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181. IOR/L/PS/20/C74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C74
Title:
PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.
Scope & Content:
Printed report published by the Intelligence Department of the Admiralty, 1903. The report includes advice on collecting information on defences such as defended areas, minefields, ordnance, under-water defences. Much of the information was extracted from the Persian Gulf Report, 1898. There a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
56 folios

182. IOR/L/PS/20/237

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/237
Title:
'CORRECTIONS TO MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA, 1911'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of corrections to the Military Report on Persia (1911). This volume was produced in 1914 (1st series) by the General Staff, India. It contains corrections for sections on the country's history; geography; resources; army; naval forces; places of strategic importance and mili...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 volume (53 folios)

183. IOR/L/PS/20/MM11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/MM11
Title:
‘MONTHLY MEMORANDA. PERSIA. 1908-09’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of memoranda produced by the Government of India Foreign Department. It contains monthly memoranda of information received ‘relating to affairs in Persia [Iran]’ for the months of January-December 1908, and ‘relating to affairs in Persia, and the Arabian shore of the Persian ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1908-1 Jan 1910
Extent:
1 volume (217 folios)

184. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1, f 123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1, f 123
Title:
‘To Illustrate the Persian Invasions of Hellas’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1. It shows the route taken by Xerxes I, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, during his invasion of Greece in 480 BC. It includes western and central Turkey, the islands of the Aegean Sea, and the eastern coast of Greece. Portrays r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 map sheet

185. IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 32
Title:
‘‘Iraq-Persia Map No. 1’
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 ‘General Map of Iraq’. In addition to Iraq the map shows Kuwait, eastern Persia [Iran], and the border areas of Turkey, Syria, and modern-day Saudi Arabia. The map portrays:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
1 map sheet

186. IOR/L/PS/20/E23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E23
Title:
'DESCRIPTION OF ARABIA MADE FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS AND INFORMATION COLLECTED ON THE SPOT BY CARSTEN NIEBUHR.'
Scope & Content:
An official publication containing a translation of a text entitled ‘Description of Arabia made from Personal Observations and Information Collected on the Spot by Carsten Niebuhr’. The original text by Niebuhr, in German, was published in Amsterdam and Utrecht in 1774. This translation was ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1889
Extent:

1 volume (59 folios)

187. IOR/L/PS/20/C134, f 63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C134, f 63
Title:
'Skeleton Map of parts of Eastern Turkey in Asia, and Persia'
Scope & Content:
The map shows the numbered routes of the lines of communication described in IOR/L/PS/20/C134. The routes that are passable for wheels are drawn in solid red line, while those that are impassable for wheels are drawn in dashed black line. The map also portrays major waterways, roads, key settlem...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet

188. IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 194
Title:
‘Shiraz. Plan of the Neighbourhood.’
Scope & Content:
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It shows the area surrounding the city of Shiraz. The location of the British Consulate and the perimeter patrolled by Indian troops are indicated. Portrays relief by form lines, cultivation, roads, buildings, and settlements....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 map sheet

189. IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 277
Title:
‘Portion of Perso-Afghan Frontier.’
Scope & Content:
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts the eastern border of Persia [Iran] and neighbouring areas of Afghanistan and British India. Portrays relief by contour, hydrology, settlements, principal routes, and telegraph lines. The map was prepared in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 map sheet

190. IOR/L/PS/20/G49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/G49
Title:
Record of Some Travellers in Asia, East Africa and Arabia whose Works Have Been of Interest to the Government of India, Commencing from 1875
Scope & Content:
The volume is Record of Some Travellers in Asia, East Africa and Arabia whose Works Have Been of Interest to the Government of India, Commencing from 1875 (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1910). The volume lists the names of travellers (British, Indian and 'foreigners') from 1875 up to the da...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)