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21. IOR/R/15/5/179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/179
Title:
File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland
Scope & Content:
This file contains a number of reports concerning different aspects of life in Kuwait, including its geography, history, flora and fauna, weather, political administration and leading personalities. Unless otherwise stated, the reports' author is Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1933-1948
Extent:
1 file (235 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/5/383

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/383
Title:
Where's Where in Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked confidential, is Where's Where in Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia, prepared by the General Staff, India, and printed in Simla by the Government Central Branch Press, in 1915. The volume is an index of places, arranged alphabetically. Each place has reference to the Survey of In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 volume (40 folios)

23. Mss Eur F111/30

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/30
Title:
Manuscript of Persia and the Persian Question
Scope & Content:
This file contains sections of the handwritten manuscript of the book Persia and the Persian Question by George Nathaniel Curzon. These papers come as part of the full handwritten draft of the book that comprises the shelfmarks Mss Eur F111/30-32. The printed edition of the book, which was publi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1889-1892
Extent:
1 file (668 folios)

24. Mss Eur F111/31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/31
Title:
Manuscript of Persia and the Persian Question
Scope & Content:
This file contains sections of the handwritten manuscript of the book Persia and the Persian Question by George Nathaniel Curzon. These papers come as part of the full handwritten draft of the book that comprises the shelfmarks Mss Eur F111/30-32. The printed edition of the book can be found in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890
Extent:

1 file (575 folios)

25. Mss Eur F111/32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/32
Title:
Manuscript of Persia and the Persian Question (Continued)
Scope & Content:
This file contains sections of the handwritten manuscript of the book Persia and the Persian Question by George Nathaniel Curzon. These papers come as part of the full handwritten draft of the book that comprises the shelfmarks Mss Eur F111/30-32. The printed edition of the book can be found in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890
Extent:

1 file (218 folios)

26. Mss Eur F111/67

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/67
Title:
General information on Persia for any future edition, 1895
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of an envelope of notes and printed papers that make up some ancillary materials collected by George Curzon at the time of the publication of his book, Persia and the Persian Question. The notes consist of official correspondence on Persia from the British Government, archaeo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1892-1895
Extent:

1 volume (109 folios)

27. Mss Eur F112/376

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/376
Title:
‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’
Scope & Content:
This volume is Volume I of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1886 edition). It was compiled for political and military reference by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Metcalfe MacGregor, Assistant Quarter Master General, in 1871, and brought up to 31 July 1885 by the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Mast...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886-1895
Extent:

1 volume (354 folios)

28. Mss Eur F112/377

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/377
Title:
Additions and Corrections to the Gazetteer of Persia, Volumes I and IV
Scope & Content:
The file consists of printed papers containing additions and corrections to the Gazetteer of Persia. These papers include cuttings and extracts from the camp diaries of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Yate, 1894, compiled by Lieutenant D R Adye, 6th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent, in the for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1896-1904
Extent:

1 file (335 folios)

29. Mss Eur F112/611

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/611
Title:
Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters, notes, and printed material on Persia compiled by George Curzon in the course of conducting research prior to the writing of his book: Persia and the Persian Question. The papers' contents and type vary considerably, but consists primarily of handwritten notes, some...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1880-1891
Extent:

1 file (692 folios)