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 32
Title:
‘‘Iraq-Persia Map No. 1’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of four maps numbered 1 to 4 included in IOR/L/PS/20/C204. In the body of the report it is entitled ‘General Map of Iraq’. In addition to Iraq the map shows Kuwait, eastern Persia [Iran], and the border areas of Turkey, Syria, and modern-day Saudi Arabia. The map portrays:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
1 map sheet

235. IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 33
Title:
‘Map No. 2’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of four maps, numbered 1 to 4, included in IOR/L/PS/20/C204. In the body of the report it is entitled ‘Sulaimani Area’. It shows the area surrounding the town of Sulaimani [Sulaymaniyah], including the western border of Persia [Iran]. The map portrays: the rivers of the ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 map sheet

236. IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 34
Title:
‘Map No. 3’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of four maps, numbered 1 to 4, included in IOR/L/PS/20/C204. In the body of the report it is entitled ‘Mosul Area’. It shows the boundaries of northern Iraq, centred on the area around the city of Mosul, and including the western border of Persia [Iran], southern border of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 map sheet

237. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 155
Title:
Administrative Divisions
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the liwa [administrative divisions] within ‘Iraq [Iraq]. The boundaries, names, and the sites of the capitals of each liwa are shown in red. The map shows ‘Iraq’s key settlements, railway lines, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers including tributary branches, and depicts the bounda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

238. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 156
Title:
‘Iraq, Index to ½ inch Sheets
Scope & Content:
This map is a graphic index showing the location and extent of the following two map series produced of territory in ‘Iraq [Iraq] and Iran: the ‘Iraq’ half inch regular series and the ‘M[esopotamian].E[xpeditionary].F[orce].’ half inch large sheet series. A brief key indicates how each series is...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

239. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 157
Title:
Index to Iraq Degree Sheet Series 1:253,440. Iraq Desert Series 1:500,000. General Series 1:1,000,000.
Scope & Content:
This map is a graphic index showing the location and extent of British maps of the Middle East. The maps range in scale, covering territory in Iraq, Kuwait, Nejd [Najd], Palestine, Trans-Jordan [Jordan], Turkey, and Syria. The series illustrated in the map are: Iraq Degree Sheet Series 1:253,44...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

240. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 158
Title:
City of Baghdad
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the city of Baghdad. The map shows the River Tigris, names the city’s districts, and depicts main roads, bridges, lanes, railways, and covered bazaars. Also shown are key sites of civil and military infrastructure and services, including airports, stations, mosques, hospitals, f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet