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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125/2, f 3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125/2, f 3
Title:
‘Railway Map of Basra and Magil Showing Tentative Proposals for Port Development’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Office, Calcutta. Reproduced by Bashrah Survey Party I.E.F.”D” No. 81 Dated 12.6.17. Signature of Acting Director of Railways in the bottom right-hand corner. Distinctive Features: Plan of Basra showing railway infrastructure including existi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 map

2. IOR/L/PS/10/821/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/821/3
Title:
File 2023/1919 Pt 3 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of BASRA Municipal Council’
Scope & Content:
This item comprises papers relating to the establishment of the Municipal Council in the province of Basra [also written as Basrah], in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administration. Papers comprise an India Office Political Department coversheets, minute papers, memoranda and encl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1918-12 May 1920
Extent:
1 item (37 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/821/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/821/6
Title:
File 2023/1919 Pt 6 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of BASRA Divisional Council, Council of Notables’
Scope & Content:
This item comprises papers relating to proceedings of the Divisional Council and Council of Notables in the province of Basra [also written as Basrah], as well as observations on circumstances relating to the attempted Revolution of 1920, in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1919-17 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 item (60 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/4600

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4600
Title:
Coll 45/13 ‘PROPAGANDA Proposed Ministry of Information office in Basra (Savidge)’
Scope & Content:
The papers relate to the establishment of a Ministry of Information office in Basra. Correspondence discusses the practicalities and issues relating to the engagement of the services of Major C A G Savidge of the Department of External Affairs, Government of India, to take charge of the Ministry ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1941-10 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 159
Title:
Basra Showing Ma‘qil, Ashar and Basra City
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the city of Basra, showing the settlements of ‘Basra City’, Ma‘qil [Al Ma‘qil] and Ashar [Al Ashar]; other smaller settlements are also demarcated. The map shows the Shatt-al-‘Arab [Shatt al-Arab] and its tributary creeks, and depicts the main railways, bridges, canals, and road...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

6. IOR/R/15/1/610-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610-615
Title:
File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1911-1919
Extent:

6 files and volumes (1107 folios)

7. IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (iii)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (iii)
Title:
'SKETCH MAP SHOWING TURCO-PERSIAN FRONTIER WEST AND SOUTH OF HAWIZEH'.
Scope & Content:
The map represents Basra and the surrounding area. The map records cities, settlements, hydrology, and cultivations. Printed by the War Office and signed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Edward Grey) and the Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim Hakki Pasha), the map indicates by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1912
Extent:
1 map