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6541. IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1, f 363

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1, f 363
Title:
Mesopotamia. Administrative Divisions & Chief Towns. Map 1.
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of three maps numbered 1 to 3 included in IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1. The map shows the administrative divisions and chief towns of Mesopotamia, from the entrance to the Shatt al Arab in the south to Diarbekr [Diyarbakir] in the north and Hamadan in the east to Aleppo in the west. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet

6542. IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1, f 364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1, f 364
Title:
Mesopotamia. Racial Divisions. Map 2.
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of three maps numbered 1 to 3 included in IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1. The map indicates the locations of different ethnic groups in Mesopotamia, from the entrance to the Shatt al Arab in the south to Diarbekr [Diyarbakir] in the north and Hamadan in the east to Aleppo in the west....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet

6543. IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1, f 365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1, f 365
Title:
Mesopotamia. Map 3.
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of three maps numbered 1 to 3 included in IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1. The map indicates the approximate areas of Mesopotamia, which could be irrigated, from the entrance to the Shatt al Arab in the south to Diarbekr [Diyarbakir] in the north and Hamadan in the east to Aleppo in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet

6544. IOR/L/PS/20/C143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C143
Title:
‘PERSONALITIES - ‘IRAQ’
Scope & Content:
The volume is entitled Personalities, ‘Iraq, and is a British intelligence report, compiled around 1917 by the Arab Bureau, Basrah [Basra] Branch, on prominent individuals in Iraq at that time (the Arab Bureau was a section of the Cairo Intelligence Department established in 1916). The report wa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1917
Extent:

1 volume (51 folios)

6545. IOR/L/PS/20/C149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C149
Title:
Reports on (1) the Conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab river from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf and on (2) the Development of the Port of Basra. By Sir George Buchanan Kt., C.I.E
Scope & Content:
This file contains two printed reports written by Sir George Buchanan, Director of Port Administration and Conservancy, Indian Expeditionary Force "D". The details of the reports are as follows: 1) 'Report on the Conservancy of the Shatt-El-Arab River from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (29 folios)

6546. IOR/L/PS/20/C150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C150
Title:
‘A sketch of the political history of Persia, Iraq and Arabia, with special reference to the present campaign.’
Scope & Content:
The volume is an overview of the political history of Persia, Iraq and Arabia, authored by the Office of the Chief Political Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force “D”, and printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta [Kolkata], India in 1917. The volume is divided into a number of c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

29 folios

6547. IOR/L/PS/20/C151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C151
Title:
'TRIBES OF THE TIGRIS'
Scope & Content:
An official publication entitled Tribes of the Tigris, compiled by the Basrah [Basra] Branch of the Arab Bureau, Cairo Intelligence Department. The publication is divided into sections covering the Al Azairij [Āl Azayrij], Ālbu Darraj [al-Bū Darrāj], Bait Haddād [Bayt al-Ḥaddād], Ālbu Muhammad ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (18 folios)

6548. IOR/L/PS/20/C152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C152
Title:
'TRIBES ROUND THE JUNCTION OF THE EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS'
Scope & Content:
An official publication entitled Tribes Round the Junction of the Euphrates and the Tigris compiled by the Basrah [Basra] Branch of the Arab Bureau, Cairo Intelligence Department. The publication consists of: an overview of the political situation in the area; notes on the Bani Mansūr [Banū Man...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (15 folios)

6549. IOR/L/PS/20/C169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C169
Title:
Southern Nejd: Journey to Kharj, Aflaj, Sulaiyyil, and Wadi Dawasir in 1918.
Scope & Content:
Harry St John Bridger Philby's account of his journey in the southern regions of the Najd, published for the Arab Bureau by the Government Press in Cairo, 1919. The journey was taken in May to June 1918 while the author was in Riyadh for the purpose of maintaining relations with Ibn Sa‘ud [‘Abd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (46 folios)

6550. IOR/L/PS/20/C188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C188
Title:
Persia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 80
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns the geography, political history and economic conditions of Persia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in June 1919. It is divided into three sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'(folios 4-8); 'Political History'(folios 9-32); 'Social a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 volume (78 folios)

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