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6411. IOR/L/PS/20/59, f 240

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/59, f 240
Title:
‘View from village of Lakmat Magharam (ruined) about 1½ miles west of Sanah [Ṣanʻā']’
Scope & Content:
Black and white reproduction of an ink illustration, a panoramic view of the terrain from Jabal Hesha, on the left-hand side of the view, to Jabal Shem on the right-hand side. The chief hills are annotated, as are some other topographic features. A note at the bottom of the map states that culti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 illustration

6412. IOR/L/PS/20/59, f 241

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/59, f 241
Title:
‘Road sketch from Khalla (Muflahai tribe) through Awabil (Shaibi tribe) to the upper plateau of the Rubaitein Tribe’
Scope & Content:
Reproduction of a black and white map, with illustrations, which is subtitled ‘Executed during movements of the Shaibi column between 31 August and 20 September 1903.’ The map shows the route taken by the Shaibi column through the tribal areas of the Muflahai [Maflaḩī], Shaibi [Shaybī] and Rube’...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 map with 9 illustrations

6413. IOR/L/PS/20/59, f 242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/59, f 242
Title:
‘Map of the Aden Protectorate’
Scope & Content:
Map of the Aden Protectorate, with the terrain of the region printed in brown, and other cartographic details overprinted in black, including: metalled roads; paths; trigonometric points with heights marked in feet; wells; passes; rivers; hills; streams; fortified houses; shallow wells; villages.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1908
Extent:
1 map

6414. IOR/L/PS/20/60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/60
Title:
FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN THE GULF OF ADEN. COMPILED BY CAPTAIN E.J.E SWAYNE, 16TH BENGAL INFANTRY.
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1895
Extent:

1 volume (36 folios)

6415. IOR/L/PS/20/60, f 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/60, f 2
Title:
GENERAL MAP OF FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN THE GULF OF ADEN.
Scope & Content:
The map shows a region of eastern Africa extending inland from the coast of the Gulf of Aden, indicating main routes, uncertain routes and secondary routes. The map also indicates relief with form lines, hydrology, settlements and tribal regions. Sheet 'No. 885-I., 95.' appears in the lower mar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
1 map

6416. IOR/L/PS/20/60, f 3 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/60, f 3 1
Title:
'GULF OF TAJURA. JIBUTI BAY'
Scope & Content:
The map shows a region of eastern Africa around Jibuti [Djibouti] Bay at the southern entrance to the Gulf of Tajura, indicating buildings, hydrology and soundings, with short descriptions of vegetation and tidal conditions, and a brief note on tidal streams and anchorage. The map was compiled '...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1895
Extent:

1 map

6417. IOR/L/PS/20/60, f 3 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/60, f 3 2
Title:
'OBOKH'
Scope & Content:
The map shows a region of eastern Africa around Obokh [Obock] at the northern entrance to the Gulf of Tajura, indicating buildings, hydrology, soundings and navigation lights, with short descriptions of vegetation and tidal conditions, and a brief note on the visibility of buoys. The map was com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1895
Extent:

1 map

6418. IOR/L/PS/20/61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/61
Title:
'REPORT ON A TOUR IN TURKISH ARABIA AND KURDISTAN APRIL-MAY 1910 BY J. G. LORIMER, ESQ., C.I.E., I.C.S., British Political Resident in Turkish Arabia and His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General at Baghdad.'
Scope & Content:
Tour report written by John Gordon Lorimer from notes taken during his journey from 18 April to 22 May 1910. The report comprises information on topographical matters. The report is divided into sections describing each day's journey, giving start and end destinations, time travelled and topogr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:

1 volume (32 folios)

6419. IOR/L/PS/20/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/63
Title:
The Muntafik. Al Sa'dun, Bani Malik, Ajwad, Bani Sa'id, Bani Huchaim
Scope & Content:
This volume contains details of the Muntafik [Muntafiq], a confederacy of tribes in the Middle East, which is made up of tribal groups including the Bani Malik, Ajwad and Bani Sa'id. The volume opens with a historical outline of the development of the group before providing further details about...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 file (87 folios)

6420. IOR/L/PS/20/63, f 18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/63, f 18
Title:
Tribal Map of the Bani Malik
Scope & Content:
This map was drawn to reflect the tribal divisions of the Bani Malik tribe in south-eastern Iraq. Major towns, lakes and districts are referenced on the map by name but no other detail is given. The names of each tribe and outlines of their areas of control are marked in red.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

1 map

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