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

261. Mss Eur F112/277

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/277
Title:
Papers on British policy and the Arab movement
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, manuscript notes, and other papers relating to the political and territorial settlement of parts of the Middle East following the First World War. Many of the papers were collected for the attention of the Middle East Committee (later named the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Jul 1916-7 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (187 folios)

262. Mss Eur F112/279

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/279
Title:
Miscellaneous papers on the Near and Middle East
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, and a map concerning various aspects of the post-First World War settlement of the Near and Middle East. The file covers the discussion around the Sykes-Picot Agreement (also known as the Asia Minor Agreement; see folios 1-3) and the settlement...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1916-18 Aug 1919
Extent:

1 file (35 folios)

263. Mss Eur F112/280/2, f 126

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/280/2, f 126
Title:
‘FRONTIER OF TURKEY IN EUROPE; DEMILITARIZED ZONES OF THE STRAITS AND IN THRACE; THE ISLANDS (DODEKANESIA); GALLIPOLI PENINSULA’
Scope & Content:
Map of south-eastern Europe (Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria) affected by the Treaty of Lausanne. The map indicates coastline, hydrology, and human settlements. Also marked on the map are: the Turkish frontier (solid red line); the demilitarised zone in Thrace (blue crosshatch); the demilitarised zones...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1923
Extent:
1 map

264. Mss Eur F112/552, f 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/552, f 8
Title:
'Persia and Afghanistan'
Scope & Content:
Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149' and providing full country coverage of Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan with significant partial coverage of present-day Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Portrays, hydrology, rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912
Extent:

1 map sheet

265. Mss Eur F112/552, f 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/552, f 9
Title:
'Persia and Afghanistan'
Scope & Content:
Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149' and providing full country coverage of Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan with significant partial coverage of present-day Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Portrays, hydrology, rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 map sheet

266. Mss Eur F112/552, f 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/552, f 10
Title:
'Sketch map of Arabia'. With manuscript additions showing 'Friendly' and 'Hostile' Confederations
Scope & Content:
Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'I[intelligence].D[ivision].W[ar].O[ffice]. No. 1835' and the imprint 'Corrections, July, 1905. Railways revised Sept. 1906.' Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, railways, roads, submarine telegraphs, settlements, place names and international bou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1916?
Extent:

1 map sheet

267. Mss Eur F112/552, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/552, f 13
Title:
'Medina-Mecca. Published by the Survey of Egypt for Arab Bureau; under authority from the War Office, Nov. 1916.' With manuscript additions showing the disposition of troops
Scope & Content:
'G[eographical].S[ection].G[eneral].S[taff].' Series 4011, Sheet 'Medina-Mecca', Second Provisional Sheet, being a 'reprint of the First Provisional Issue with large corrections'. A compilation note cites other GSGS mapping and an Admiralty chart as source material. Covers the southern Hejaz in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 map sheet

268. Mss Eur F112/552, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/552, f 14
Title:
'Map of Syria'. With manuscript additions
Scope & Content:
Created by the War Office. Bears the imprint 'G[eographical].S[ection].G[eneral].S[taff]. No. 2904'. Covers Syria together with the geographical region of Palestine, present-day Jordan and Lebanon, and parts of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and Iraq. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

1 map sheet

269. Mss Eur F112/555, f 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/555, f 2
Title:
'Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
Created by the War Office. Covers the northernmost seventy miles of the Persian Gulf and its hinterland extending 270 miles to the north and west in present-day Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Portrays freshwater and coastal hydrology (including soundings and submarine contours), relief by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet

270. Mss Eur F112/555, f 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/555, f 3
Title:
'Country North of the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
Classified 'Secret'. Created by the War Office. Covers the northernmost fifty miles of the Persian Gulf and its hinterland extending 400 miles to the north and west into Lower Mesopotamia in present-day Iraq and Iran. Portrays freshwater and coastal hydrology, roads and tracks, railways, telegr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet