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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3270, f 102
Title:: Cross sections of the River Euphrates at Nasiriyah and Bathea
Scope & Content:: The sheet contains two cross sections. The sheet is annexed to a report included in IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3270. The first is titled ‘Section of the EUPHRATES at the Bridge of Boats at NASIRIYAH’. It depicts a cross section of the Euphrates river at the point noted in the title, indicating the width of...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c Feb 1917
Extent:: 2 cross sections on 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 240
Title:: ‘PERSIAN GULF APPROACHES TO SHATT-AL-ARAB AND BAHMISHIR RIVERS NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1890’
Scope & Content:: The map shows soundings, contours, mud banks, buoys, settlements, and comments on the type of ground. The co-ordinates are approximate. It is referred to in George Buchanan’s report of 20 June 1917.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3301, f 304
Title:: Skeleton Map showing Distribution of Lines of Communication Defence Troops
Scope & Content:: The map shows railways, towns, and rivers. The location of troops is marked in red and annotations show the numbers of squadrons, sections, and battalions present. The map is part of a report by Major-General Sir Francis Edward Freeland entitled ‘On the Working and Future Development of the Po...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Apr 1918
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303, f 380
Title:: ‘INDEX PLAN SHOWING MESOPOTAMIAN RAILWAYS (PRELIMINARY PLAN) 20 Feb 1918’
Scope & Content:: The map sheet is one of two maps annexed to a report included in IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303. The other map sheet can be found at IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303, f 381. The map shows the railways in a section of Mesopotamia and Persia [Iran], from the region around the entrance to the Shatt-ul-Arab [Shatt al Arab...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1918
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 16
Title:: ‘3. Battle of Ctesiphon’
Scope & Content:: Imprint: Vandyked at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. S.D.O. 3932.2-25. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Sketch map showing details of battle of Ctesiphon produced to illustrate the British campaign in Mesopotamia in November 1915 showing movements of the British and ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1925
Extent:: 1 map

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/5/781
Title:: Formation of XVII Divn for service in Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence regarding the formation and provisioning of the 17th Indian Division of the British Indian Army for service in the Mesopotamia Campaign of the First World War. The primary correspondents are: the Commander-in-Chief, India; the General Officer Commanding, Mesopo...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 6 Aug 1917-21 Oct 1917
Extent:: 1 file (50 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/7/18442
Title:: Collection 425/1271 Part 2 ‘European War 1914: Reports on: (1) The Conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab River from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf; (2) The development of the Port of Basra by Sir George Buchanan’
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence concerning: appointments of personnel to the Irrigation Directorate in Mesopotamia [Iraq]; the proposed dredging of Hammer Lake [Lake Hammar]; river dredgers needed in Mesopotamia; and a request that river dredgers currently in Mesopotamia be returned to India. ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 5 Dec 1917-31 Jan 1918
Extent:: 1 file (9 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/2/1
Title:: 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I'
Scope & Content:: The item is Volume I of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition). The volume covers the provinces of Astarabad, Shahrud-Bustam, and Khorasan, or such part of them as lies within the following boundaries: on the north the Russo-Persian boundary; on the east the Perso-Afghan boundary; o...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1910
Extent:: 1 volume (396 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1266-1277
Title:: Returns showing the Actual Strength of the Army and Royal Air Force in India including Persian Gulf Ports, The E.P. Force, S. Persia and S.E. Persia and Aden, January-December 1922
Scope & Content:: This volume consists of 12 files which are copies of strength returns from units of the British Army, the British Indian Army, and the Royal Air Force in India. The files are: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1266 ‘RETURN SHOWING THE ACTUAL STRENGTH OF THE ARMY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE IN INDIA INCLUDING PERSIAN GULF ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1922
Extent:: 1 volume (487 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1278-1289
Title:: Returns showing the Actual Strength of the Army and Royal Air Force in India including Persian Gulf Ports, The E.P. Force, S. Persia and S.E. Persia and Aden, January-December 1923
Scope & Content:: This volume consists of 12 files which are copies of strength returns from units of the British Army, the British Indian Army, and the Royal Air Force in India. The files are: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1278 ‘RETURN SHOWING THE ACTUAL STRENGTH OF THE ARMY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE IN INDIA INCLUDING PERSIAN GULF ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1923
Extent:: 1 volume (470 folios)

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