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1. IOR/L/PS/10/77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/77
Title:
File 1290/1905 'Mesopotamia: Oudh Bequest'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the distribution of the Oudh Bequest in Kerbala [Karbala] and Nejef [Najaf]. The correspondence is principally between the Government of India (Foreign and Political Departments), the India Office, and the Foreign Office. There are many enclosures t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1904-1914
Extent:

1 volume (126 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/771

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/771
Title:
File 5633/1918 'Iraq: medical officers for civil administration'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding medical provision requirements for the civil administration in Mesopotamia [Iraq, also written as Irak]. The papers notably cover and include: Descriptions of problems with medical service provision in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1918-14 Mar 1921
Extent:
1 volume (193 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/772

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/772
Title:
File 5646/1918 'Persia and Mesopotamia: future telegraphic arrangements'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes, regarding the importance of re-establishing telegraphic communication between India and England via the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia [Iraq] to Mediterranean ports under British control. The papers notably cover the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916-1 Jul 1920
Extent:

1 volume (146 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/772, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/772, f 13
Title:
Telegraph Lines West Asia
Scope & Content:
Printed map showing telegraph lines in West Asia. The map includes a key of references of permanent telegraph lines, submarine cables, temporary telegraph lines and other existing permanent telegraph lines.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920?
Extent:
1 map

5. IOR/L/PS/10/772, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/772, f 14
Title:
‘Telegraph Map of Mesopotamia Excluding Railway Wires and Telephone Lines’
Scope & Content:
Printed map showing the lines of the telegraph passing through the different cities within Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The map includes a key of references describing the type of telegraph lines used in each city. The map is signed by Lieutenant-Colonel R E Goldsmidt, Director of Telegraphs Mesopotamia, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1920
Extent:
1 map

6. IOR/L/PS/10/772, f 67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/772, f 67
Title:
Telegraph Lines from London to Tehran and Fao
Scope & Content:
Printed map showing a green line representing the telegraph line from Yarmouth to Fao [Al Faw] and Tehran, passing through northern Europe, the Black Sea, Turkey and Iraq.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1919
Extent:
1 map

7. IOR/L/PS/10/772, f 123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/772, f 123
Title:
Europe
Scope & Content:
Printed map showing telegraph lines in lines in red, green and blue. The lines commence in Europe, from England and Germany, and end in Persia [Iran].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919?
Extent:
1 map

8. IOR/L/PS/10/773

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/773
Title:
File 5655/1918 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: refugee camp at Baqubah (1918-1919 papers)'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes. It mainly covers conversations between British and French officials regarding the Christian (mostly Assyrian) refugees in the refugee camp at Ba’qubah [also written Baqubah] in Mesopotamia, and their possible repatri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Dec 1918-29 Dec 1919
Extent:

1 volume (256 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/773, f 134 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/773, f 134 1
Title:
‘FLIGHT OF THE NESTORIANS – URMIA TO BAQUBAH – SEPTEMBER 2018. ON THE MARCH IN THE DEHDASHT VALLEY.’
Scope & Content:
Black and white photograph showing a panoramic view of men, women and children walking in the middle of a desert with what appear to be horses or donkeys. A note describes those featured as Nestorians [members of the Assyrian Church of the East] in flight from Urmia [Orumiyeh, Iran] to Baqubah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1918
Extent:
1 photograph

10. IOR/L/PS/10/773, f 134 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/773, f 134 2
Title:
‘FLIGHT OF THE NESTORIANS – URMIA TO BAQUBAH – SEPTEMBER 2018. PRIESTS ON HORSEBACK.’
Scope & Content:
Black and white photograph of a man on a horse in the middle of a desert, with a parasol in his hand. A note describes those featured as Nestorians [members of the Assyrian Church of the East] in flight from Urmia [Orumiyeh, Iran] and heading to Baqubah. Photograph attributed to C C Garbett (poss...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1918
Extent:
1 photograph