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1. IOR/L/PS/20/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35
Title:
‘Report for the Army Council on Mesopotamia. By Sir John P Hewett, GCSI, KBE’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains an illustrated report, with maps, correspondence and statistical data included as appendices, for the Army Council on Mesopotamia [Iraq], prepared by Sir John Prescott Hewett for the War Office, dated 10 March 1919. The report focuses on: a) the administration and expenditure...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (53 folios, 5 maps)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 5 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 5 1
Title:
‘Hindayah Barrage’
Scope & Content:
Black and white panoramic photograph of the Hindiyah [Al Hindīyah] barrage on the river Euphrates, Iraq.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 photographic print

3. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 17 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 17 2
Title:
‘Euphrates Wheels’
Scope & Content:
Black and white photograph showing several water wheels, arranged alongside each other on the Euphrates river.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 photographic print

4. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 24
Title:
‘Port of Basrah’
Scope & Content:
Black and white photographs, showing panoramic views of the port at Basrah [Basra]. The upper photograph shows storage areas and piles of crates, with the river and port side in the background. The lower photograph shows construction activity on the bank of the river, alongside which runs a rail...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

2 photographic prints

5. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 7 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 7 1
Title:
‘Najaf’
Scope & Content:
Black and white photograph of the roof tops of Najaf, with the twin minarets and dome of the Imām 'Alī Holy mosque in the distance.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 photographic print

6. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 15 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 15 2
Title:
‘Sirriah Dam’
Scope & Content:
Black and white photographs taken at Sirriah, also spelt Sirriyah in the accompanying text on folio 14. Both photographs contain a single human figure each, providing a sense of the scale of the constructed dam.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

2 photographic prints

7. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 27
Title:
‘Port of Basrah’
Scope & Content:
Black and white photographs, showing various views of the port of Basrah [Basra]. The upper photograph is a view of the port from the river, with a steamer moored alongside the riverbank. Three further photographs show activity in and around the port and its slipways.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

4 photographic prints

8. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 30 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 30 1
Title:
‘Amarah Bridge’
Scope & Content:
Black and white photograph of the Amarah Bridge [Al ‘Amārah], seen in the background, with the foreground dominated by the Tigris river. A riverbank, lined with two-storey houses, is seen on the right edge of the photograph.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 photographic print

9. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 21 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 21 2
Title:
‘Head of the Raz Canal’
Scope & Content:
Black and white photograph.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 photographic print

10. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 17 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 17 1
Title:
‘Group of Arabs’
Scope & Content:
Black and white photograph of nine Arab men arranged in two rows: six standing with three squatting in front. The men are attired in traditional dress, and pose outside a hut which has a domed roof made of woven plant matter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 photographic print

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