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...
The volume consists of published copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, the Admiralty, British administrative and diplomatic staff, foreign governments and their staff, and private individuals. It was printed for use by the Foreign Office....
The volume consists of published copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, the Treasury, Admiralty, the Board of Trade, the War Office, British administrative and diplomatic staff, the Persian [Iranian] Government, foreign governments and the...
An index map displaying the routes described in Volume I of a series of publications on ‘Routes in Persia’ [Iran] produced by the Division of the Chief of Staff, Army Headquarters India. The map covers routes in northeast and central Persia, spanning an area between the Caspian Sea, Yazd, Kirma...
A geological map of Persia [Iran]. Rock types are indicated on the map with different patterns. Salt plugs in southern Persia are indicated by black dots. The map also indicates the Great Kavir [Dasht-e Kavir] and Dasht-i-Lut [Dasht-e Lut] deserts. Other kavirs [deserts] are marked with a ‘K’ in...
A map of Persia [Iran], the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, and surrounding countries. Elevation of land is indicated by different colours, with green indicating the lowest elevation and orange and purple indicating the highest. Depth of water bodies is indicated by different shades of blue, with a d...
Genealogical Table showing the members of the ruling Sherifial Family of Mecca from Mohammed Ibn 'Abd el-Mu'in Ibn 'Aun, Emir 1827-1851 and 1856-1858 through to Husein Ibn 'Ali el-'Aun, who succeeded to the Emirate in 1908, and had assumed the title of King 29 October 1916. The table gives bir...
The map shows southern Persia [Iran] with its environs including Turkey [Ottoman Empire], Afghanistan, Baluchistan [Balochistan], the Persian Gulf and ‘Russian Territory’ to the north-east of Persia, as designed by Major Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes and traced by K[han] B[ahadur] Ashgar Ali [Aṣgha...
The volume is J A Saldanha [Jerome Antony Saldanha], Précis of Turkish Arabia Affairs. 1801-1905 (Simla: G C Press [Government Central Press], 1906). The volume is a précis of correspondence from the records of the Government of India illustrating the history of Turkish Arabia and its relations...
This map depicts the city of Baghdad. The map shows the River Tigris, names the city’s districts, and depicts main roads, bridges, lanes, railways, and covered bazaars. Also shown are key sites of civil and military infrastructure and services, including airports, stations, mosques, hospitals, f...