Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. S.D.O. No. 3944. Distinctive Features: Sketch map of Shumran bend on the Tigris River (the site of the Turkish Aerodrome) showing the movements of the British military forces on the 23rd February 1917 with the position of ...
Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area
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Military report compiled at the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and printed in Simla by The Manager, Government of India Press, 1940. The volume begins with a preface (folio 3) in which notes on authorities consulted in compiling the report are given. The rest of the report is divided ...
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Naval Staff, Intelligence Department: November 1918). This is an updated and expanded edition of A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: August 1916) (IOR/L/MIL17/15/41/1). This is an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish
The file consists of a publication on the Turkish and Pan-Turkish ideal by Tekin Alp [Munis Tekinalp], Constantinople. Published by the Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division. It includes a foreword and is divided into the following sections: Part I — Nature and historical development of the ...
A booklet, subtitled ‘Based on a tour of this Island carried out by Colonel G [George] Craster, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Indian Army (Retired), with the object of assessing its suitability for settlement by officers of the Indian Army affected by the War Block Scheme’. The report was printed by the ...
The sheet contains a section map: Faraidan—Tang-I-Gazī—Pambakāl—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 Quarters, I...
'Diagram of Wireless Communications (May 1940) (To accompany M. R. on A. I. O. C.)'
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A map of the northern end of the Persian Gulf and its hinterland. The map shows wireless stations in the region, indicating the distance of each from Abadan Aerodrome. The map was produced by the General Staff India and includes a printing statement which reads 'Survey Section No. 1065 July 1940'...
‘Fig. 8. Distribution of the Chief Recorded Mineral Localities in Persia, Armenia, and Mesopotamia’
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Distinctive Features: Sketch map of the Middle East produced to illustrate the geology of Mesopotamia and surrounding region showing the distribution of the chief mineral deposits in the region with a key provided in the bottom margin. Also shows the international boundaries and boundaries of t...
‘Fig. 9. Distribution of Oil Springs and Bituminous Deposits of Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf’
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Distinctive Features: Sketch map of the Middle East region produced to illustrate the geology of Mesopotamia and surrounding area showing distribution of the oil springs and bituminous deposits in the region. The three lines along which the oil springs and gypsum deposits of the area occur acco...
Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part I - Report
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The volume is Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917. Compiled by officers of the Staff College, Quetta, October-November 1923. Part I - Report (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1925). The volume is published by the General Staff Army Headquarters, India. The volume ...
