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1. IOR/L/MIL/5/778

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/778
Title:
Mesopotamia. Local Resources.
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and memoranda concerning the administration of local resources in Mesopotamia by the British military authorities, 1917-19. The main correspondents are: the War Office; Commander-in-Chief (C in C), India; and General Officer Commanding (GOC), Mesopotamia. Subjects c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1916-27 Jul 1919
Extent:
1 file (96 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 37. PART II. (From 16th to 31st August 1917).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 16 and 31 August 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1917-31 Aug 1917
Extent:
1 volume (260 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15
Title:
A note on communications and irrigation in the Persian province of Arabistan
Scope & Content:
This note on communications and irrigation in Arabistan was written by Sir George Cunningham Buchanan and was printed in Simla at the Government Monotype Press. The information in the note is divided using sub-headings which include: general description communications the Karun River irrigation ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (13 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/50
Title:
Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a printed volume regarding the field notes on Mesopotamia. The volume was prepared on behalf of the General Staff, India and printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, India. The volume is divided into the following chapters: I. History. II. Geography. III. Populat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 file (169 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53
Title:
Report on the Development of Mesopotamia with Special Reference to the Regeneration of the River Systems
Scope & Content:
The volume is Sir George Buchanan KCIE: Report on the Development of Mesopotamia with Special Reference to the Regeneration of the River Systems (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1917). The report contains preliminary remarks, and sections on: Mesopotamia as it was; Mesopotamia as it is; Reaso...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (23 folios)

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55
Title:
‘REPORT FOR THE ARMY COUNCIL ON MESOPOTAMIA’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of a report that was prepared for the Army Council by Sir John Prescott Hewett on the administration and finance of irrigation and agriculture schemes in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The report is divided into three main sections: The Scheme for Agricultural Development in 1918. Agric...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (43 folios)

7. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/64
Title:
IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF
Scope & Content:
The volume is titled Iraq and the Persian Gulf , B.R. 524 (Restricted) Geographical Handbook Series, (London: Naval Intelligence Division, 1944). The report contains preliminary remarks by the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1942 (John Henry Godfrey) and the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1944...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944
Extent:

1 volume (430 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 257-275

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 257-275
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 87 of 1847, dated 13 October 1847. The enclosure is dated 26 August 1847. The primary document is a despatch from Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1847
Extent:
1 item (20 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/40
Title:
File 1552/1904 Pt 1 'Mohammerah: Karun Irrigation Scheme.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, despatches, memorandum, notes, and reports on the Karun irrigation scheme, including many diagrams of the construction and layout. The principal correspondents are the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), and representatives of the Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1911
Extent:
1 volume (418 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/41/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/41/2
Title:
File 1552/1904 Pt 3 ‘Mohammerah: Kherkha River Irrigation Scheme’
Scope & Content:
The part contains papers related to proposals for irrigation schemes. This includes a proposal that the Shaikh of Mohammerah [Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī] should be supported by the British Government in a bid to obtain a concession for an irrigation scheme on the Karun River Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1909-12 Sep 1910
Extent:

1 item (126 folios)