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161. IOR/L/PS/20/C91/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C91/6
Title:
‘Map of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia compiled in the Foreign Office, Simla, by Lieut. F.F. Hunter, I.A. Survey of India, in Consultation with J.G. Lorimer, I.C.S., & Capt. M. O’C. Tandy, R.E., for “The Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman & Central Arabia” 1905-06-07-08’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Office of the Trigonometrical Branch, Survey of India, Dehra Dún. Outline and hill shading by Munshi Karim Bakhsh. Typing by Munshis [sic] Karim Bakhsh and Tufail Ahmad Khán. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Map of the Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1908
Extent:
1 map in slip case

162. IOR/L/PS/20/241

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/241
Title:
‘CORRECTIONS TO ROUTES IN PERSIA, Volume I.’
Scope & Content:
Corrections to Volume I (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C101/1) of a series of official publications on routes in Persia [Iran] produced by the General Staff, India and printed at the Government Monotype Press in Simla [Shimla] in 1914. The corrections concern routes Nos. 1, 3, 33, 35, 38, 39, 47, 4...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 volume (45 folios)

163. IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 35
Title:
‘Basra. Map No. 4’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of four maps, numbered 1 to 4, included in IOR/L/PS/20/C204. In the body of the report it is entitled ‘International 1:1,000,000 Basra Sheet’. It shows southern Iraq, Kuwait, the northern border of modern-day Saudi Arabia, and the western border of Persia [Iran]. The map p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 map sheet

164. IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1, f 364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1, f 364
Title:
Mesopotamia. Racial Divisions. Map 2.
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of three maps numbered 1 to 3 included in IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1. The map indicates the locations of different ethnic groups in Mesopotamia, from the entrance to the Shatt al Arab in the south to Diarbekr [Diyarbakir] in the north and Hamadan in the east to Aleppo in the west....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet

165. IOR/L/PS/20/247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/247
Title:
'Interim amendments to "M.T. routes in Persia". Vol, 2. Minor Routes.'
Scope & Content:
The interim amendments are comprised of a list of routes through Persia compiled by the mechanical transport (M T). For each route the start and end destinations are given along with following: the total distance; references to maps showing the route; general notes and a report which breaks dow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942
Extent:

1 file (48 folios)

166. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 159
Title:
Basra Showing Ma‘qil, Ashar and Basra City
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the city of Basra, showing the settlements of ‘Basra City’, Ma‘qil [Al Ma‘qil] and Ashar [Al Ashar]; other smaller settlements are also demarcated. The map shows the Shatt-al-‘Arab [Shatt al-Arab] and its tributary creeks, and depicts the main railways, bridges, canals, and road...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

167. IOR/L/PS/20/FO14, f 251

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO14, f 251
Title:
THE MAKALLA COVE IN MUSCAT HARBOUR
Scope & Content:
This map shows Makalla Cove in Muscat Harbour, at the site of a British coaling station. The map was drawn up for the purposes of the proposed division of the coaling facilities with France, and depicts the sites of three coal sheds, several buildings for storing tools and other equipment, and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1900
Extent:
1 map sheet

168. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 11
Title:
‘Wharf of Local Resources, Amarah’
Scope & Content:
Black and white panoramic photographs taken at Amarah, Iraq. The upper photograph shows large piles of filled sacks, a steam engine, and human activity in an open, grassy area. The lower photograph shows men loading filled sacks onto a river barge, moored along the bank of the river (Tigris).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
2 photographic prints

169. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 15 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 15 1
Title:
‘Wharf of Local Resources, Hillah’
Scope & Content:
Black and white panoramic photograph taken at Hillah [Al Ḩillah], Iraq, showing a wide, open space in which large tents have been erected. A pile of sacks dominates the foreground on the right-hand side of the photograph. Smaller piles of sacks are scattered across the rest of the space.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 photographic print

170. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 21 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 21 1
Title:
‘Floods on the Euphrates’
Scope & Content:
Black and white panoramic photograph of the banks of the Euphrates river during floods.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 photographic print