Ext 254/45 'Memorandum by Mr. L. Lockhart on "The History of the Bahrain Islands."'
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This file consists of correspondence from the Foreign Office Research Department regarding the research by Lawrence Lockhart concerning the history of the Bahrain Islands.
The memorandum is divided into the following chapter headings: 'General Status of Persia', ff 2r-12; 'Persia and Herat', ff 12v-24r; 'Persia and Seistan [Sīstān]', ff 24r-31v; 'Persia and Kohuk', ff 31v-35; 'Persia and the Navigation of the Karun [Kārūn] River', ff 35v-39r; 'Persia and her integ...
The memorandum briefly outlines the historical basis of Britain's interest in Persia, and the development of relations between the two countries; this includes the development and abandonment of the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Persian agreements. It also contains a brief assessment of Persia's finan...
FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN THE GULF OF ADEN. COMPILED BY CAPTAIN E.J.E SWAYNE, 16TH BENGAL INFANTRY.
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This volume consists of an intelligence document issued by the Government of India, Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department, which provides comprehensive descriptions of French possessions on the African coast of the Gulf of Aden, including the towns of Obok [Obock] and Jibouti ...
PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.
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The file contains a printed report published by the 'Admiralty, Intelligence Department (No. 694). September 1903.', providing a compilation of available information of naval, military and political value about various locations in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Places described include ...
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915
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Theses two volumes make up Volume I, Part IA and Part IB (Historical) (pages i-778 and 779-1624) of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia (Government of India: 1915), compiled by John Gordon Lorimer and completed for press by Captain L Birdwood. Part 1A contains an 'Introd...
This volume is Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume 1: General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division: August 1916). The handbook contains a variety of information about the region of Mesopotamia, including its geography, economy, population, and history. The prefatory note at the start of the v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish, Ottoman
‘HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS: OPERATIONS IN PERSIA, 1914-1919’
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This volume is History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia, 1914-1919, written by Brigadier-General Frederick James Moberly, under the direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. It was published in 1929 and was printed by His Majesty’...
Subject Catalogue of Publications Relating to Persia
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This volume consists of an alphabetised catalogue of publications relating to Persia divided by subject. The subjects cover a range of subjects but are mainly related to the history, art, geography and archaeology of Persia. The catalogue appears to have been either for or by Lord Curzon of Kedl...
This file contains sections of the handwritten manuscript of the book Persia and the Persian Question by George Nathaniel Curzon. These papers come as part of the full handwritten draft of the book that comprises the shelfmarks Mss Eur F111/30-32. The printed edition of the book, which was publi...
