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6451. IOR/L/PS/20/199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/199
Title:
A note on survey work in Persia, and survey instruments and equipment.
Scope & Content:
This note was compiled by Captain Charles Monk Gibbon (Division of the Chief of the Staff), and relates to survey work in Persia. Gibbon discusses the survey instruments and equipment which should be used, and offers advice on how to better undertake survey work in the area, for example, by appe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

6452. IOR/L/PS/20/202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/202
Title:
Notes of a journey through Kurdistan in the winter of 1881-82.
Scope & Content:
By Montagu Gilbert Gerard, Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 1st Central India Horse, published in Calcutta by the Quarter Master General's Department. The notes consist of diary entries for the period 15 November 1881 to 16 April 1882, documenting each stage of Captain Gerard's journey th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1883
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

6453. IOR/L/PS/20/211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/211
Title:
Summary of Principal Events in 1907.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of one volume containing a summary of principal events in 1907 by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Intelligence Branch, Division of the Chief of Staff in Simla. It covers the following: Russia in Asia, North China, China, Assam, Bhutan, Burma, Indo-China, Jap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908
Extent:

1 volume (74 folios)

6454. IOR/L/PS/20/212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/212
Title:
Summary of Principal Events. 1908
Scope & Content:
The file consists of one volume containing a summary of principal events in 1908 by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Intelligence Branch, Division of the Chief of Staff, Simla. It covers the following: Russia in Asia, Northern China, Bhutan, Burma, China, Indo-China, Japan, Ko...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:

1 file (74 folios)

6455. IOR/L/PS/20/212, f 28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/212, f 28
Title:
SKETCH MAP SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA IN 1908
Scope & Content:
The sketch map shows the progress of railway construction in China in 1908. It is marked with open railways and those proposed and under construction, and includes southern Siberia, and Mongolia. It is used to accompany a summary of principal events in 1908 by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quarter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
April 1909
Extent:
1 map

6456. IOR/L/PS/20/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/221
Title:
Personalities. 'Iràq (Exclusive of Baghdad and Kàdhimain), 1919
Scope & Content:
The volume contains brief biographical statements on individuals active in Iraq, often including comments on their character, reputation, political affiliations, command of armed forces, and attitudes towards European and regional powers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (155 folios)

6457. IOR/L/PS/20/223

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/223
Title:
Who's who in Persia. Calcutta: General Staff, India, 1916
Scope & Content:
The volume contains brief biographical statements on individuals active in Persia [Iran], often including comments on their character, reputation, political affiliations, language skills, and attitudes towards European and regional powers. It also contains a number of genealogical tables, and in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1923
Extent:

1 volume (254 folios)

6458. IOR/L/PS/20/224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/224
Title:
Biographies of the notables of Fars and certain Persian officials who have served at Shiraz. Delhi: Government of India, 1925
Scope & Content:
The volume contains lists of, and genealogical tables and biographies for, the notable families of Fars [Fārs] and Persian Officials at Shiraz [Shīrāz]. The volume includes a 'Sketch Map of Boundaries of Districts of Fars', found in a pocket at the rear of the volume (folio 53).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925
Extent:

1 volume (52 folios)

6459. IOR/L/PS/20/224, f 53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/224, f 53
Title:
Sketch Map of BOUNDARIES OF DISTRICTS OF FARS
Scope & Content:
Sketch map found at folio 53 of 'Biographies of the notables of Fars and certain Persian Officials who have served at Shiraz'. The map bears the statements 'Authority:- Fars - Nameh-i-Nasiri (1895)', and 'Simla Drawing Office No. 3892, June 1924'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1924
Extent:
1 map

6460. IOR/L/PS/20/227

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/227
Title:
‘BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF PERSIAN STATESMEN AND NOTABLES, SEPTEMBER 1909’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains biographical notices on ‘important members of the Persian [Iranian] Government, principal members of the clergy, and the notables of all classes, as well as a number of minor officials and persons of a lesser degree’. Genealogical information for some families has been includ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:

1 volume (74 folios)

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