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2481. IOR/L/PS/20/G43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/G43
Title:
The Middle Eastern question or some political problems of Indian defence
Scope & Content:
The volume, written by Valentine Chirol and printed in London by John Murray in 1903, is based on a series of letters written by Chirol during a journey through Persia and the Persian Guf, that appeared in The Times in 1902 and 1903. The main topics are: the concept of 'Middle East'; the Baghd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 volume (306 folios )

2482. IOR/L/PS/20/33, f 63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/33, f 63
Title:
Map No 4 ‘PLAN SHOWING THE WATERWAYS & DISTRIBUTION OF HELMUND DELTA’
Scope & Content:
The map shows the Helmund River Delta. The scale is 1 inch to 2 miles. It was produced from a sketch made by Surgeon Major George Washington Brazier-Creagh. It bears a stamp which reads ‘Intelligence Division. 14 Dec 1898’. The map bears the printing statements ‘Reg. No. 162, Print., I.–July.9...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1898
Extent:
1 map

2483. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 52
Title:
‘Map of Basra and Magil’
Scope & Content:
The map shows Basra, Magil [Al Ma‘qil], and the surrounding area. Key geographical features, specifically the Shatt Al-Arab and its creeks, are indicated in black ink. Also shown in black ink are: villages, buildings, railway lines, and numerous other facilities, most labelled with text (P. of W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 map

2484. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 55
Title:
‘Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The map is printed in four colours, with each colour being used to indicate a different category of features: blue: hydrographical features, including the river systems of the Euphrates and Tigris, canals, marshes and lakes, and their names. Notes on the flooding characteristics of different geo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 map

2485. IOR/L/PS/20/130, f 44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/130, f 44
Title:
PERSIAN GULF AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES
Scope & Content:
The map shows the Persian Gulf and adjacent countries including regions of Arabia, the Turkish Empire, Persia, Russian Turkistan [Turkestan], Afghanistan, and Baluchistan. It was originally created by the War Office, June 1908, with additions made in April 1911, and is found in the volume 'Repor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911
Extent:
1 map

2486. IOR/L/PS/20/261/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/261/3
Title:
Persia. No 2 (1912). Notes exchanged between the Persian Government and the British and Russian Ministers at Tehran. February 18-March 20, 1912
Scope & Content:
Text of an Anglo-Russian proposal to supply a loan of £100,000 each, plus a copy of the reply from the Persian Government.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1912
Extent:

1 item (4 folios)

2487. IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 171 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 171 1
Title:
‘City of the Kak-hās, Koh-i-Khwāja-from the west.’
Scope & Content:
A view of the city of Koh-i-Khwaja [location unknown] from the west. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sistan] Boundary Commission that took place between 1903 and 1905, and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 photograph

2488. IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 279

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 279
Title:
‘Sketch Map Illustrating the Wanderings of German Parties in Persia and Afghanistan.’
Scope & Content:
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts the routes taken by different German military missions through Mesopotamia [Iraq], Persia [Iran], and Afghanistan during the First World War. These routes are shown in red and labelled with the name of the German of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 map sheet

2489. IOR/L/PS/20/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/20
Title:
Seistan. Revenue Report and Notes of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume I.
Scope & Content:
The first volume of reports produced by the Perso-Afghan Boundary Commission, Seistan [Sīstān], and submitted to the Government of India, Foreign Department. Publication statement: Simla: Government of India Foreign Department, 1906. The commission, under the direction of Colonel Arthur Henry M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
1 volume (176 folios)

2490. IOR/L/PS/20/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/153
Title:
‘Koweit [Kuwait]. A report compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department’
Scope & Content:
Intelligence report on Kuwait, compiled for the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General’s Department by Captain Henry Harris Hewitt Dowding of the Essex Regiment, and printed at the Government Central Printing Office in Simla, 1903. The contents of the volume are as follows: Introduct...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:

1 volume (33 folios), with 3 maps

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