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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/140
Title:
'Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns the geography of the Persian Gulf and was published by the Naval Staff Intelligence Department in June 1919. It is divided into two sections: 'Physical Geography', including 'Position and Frontiers', 'Surface, Coasts and Islands, River Systems', and 'Sanitary Conditions' (ff...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (22 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/C169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C169
Title:
Southern Nejd: Journey to Kharj, Aflaj, Sulaiyyil, and Wadi Dawasir in 1918.
Scope & Content:
Harry St John Bridger Philby's account of his journey in the southern regions of the Najd, published for the Arab Bureau by the Government Press in Cairo, 1919. The journey was taken in May to June 1918 while the author was in Riyadh for the purpose of maintaining relations with Ibn Sa‘ud [‘Abd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (46 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/5/366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/366
Title:
Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part II: Geographical and descriptive materials, Section II: Western Side of the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked confidential, is Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part II: Geographical and descriptive materials, Section II: Western Side of the Gulf, compiled by John Gordon Lorimer, and includes the printing statement 'G. C. Press, Simla - No. C-912 F. D. - 17.11.04 - 30 - J. D.'. The volume begin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:

1 volume (138 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/367
Title:
Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part II: Geographical and descriptive materials, Section III: Central Arabia.
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked confidential, is Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part II: Geographical and descriptive materials, Section III: Central Arabia, compiled by John Gordon Lorimer, and includes the printing statement 'G. C. Press Simla - No. C-905 F. D. - 18.11.04 - 80 - C. G.'. The volume begins with not...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:

1 volume (125 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/370

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/370
Title:
Gazetteer of Persia, Vol IV
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked confidential, is Gazetteer of Persia, Volume IV, prepared by the General Staff, Army Head Quarters, India, and printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1910. At the beginning is a note on the geographical scope of the volume. The main section contains information on v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:

1 volume (342 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/382

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/382
Title:
Handbook of Asir
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked 'For Official Use Only', is a first edition Handbook of Asir, prepared by Captain K Cornwallis of the Arab Bureau, Cairo, and printed by the Government Press, Cairo, 1 June 1916. The volume opens with a prefatory note on compilation and sources and is then divided into sevent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (93 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/384
Title:
Field Notes on Sa'udi Arabia, 1935
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked confidential, is Field Notes on Sa'udi Arabia, 1935, prepared by Donald Banks of the Air Ministry, by command of the Air Council. The volume begins with a brief forward (folio 2) in which the geographical scope is outlined. The volume is then divided into nine chapters (I-IX)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:

1 volume (120 folios)

8. IOR/X/10309

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/10309
Title:
‘Persian Gulf single charts.–Memoir.–Lieut. Houghton’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a ‘memoir’ written by Lieutenant Michael Houghton, draughtsman on board the Honorable Company’s ship Discovery, which consists of a description of places encountered during the East India Company’s survey of the Persian Gulf during the 1820s. The memoir covers the survey’s jo...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1822
Extent:
1 volume (24 folios)