Place: Suez Canal, Egypt - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/716
Title:: ‘File 28/26 Admiralty war requirements’
Scope & Content:: The file comprises copies of correspondence related to enquiries from British naval authorities in the Persian Gulf and Suez Canal, asking after the availability of various marine resources (motorised and sailing dhows, divers, barges) for procurement by the naval authorities for military means....
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Feb 1941-22 Dec 1941
Extent:: 1 file (39 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur B380
Title:: Richard Southwell Bourke papers.
Scope & Content:: Private letters from Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822-72), as Viceroy of India 1869-72, to the 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900), Secretary of State for India 1868-74, commenting on official matters and enclosing copies of official papers (indexed).
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1869-1870
Extent:: 5 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F112/263
Title:: Printed papers on the political situation and military policy in Egypt
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, and newspaper cuttings relating to the political situation in Egypt. The memoranda are written by officials at the War Office, Admiralty, Colonial Office, and Foreign Office and mostly concern military policy in Egypt and the defence of the S...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 Apr 1923-17 Nov 1923
Extent:: 1 file (88 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1116/8(1)
Title:: Suez. Oct 1932. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:: View from above, looking down on the funnel of a steam boat and a smaller boat.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1932
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1239
Title:: Thus Was Egypt Saved. The anti-Turk entanglement: Suez Canal Defences
Scope & Content:: Caricature: 'Thus Was Egypt Saved.' 24 February 1915. Inscribed on front in ink as above and: ‘N.V.L. Rybot. 24.2.15.’ Medium: pen-and-ink Style: European school; British school Topics: caricatures; military
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1915
Extent:: 1 print

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