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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/50
Title:
Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a printed volume regarding the field notes on Mesopotamia. The volume was prepared on behalf of the General Staff, India and printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, India. The volume is divided into the following chapters: I. History. II. Geography. III. Populat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 file (169 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/63
Title:
Report on the operations carried out in the southern desert in connection with the Iraq-Najd borders, June 1928-May 1929.
Scope & Content:
A printed report on air and motorcar operations carried out along the Iraq-Najd border following several cross-border raids. The report was produced and issued by the Air Ministry and printed in London in July 1930. The volume is divided into three sections: the report; appendices; and maps. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:

1 volume (15 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55, f 42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55, f 42
Title:
‘MAP OF BASRA AND MAGIL’
Scope & Content:
The map shows the state of the roads in and around Basra City. Different categories of roads are highlighted in different colours as follows: concrete roads (solid red line), metalled roads (red dashes), proposed metalled roads (small red dashes), kutcha roads (solid green line), proposed kutcha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1919
Extent:
1 map

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/132
Title:
Shipping and congestion of stores at Basrah
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to details of shipping and congestion of storeships at Basrah for the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, published by the Quarter Master General, Simlah, in 1916. The information is divided into two sections: shipping and congestion of storeships at Basrah and is annotated ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (13 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125/2, f 3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125/2, f 3
Title:
‘Railway Map of Basra and Magil Showing Tentative Proposals for Port Development’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Office, Calcutta. Reproduced by Bashrah Survey Party I.E.F.”D” No. 81 Dated 12.6.17. Signature of Acting Director of Railways in the bottom right-hand corner. Distinctive Features: Plan of Basra showing railway infrastructure including existi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 map

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/133
Title:
Summary of correspondence relative to surveying operations and river conservancy in Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This secret summary was compiled by the Army Department, War Section Case and printed in Simla in September 1916. It contains letters and telegrams sent from 10 February 1915 to 16 May 1916 between the officers of the Government of India, the Director of the Royal India Marine and the Director...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1916
Extent:

1 volume (48 folios)

7. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/131
Title:
Summary of correspondence relative to the administration of the Port of Basrah and measures for the control of the shipping traffic in Mesopotamia.
Scope & Content:
This secret summary was compiled by the Army Department, War Section Case and printed in Simla in September 1919. It contains letters and telegrams sent from 11 December 1915 to 14 August 1916 between the officers of the Government of India and the Director-General of Port Administration and Riv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1916
Extent:

1 volume (66 folios)