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181. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/95
Title:
Report on the Operations in the Vicinity of Shaiba 12th-14th April 1915. Simla: General Staff India, 1915.
Scope & Content:
This file contains military despatches regarding the Battle of Shaiba that took place between British and Ottoman forces on 12-14 April 1915. The file begins with an introductory letter from General Sir John Eccles Nixon, Commanding Force "D" to the Chief of General Staff, Simla (folios 4-6) t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

35 folios

182. IOR/L/MIL/5/801

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/801
Title:
Mesopotamia: boundaries and disturbances: Pt 3
Scope & Content:
Correspondence consists of telegrams and memoranda relating to boundaries and disturbance in Mesopotamia. The correspondence discusses location of insurgencies (including Kirkuk, Sulaimani, Hit, Basrah to Mosul route) and identification of insurgents and methods to repress insurgency including u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1920-1 May 1921
Extent:
1 file (175 folios)

183. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/10/3, f 67 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/10/3, f 67 2
Title:
ISFAHĀN—URŪJĀN—ARDAL—GURĀB—BĀZUFT—CHILAU
Scope & Content:
The sheet contains a section map: Isfahān—Urūjān [Borūjen]—Ardal—Gurāb—Bāzuft—Chilau in Bakhtiāri Country, south-western Persia. It is found in the Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn River compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 map

184. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30, f 23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30, f 23
Title:
‘PLAN OF NEIGHBOURHOOD SHIRAZ’
Scope & Content:
The scale of the map is 1inch = 1 mile. The map was printed by the Simla Drawing Office and includes the printing statement ‘S. D. O. No. 2431, November 1918’.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1918
Extent:
1 map

185. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/95, p 46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/95, p 46
Title:
‘Map of Country Round Zubair and Shaiba’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1187, February, 1915. Distinctive Features: Sketch map of Zubair and surrounding area showing location of forts and watch towers as well as communication features i.e. telephone line from Shaiba and roads with distances reported. Contains a note on lo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1915
Extent:
1 map

186. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/2/2
Title:
'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.'
Scope & Content:
The item is Volume III of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition). The volume comprises that portion of south-western Persia, which is bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north and east by a line drawn through the towns of Khaniqin [Khanikin], Isfahan, Yazd, Kir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 volume (487 folios)

187. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/3/1
Title:
'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II'
Scope & Content:
The item is Volume II of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1914 edition). The volume comprises the north-western portion of Persia, bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north by the Russo-Persian frontier and Caspian Sea; on the east by a line joining Barfarush, Damghan,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 volume (349 folios)

188. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/21
Title:
The development of the military strength of Turkey. [Translated from the "International Revue" for November 1893 and "Die Reichswehr" for February 1894.]
Scope & Content:
The file contains three extracts from German papers, translated and commented on by Captain Offley Bohun Stovin Fairless Shore in 1894, detailing the latest up-to-date information on the armed strength of Turkey at the time. The extract from the International Revue for November 1893, discusses...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1894
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

189. IOR/L/MIL/5/784

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/784
Title:
7th Meerut Division. Transfer from Mesopotamia to Egypt
Scope & Content:
The file contains memoranda and tables regarding arrangements for the transfer of 7th (Meerut) Division from Basra (also spelled Basrah), Mesopotamia, to Egypt. Notably covers: allotment, movement and routing of ships sent to Basra (via Fao) to collect the troops; details of fitting out, suppl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Dec 1917-30 Jan 1918
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

190. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/64
Title:
IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF
Scope & Content:
The volume is titled Iraq and the Persian Gulf , B.R. 524 (Restricted) Geographical Handbook Series, (London: Naval Intelligence Division, 1944). The report contains preliminary remarks by the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1942 (John Henry Godfrey) and the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1944...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944
Extent:

1 volume (430 folios)