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6541. 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)

6542. 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)

6543. 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

6544. 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)

6545. 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)

6546. 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)

6547. 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)

6548. IOR/L/PS/20/C189

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C189
Title:
Persian Gulf. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 81
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns the geography and political history of the Persian Gulf and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in June 1919. It is divided into three sections: 'Geography Physical and Political', divided in 'Arabian Coastal Region', 'Head of the Gulf', 'Persian Li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1919
Extent:

1 volume (44 folios)

6549. IOR/L/PS/20/C190

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C190
Title:
Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This volume is a confidential handbook on Mesopotamia prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, dated February 1919. There is a table of contents which includes the following chapters: I: 'Geography Physical and Political', including 'Position and Frontiers', ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1919
Extent:

1 volume (76 folios)

6550. IOR/L/PS/20/C201/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C201/1
Title:
‘Military report on Persia. Vol IV, part I. Persian Baluchistan, Kerman and Bandar Abbas.’
Scope & Content:
Military report on Persia (volume IV, part I, covering Persian Baluchistan, Kermān and Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]), dated 1922, and published by the Central Government Press at Simla in 1923. The report’s chapters cover: History, including: Persia’s recent political history; a recent history...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

81 folios

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