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1. Add MS 23403, ff 4v-8v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 23403, ff 4v-8v
Title:
Tadhkirah li-Ibn Sīnā تذكرة لابن سينا Jūzjānī, ʻAbd al-Wāḥid جوزجاني، عبد الواحد
Scope & Content:
Biography of Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037), with a list of his works (ff. 6r-7v). The text is a paraphrased version of the widely-circulated autobiography by Ibn Sīnā, completed by his pupil ʻAbd al-...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1019
Extent:
Ff. 4v-8v

2. IOR/L/PS/20/231B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/231B
Title:
'WHO'S WHO IN PERSIA'
Scope & Content:
The volume is entitled ‘Who’s Who in Persia’, and is a British intelligence report, compiled in 1916 by the General Staff of the British Indian Army and subsequently reprinted with corrections in 1918. The report was printed by Superintendent Government Printing, India, based in Calcutta [Kolkat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1927
Extent:

1 volume (145 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/20/C137/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C137/1
Title:
'WHO'S WHO IN PERSIA'
Scope & Content:
An official publication entitled Who’s Who in Persia [Iran] produced by the General Staff, India. At the start of the publication is a list of ministers who had served in the Cabinet of the Government of Persia from the coronation of Sultan Ahmed Shah [Aḥmad Shāh Qājār] on 21 July 1914 to Janua...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

1 volume (101 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/20/C199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C199
Title:
‘PERSONALITIES. BAGHDAD AND KADHAMAIN.’
Scope & Content:
An official publication entitled ‘Personalities of Baghdad and Kadhamain’ [Al Kazimiyah], produced by British authorities in Baghdad in 1920. The publication comprises a list of persons, in broadly alphabetical order by first name, accompanied by biographical notes. These primarily cover the pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920
Extent:

1 volume (92 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/20/E75/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E75/2
Title:
'INFORMATION REGARDING THE CHIEFS AND LEADING OFFICIALS, NOBLES AND PERSONAGES OF THE ADEN PROTECTORATE.'
Scope & Content:
An official publication entitled ‘Information Regarding the Chiefs and Leading Officials, Nobles and Personages in the Aden Protectorate’. A stamp on the front cover indicates that this copy of the publication was enclosed in letter no. 47M from the Foreign Secretary of the Government of India t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

1 volume (15 folios)