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1. IOR/R/15/5/365-398

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/365-398
Title:
Miscellaneous official and non-official printed material
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series consists of official and some non-official printed material collected at the Kuwait Agency, presumably for reference purposes. The material includes dictionaries, gazetteers, travel diaries, reports, indexes, and manuals.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
1829-1940
Extent:
58 files and volumes

2. IOR/R/15/5/382, f 92

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/382, f 92
Title:
Outline Map of Asir
Scope & Content:
The map is of the region of Asir, in Arabia. The map shows tribal areas, routes, some physical geography, towns, and villages. Figures in red refer to numbered routes in the accompanying volume, Handbook of Asir. The map was printed by the Survey of Egypt in 1916.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map

3. IOR/R/15/5/365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/365
Title:
Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part I: Historical and Political Materials: Précis of Nejd Affairs, 1804-1904.
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked secret, is Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part 1: Historical and Political Materials: Précis of Nejd Affairs, 1804-1904, and includes the printing statement 'G. C. Press, Simla. - No. 817 F. D. - 5.11.04. - 30 0 M. D.' The volume opens with a preface by J A Saldana, dated 5 October 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:

1 volume (32 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/15/5/366

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)

6. IOR/R/15/5/397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/397
Title:
A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations
Scope & Content:
The volume is A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations, by John Richardson, of the Middle Temple and Wadham College, Oxford. Revised and improved by Charles Wilkins. This new edition has been enlarged by Francis ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1829
Extent:

1 volume (909 folios)

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. IOR/R/15/5/385

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/385
Title:
Index to Place Names on Degree Sheets. (1st Series of Additions - August 1917)
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked confidential, is Index to Place Names on Degree Sheets. (1st Series of Additions - August 1917), prepared at the General Staff Branch, Army Headquarters, India. The volume is an index of place names with reference to the Survey of India degree sheets upon which each place can b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (15 folios)