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41. IOR/L/PS/18/B284

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B284
Title:
Eastern Committee. The future of Mesopotamia. (Note by Sir Percy Cox.)
Scope & Content:
This note was written by Major-General Percy Zachariah Cox in April 1918 in his capacity as Civil Commissioner, Baghdad. It consists of two main parts. The first part deals with the premises for British policy, namely, the proclamation issued on British arrival in Baghdad, that they had come to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1918
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

42. IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 43
Title:
'MAP SHOWING PROPOSED BAGHDAD RAILWAY'
Scope & Content:
The map shows a region encompassing parts of Russia, Persia, Arabia and the Ottoman Empire, indicating the routes of proposed and existing railway lines. The map also shows hydrology, topography and major cities and towns. The map is Plate 2 in 'Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman' (Naval Intelligenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 map

43. IOR/L/PS/20/263, f 152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/263, f 152
Title:
Sketch Maps to Shew Railways in Asia Minor
Scope & Content:
A War Office map, dated January 1907. The map shows the following railway lines: British; French; Anglo-Franco-German; the Baghdad Railway System; the Anatolian Railway; Turkish Railways; Egyptian 'State' Railways; and Russian Railways. The map also marks out the Ordu Territorial Districts [co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1907
Extent:
1 map

44. IOR/L/PS/20/C150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C150
Title:
‘A sketch of the political history of Persia, Iraq and Arabia, with special reference to the present campaign.’
Scope & Content:
The volume is an overview of the political history of Persia, Iraq and Arabia, authored by the Office of the Chief Political Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force “D”, and printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta [Kolkata], India in 1917. The volume is divided into a number of c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

29 folios

45. IOR/L/PS/20/CA13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/CA13
Title:
'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1873'
Scope & Content:
Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1873. The letters are dated December 1872-December 1873. The abstracts each have one of the following titles: Abstracts ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1872- Dec 1873
Extent:
1 volume (332 folios)

46. IOR/R/15/1/730

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/730
Title:
Historical Summary of Events in Territories of the Ottoman Empire, Persia and Arabia affecting the British Position in the Persian Gulf, 1907-1928
Scope & Content:
The volume is entitled Summary of Events in Territories of the Ottoman Empire, Persia and Arabia affecting the British Position in the Persian Gulf, 1907-1928 (printed by the Committee of Imperial Defence, October 1928). Includes sections on The Ottoman Empire, Persia, Arabia (Nejd [Najd]), Moh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928
Extent:
1 volume (90 folios)

47. IOR/R/15/1/741

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/741
Title:
Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Persian Gulf and Adjacent Territories, (With Maps), Signed at London, July 29 1913
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the following two documents: Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Persian Gulf and adjacent territories, (With Maps), Signed at London, July 29 1913 and Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Boundaries of Aden and of Ottoma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1913-1914
Extent:

1 volume (45 folios)

48. Mss Eur F112/278

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/278
Title:
Papers written by Curzon on the Near and Middle East
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, and notes on various subjects connected to the Near and Middle East. The majority of the papers are written by George Curzon himself and concern the settlement of former territories of the Ottoman Empire following its break up after the First Wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Nov 1917-17 Jan 1924
Extent:

1 file (174 folios)

49. Mss Eur F112/280/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/280/1
Title:
‘The Capitulations. What they are, and what effect their abolition will have upon the status of British subjects in Turkey, upon their interests, their liberties and upon British trade generally.’
Scope & Content:
A copy of a memorandum, submitted on behalf of the non-official British community in Constantinople [Istanbul], and printed and published by Page & Thomas Limited, London. The capitulations referred to in the volume’s title were grants made by successive Sultans of the Ottoman Empire to othe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1923
Extent:

1 volume (12 folios)

50. Mss Eur F112/552

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/552
Title:
Maps Relating to the First World War in the Former Ottoman Empire
Scope & Content:
Maps Relating to the First World War in the former Ottoman Empire. As follows: f 1 Northern Persia [Iran] and Caucasia: map fragment [1916?] f 2 The Ottoman Empire north of 33°N. 1916 ff 3-4 'Arabia and Middle East'. Friendly and hostile confederations. [1916?] f 5 'The Middle East'. Published b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1918
Extent:

15 map sheets