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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Mesopotamia, Asia Minor

141. IOR/L/PS/18/B366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B366
Title:
Mesopotamian Antiquities
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum by Sir Leonard Day Wakely (signed L D W), Political Department, India Office, dated 3 February 1921, provides an overview of antiquities in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The memorandum detail: the Ottoman administration of archaeology; German archaeological expeditions during th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1921
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

142. IOR/L/PS/20/7, f 196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/7, f 196
Title:
Routes in Persia, Vol. III
Scope & Content:
This large map shows routes across Persia, and includes different types of tracks including cart, camel and mule tracks as well as footpaths and railways. The map is black and white and the routes are marked in red ink. There is no topographical detail. The map is not a perfect rectangle; it is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911
Extent:
1 map

143. 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)

144. IOR/L/PS/20/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/84
Title:
Where's Where in Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume serves as an index of places featured on Survey of India degree sheets 2C, 2D, 2G, 2H, 2K, 1L, 2O, 2P, 3A, 3E, 3I, 3J, 3M, 3N, 10A, 10B, and 10C. The places are arranged alphabetically and give the degree sheet reference. The preface details the method to be used to identify any give...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (65 folios)

145. IOR/L/PS/20/144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/144
Title:
Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia, and Luristan from April to October 1888. By Lt F R Maunsell, Intelligence Branch. In Two Volumes. Volume I: narrative report, description of larger towns and routes leading from them. Simla: Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Dept, 1890
Scope & Content:
Narrative report on surveys conducted in Mesopotamia [Iraq], North-West Persia [Iran] and Luristan [Lorestān]. The preface provides the following information: 'The object was to explore various tracts of little known country through which roads lead north from the head of the Persian Gulf to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890
Extent:

1 volume (152 folios)

146. IOR/L/PS/20/250

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/250
Title:
Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises annual reports and administration reports, submitted by Political Officers, for the following divisions in occupied Mesopotamia [Iraq]: Samara; Ba'qubah; Khaniqin [Khānaīqn]; Samawah; Shamiyah [Shāmīyah]; Hillah; Dulaim [Anbar]; Basrah; Qurnah; 'Amarah [Al 'Amārah]; Kut; Nas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (231 folios)

147. IOR/L/PS/20/257

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/257
Title:
Mesopotamia Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by Act of Parliament to Enquire into the Operations of War in Mesopotamia, together with a Special Report by Commander J Wedgwood, DSO, MP, and Appendices. London: HMSO, 1917.
Scope & Content:
A signed proof, folios 1-100, plus additional material, folios 101-124. The cover bears the signature of Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Assistant Under-Secretary of State. The report has been annotated in blue pencil at various points. Contents: 'Part I. Preface. 'Part II. Origin of Mesopotamia [Iraq] Exp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1918
Extent:

1 volume (122 folios)

148. IOR/L/PS/20/263

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/263
Title:
Report and Proceedings of a Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Baghdad Railway, Southern Persia, and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the following minutes and proceedings: First Meeting, 2 March 1908. Evidence of Sir Richmond Thackeray Willoughby Ritchie. Second Meeting, 6 March 1908. Evidence of Sir J Mackay. Third Meeting, 11 March 1908. Evidence of Mr Frank Clark Strick and Mr E Lloyd. Fourth Meeting, 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1909
Extent:

1 volume (162 folios)

149. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1
Title:
‘A HISTORY OF PERSIA’
Scope & Content:
This file is A History of Persia by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Molesworth Sykes (London: Macmillan and Co, Limited, 1915). The file consists of two volumes, containing a historical narrative of Persia [Iran], dating from around 6000 BCE to the signing of the Persian Constitution of 1906 CE. It c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

2 volumes (770 folios)

150. IOR/L/PS/20/C129/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C129/3
Title:
‘WHO’S WHO IN MESOPOTAMIA’
Scope & Content:
The volume is entitled Who’s Who in Mesopotamia, and is a British intelligence report, compiled in 1916 by the General Staff of the British Indian Army. The report was printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, India, Calcutta [Kolkata]. It contains information about individuals located ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (171 folios)