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311. IOR/L/PS/20/144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/144
Title:
Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia, and Luristan from April to October 1888. By Lt F R Maunsell, Intelligence Branch. In Two Volumes. Volume I: narrative report, description of larger towns and routes leading from them. Simla: Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Dept, 1890
Scope & Content:
Narrative report on surveys conducted in Mesopotamia [Iraq], North-West Persia [Iran] and Luristan [Lorestān]. The preface provides the following information: 'The object was to explore various tracts of little known country through which roads lead north from the head of the Persian Gulf to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890
Extent:

1 volume (152 folios)

312. IOR/L/PS/20/250

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/250
Title:
Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises annual reports and administration reports, submitted by Political Officers, for the following divisions in occupied Mesopotamia [Iraq]: Samara; Ba'qubah; Khaniqin [Khānaīqn]; Samawah; Shamiyah [Shāmīyah]; Hillah; Dulaim [Anbar]; Basrah; Qurnah; 'Amarah [Al 'Amārah]; Kut; Nas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (231 folios)

313. IOR/L/PS/20/257

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/257
Title:
Mesopotamia Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by Act of Parliament to Enquire into the Operations of War in Mesopotamia, together with a Special Report by Commander J Wedgwood, DSO, MP, and Appendices. London: HMSO, 1917.
Scope & Content:
A signed proof, folios 1-100, plus additional material, folios 101-124. The cover bears the signature of Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Assistant Under-Secretary of State. The report has been annotated in blue pencil at various points. Contents: 'Part I. Preface. 'Part II. Origin of Mesopotamia [Iraq] Exp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1918
Extent:

1 volume (122 folios)

314. IOR/L/PS/20/263

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/263
Title:
Report and Proceedings of a Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Baghdad Railway, Southern Persia, and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the following minutes and proceedings: First Meeting, 2 March 1908. Evidence of Sir Richmond Thackeray Willoughby Ritchie. Second Meeting, 6 March 1908. Evidence of Sir J Mackay. Third Meeting, 11 March 1908. Evidence of Mr Frank Clark Strick and Mr E Lloyd. Fourth Meeting, 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1909
Extent:

1 volume (162 folios)

315. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1
Title:
‘A HISTORY OF PERSIA’
Scope & Content:
This file is A History of Persia by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Molesworth Sykes (London: Macmillan and Co, Limited, 1915). The file consists of two volumes, containing a historical narrative of Persia [Iran], dating from around 6000 BCE to the signing of the Persian Constitution of 1906 CE. It c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

2 volumes (770 folios)

316. IOR/L/PS/20/C129/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C129/3
Title:
‘WHO’S WHO IN MESOPOTAMIA’
Scope & Content:
The volume is entitled Who’s Who in Mesopotamia, and is a British intelligence report, compiled in 1916 by the General Staff of the British Indian Army. The report was printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, India, Calcutta [Kolkata]. It contains information about individuals located ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (171 folios)

317. IOR/L/PS/20/C134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C134
Title:
'LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TURKEY AND PERSIA'
Scope & Content:
This volume is entitled LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TURKEY AND PERSIA, and is a description of the British lines of communication between the Ottoman Empire and Persia [Iran]. It was produced in 1916 by the General Staff of the British Indian Army and was printed by the Government Monotype Pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (62 folios)

318. IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1
Title:
''A HANDBOOK OF MESOPOTAMIA VOLUME 1 GENERAL''
Scope & Content:
This volume is Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume 1: General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division: August 1916). The handbook contains a variety of information about the region of Mesopotamia, including its geography, economy, population, and history. The prefatory note at the start of the v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Aug 1916
Extent:

1 volume (367 folios)

319. IOR/L/PS/20/C190

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C190
Title:
Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This volume is a confidential handbook on Mesopotamia prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, dated February 1919. There is a table of contents which includes the following chapters: I: 'Geography Physical and Political', including 'Position and Frontiers', ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1919
Extent:

1 volume (76 folios)

320. IOR/L/PS/20/C202/3, f 223

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C202/3, f 223
Title:
‘Key Map to Boundaries of Military Report Areas in Mesopotamia’
Scope & Content:
This map is one of three map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C202/3. It portrays the boundaries of ten areas of Mesopotamia demarcated for individual military reports. It extends from Tabriz in the east to Rakka [Raqqa] in the west, and from Kharput [Elazig] in the north to Basrah [Basra] in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920
Extent:

1 map sheet

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