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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41
Title:
A Handbook of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This file consists of six volumes containing intelligence on Mesopotamia. These volumes are: Volume I: General (August 1916); Volume I: General (Second Edition, November 1918); Volume II: Irak [Iraq], The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (May 1917); Volume III: Central Mesopotamia with Souther Kurdista...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, and Syriac
Date Range:
1916-1918
Extent:

6 volumes (1329 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1
Title:
Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1916'
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division: August 1916). It is an introductory volume containing matter of a general nature giving an account of conditions in Mesopotamia. The volume includes a note on official use, title page and ''No...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (186 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1, p 361

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1, p 361
Title:
'Map 1. Mesopotamia. Administrative Divisions and Chief Towns'
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1916. Distinctive Features: General map of Mesopotamia [Iraq] showing administrative division with headquarter stations underlined and provinces outlined in red. Shows rivers, railway lines with Turco-Persian boundary indicated by dash-dot line. Includes table of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1, p 363

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1, p 363
Title:
Map 2. Mesopotamia. Racial Divisions
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1916. Distinctive Features: General map of Mesopotamia [Iraq] showing ethnic division with the approximate location of the various ethnic groups (Arabs, Kurds and mixed races) across the region marked in colour and explained in a table of reference at the lower left...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1, p 365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1, p 365
Title:
Map 3. Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1916. Distinctive Features: General map of Mesopotamia [Iraq] showing in green the approximate areas for proposed irrigation scheme. Shows rivers, railway lines with Turco-Persian boundary indicated by dash-dot line. Includes table of reference at lower left of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/2
Title:
Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918'
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Naval Staff, Intelligence Department: November 1918). This is an updated and expanded edition of A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: August 1916) (IOR/L/MIL17/15/41/1). This is an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 volume (282 folios)

7. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/3
Title:
Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume II, Irak, The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, May, 1917), covering the regions of the Shatt el-‘Arab [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab], Kārūn, Luristan, and the Tigris and Euphrates up to Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallūjah]. The v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 volume (269 folios)

8. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/3, p 374A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/3, p 374A
Title:
Baghdad
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Plan of Baghdad showing principal roads, old city walls, the telegraph, horse tramway and railway lines with terminus, the location of government and public buildings including markets, theatres, liquor shops and brothels. Public buildings numbered and lettered for referen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 map

9. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/3, p 527

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/3, p 527
Title:
City of Baghdad
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Plan of Baghdad issued by the Admiralty War Staff showing principal roads, outline of the old city walls, the telegraph, horse tramway and railway lines with terminus and camel loading bank; the government and public buildings including police post, barracks and possible b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 map

10. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/3, p 529

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/3, p 529
Title:
‘Mesopotamia. Outline map showing routes. Volume II’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Map of Mesopotamia [Iraq] issued by the Admiralty War Staff showing land and river routes roads across the region; routes labelled for reference and described in detail in the Itineraries. Includes a table of reference at the bottom left-hand corner.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 map