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1. Add MS 7896

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7896
Title:
Tuhfetü'l-zaman ve haridetü'l-avan - تحفة الزمان و خريدة الاوان
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a cosmographical work by Mustafa İbn-i Ali, Muvakkıt of the Sultan Selim Camii in İstanbul. The preface is mainly taken up with a general review of all the subjects expounded in the work. It is cut short in the present copy by the loss of one or more leaves after f 4. The ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 text, 182 ff

2. IOR/F/4/259/5658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/259/5658
Title:
‘The sum of 10,000 rupees granted to Captain Seton to enable him to build a House for the Residency at Muscat. The amount of the intended increase to the Resident’s Allowances will be determined by the Bengal Government’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. The item relates to the salary and allowances of Captain David Seton, the Resident at Muscat, with particular mention of Seton's request f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1804-20 Feb 1808
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/416/10296

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/416/10296
Title:
‘Abolition of the Residency at Muscat’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of Political Letters and Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay. The item consists of correspondence regarding the abolition of the Residency at Muscat and the consolidation of residencies at Muscat and Bushire. The correspondence is parti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1810-29 Oct 1811
Extent:

1 item (9 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3260
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 26. PART I. (From 1st to 15th September 1916).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 and 15 September 1916. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these pape...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1916-15 Sep 1916
Extent:
1 volume (178 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3271
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 31. PART II. (From 16th to 28th February 1917).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 16 and 28 February 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these pape...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1916-28 Feb 1917
Extent:
1 volume (161 folios)

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3272

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3272
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 32. PART I. (From 1st to 15th March 1917).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 and 15 March 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1916-15 Mar 1917
Extent:

1 volume (205 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3834

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3834
Title:
Coll 30/109 'Conditions of living in the Persian Gulf. Report on Malaria Survey of Bahrein Islands.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains information on the nature of personal living conditions in the Persian Gulf, including correspondence from persons who had been offered employment in Bahrein [Bahrain], and who sought information on conditions there. The papers include: report on economic conditions in the Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1934-1 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B97
Title:
'MEMOIR on the Climate and Diseases of Southern Turkish Arabia by Surgeon-Major J. Hyslop, M.D.'
Scope & Content:
The Memoir, written by Surgeon-Major James McAdam Hyslop, commences by describing the location, physical geography and conditions of Mohamreh [Khorramshahr] and Busreh [Basra] before going on to describe the climate; fevers that might be suffered there; and known outbreaks of cholera. Also inclu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

9. IOR/X/10309

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/10309
Title:
‘Persian Gulf single charts.–Memoir.–Lieut. Houghton’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a ‘memoir’ written by Lieutenant Michael Houghton, draughtsman on board the Honorable Company’s ship Discovery, which consists of a description of places encountered during the East India Company’s survey of the Persian Gulf during the 1820s. The memoir covers the survey’s jo...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1822
Extent:
1 volume (24 folios)

10. Or 11928

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11928
Title:
[Şemsiye] - [شمسيه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following two works : (I) ff 1v-125v : Şemsiye, a treatise in verse on the prognostics to be drawn from meteorological phenomena according to the month of the solar year in which they appear, written by Yazıcı Salahaddin in 811 AH (1408-09 CE). There is a table of cont...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1164
Extent:
2 texts, 155 ff