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Place Waziristan, Pakistan

1. Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31
Title:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing the Himalayan regions through which he passed.
Scope & Content:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1825
Extent:
51 volumes

2. IOR/X/12021

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12021
Title:
[Waziristan]
Scope & Content:
Two copies of a topographical map of Waziristan, covering present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan. Each copy is a composite of four Survey of India sheets, with five locations added in manuscript with red ink.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1912
Extent:
2 sheets

3. IOR/X/12117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12117
Title:
Operations in Waziristan 1919-20
Scope & Content:
Confidential Volume, serial no. 215, catalogue no. C.W.4., case no. 8987 N/S. Compiled by the General Staff Army Headquarters, India, 1921. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India.Contents (outline):Chapter I - IntroductoryChapter II - PoliticalChapter III - Operations against the Waz...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 volume (187 pages, plus 2 sheet maps and one manuscript note)

4. Mss Eur B235

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B235
Title:
Memoirs of Colonel Harry Ross, Indian Army 1892-1924
Scope & Content:
Memoirs, compiled 1928-38, by Col Harry Ross (1869-1938), Indian Army 1892-1924, including descriptions of military life on the North West Frontier, his war time experiences in Mesopotamia and life as Colonel Commandant of the Rangoon Brigade 1920-24; with photographs.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1929
Extent:
6 items

5. Mss Eur C308

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C308
Title:
John Arthur Valentine Bolam papers.
Scope & Content:
Account by Lt-Col John Arthur Valentine Bolam (b 1908), Indian Army 1928-47, describing the Shahur Tangi affair, Waziristan Apr 1937, when Muslim tribesmen attacked an Indian Army convoy; with map and annotated photographs.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 portfolio

6. Mss Eur C379

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C379
Title:
Ronald Hilary Gravds Johnston papers.
Scope & Content:
`One Man's Life': memoir, dated 1980, by Ronald Hilary Gravds Johnston (b 1898), describing his life in the Indian Army mainly on the North-West Frontier 1916-22, and in the Indian Civil Service 1923-47, chiefly in the United Provinces, but with a spell in Bengal 1935-40.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1947
Extent:
333 folios

7. Mss Eur C393

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C393
Title:
Terence John Phillips papers.
Scope & Content:
`Three Years in the Tochi Scouts, 1938-41': memoir by Maj Terence John Phillips (b 1913), Indian Army 1933-48, describing his service in Waziristan as a Lieutenant in the Tochi Scouts; with photographic illustrations; also copy extracts from his diaries of his service with the Tochi Scouts, the G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938-1941
Extent:
1 box

8. Mss Eur C786

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C786
Title:
Dogra Regiment papers.
Scope & Content:
`An Abridged History of the Dogra Regiment' with other documents and recollections by members of the Regiment.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858-1947
Extent:
1 folder

9. Mss Eur D545

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D545
Title:
Papers of Sir John Walton, India Office official 1909-46
Scope & Content:
Walton Collection: papers of Sir John Charles Walton (1885-1957), India Office official 1909-46, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for India 1936-42, Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Burma 1942-46.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1946
Extent:
41 items

10. Mss Eur D670

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D670
Title:
Papers of Sir George Cunningham, Indian Civil Service 1911-46; Governor of North-West Frontier Province 1937-46, 1947-48
Scope & Content:
Cunningham Collection: letters, papers and reports of Sir George Cunningham (1888-1964), Indian Civil Service, Punjab and North-West Frontier Province 1911-46, Governor of NWFP 1937-46 and 1947-48.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1966
Extent:
47 items