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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Euphrates River, Asia

11. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 123
Title:
‘Plan 7. The Euphrates between Basra & Nasiriya, 24th June, 1915’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Compiled from map produced by the Intelligence Branch G.S. I.E.F. “D” serial no. 34. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours. General map of the Euphrates River between Basra and Nasiriya [Nasiriyah] showing various channels with marshes depicted in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 map

12. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/97
Title:
Report from Gen Sir John Eccles Nixon, Commanding I.E.F. 'D', on the Operations on the Euphrates 26th June-25th July 1915 (including the battle of Nasiriyah)
Scope & Content:
This file contains despatches regarding British military operations on the Euphrates river carried out from 26 June to 25 July 1915. The file contains an introductory letter from General Sir John Eccles Nixon of Indian Expeditionary Force "D" to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Head Quarters...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 volume (52 folios)

13. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/131
Title:
Summary of correspondence relative to the administration of the Port of Basrah and measures for the control of the shipping traffic in Mesopotamia.
Scope & Content:
This secret summary was compiled by the Army Department, War Section Case and printed in Simla in September 1919. It contains letters and telegrams sent from 11 December 1915 to 14 August 1916 between the officers of the Government of India and the Director-General of Port Administration and Riv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1916
Extent:

1 volume (66 folios)

14. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/133
Title:
Summary of correspondence relative to surveying operations and river conservancy in Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This secret summary was compiled by the Army Department, War Section Case and printed in Simla in September 1916. It contains letters and telegrams sent from 10 February 1915 to 16 May 1916 between the officers of the Government of India, the Director of the Royal India Marine and the Director...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1916
Extent:

1 volume (48 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 109-112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 109-112
Title:
'Notes on Memo. Submitted on Iron Steam Vessels'.
Scope & Content:
Copy of a memorandum regarding the unsuitability of iron steam vessels for use on the Euphrates and Indus rivers. (With a note in pencil, by unknown author, criticizing the tone of the memorandum and asking for another opinion).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c May 1839
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 300-322

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 300-322
Title:
Sending Iron Steamers on Board the Urania for Service on the Euphrates and Tigris
Scope & Content:
The item comprises enclosures to a despatch, Number 123 of 1839, dated 20 November 1839, from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee on the subject of sending iron steamers from England on board the merchant ship Urania for service on the rivers Eup...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1839
Extent:
1 item (23 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/5/382, ff 141-472

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/382, ff 141-472
Title:
Bagdad and Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 15 of 1840, dated 31 March 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-93 and are dated 18 September 1839 to 31 March 1840. The papers relate to Bagdad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1840
Extent:
1 item (331 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 744-1021

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 744-1021
Title:
Affairs in Various Places in Asia
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 54 of 1840, dated 23 July 1840. The enclosures listed in the abstract of contents are numbered 3-107. There is a note on folio 745 stating that...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1840
Extent:
1 item (278 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/5/388, ff 16-27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/388, ff 16-27
Title:
Euphrates Expedition
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 89 of 1840, dated 30 October 1840. The enclosure consists of a memorandum by John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/5/388, ff 138-153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/388, ff 138-153
Title:
Euphrates Flotilla and the Indus Flotilla
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 91 of 1840, dated 31 October 1840. The enclosures are numbered 1-5 and are dated 28 August to 26 October 1840. They consist of correspondence rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)