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1. IOR/F/4/1701/68745

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1701/68745
Title:
‘Euphrates Steam Expedition’
Scope & Content:
This item consists mostly of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the first of two items on the subject of the Euphrates expedition of 1835-37 (the other item is IOR/F/4/1701/68746). The item c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1836-17 Dec 1836
Extent:
1 item (63 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2260/114582

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2260/114582
Title:
‘Turkish Arabia Surveys and Map of the countries bordering on the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris – ’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, and minutes, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Henry Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; Lieutenan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1844-27 Mar 1848
Extent:
1 item (31 folios)

3. IOR/L/MAR/C/573

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/573
Title:
Euphrates expedition
Scope & Content:
Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers preparations for the expedition, the sea journey fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1834-18 Jan 1836
Extent:
1 volume (403 folios)

4. IOR/L/MAR/C/574

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/574
Title:
Euphrates expedition
Scope & Content:
Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers: the overland journey from Sovedia [Samandağ] to Bir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1834-23 Jul 1841
Extent:
1 volume (570 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3230
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 8. (From 1st to 31st March 1915.)’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 and 31 March 1915. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1915-31 Mar 1915
Extent:

1 volume (234 folios)

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/4
Title:
Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume III, Central Mesopotamia with Sourthern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, January, 1917), covering the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallujah] to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah], the Lesser...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 volume (214 folios)

7. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/5
Title:
'Supplement to Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III'
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Corrections and Additions to Volume III: Central Mesopotamia with Southern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Naval Staff Intelligence Department: June, 1918). It supplements Volume III (IOR/L/MIL/17/41/4) which includes routes along the middle Tigris and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 volume (115 folios)

8. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/6
Title:
Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume IV, Northern Mesopotamia and Central Kurdistan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, April, 1917), covering Mesopotamia north of the line joining Rowanduz, Mosul, Meskeneh [Maskanah], and Aleppo, up to Van, Bitlis, Diarbekr, and Mar‘ash. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 volume (263 folios)

9. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/54, p 12A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/54, p 12A
Title:
‘Fig. 1 Advance of the Euphrates-Tigris delta since early historic times (after maps of de Morgan)’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Map of the Tigris-Euphrates Delta produced to illustrate the geology of Mesopotamia and surrounding region based on Jacques de Morgan’s research. Shows the advance of delta over the time with the Persian Gulf’s coast in time of Sennacherib B.C. by pecked line; the coastlin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 map

10. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 60b

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 60b
Title:
‘Plan 8. Sketch of W. end of Gurma Safha’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Distinctive Features: Sketch map drawn from plan prepared by General Staff India showing the position of enemy’s forces along River Euphrates with landmarks lettered for reference and a key provided in the upper left-hand corner of sheet. Oriented with west ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 map