Collection 80/218 ‘R.I.N. Arrangements for policing of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a proposed transfer of responsibility for the policing of the Persian Gulf from the Royal Navy to the Government of India. It includes discussion of an objection made by the Admiralty to the employment of Royal Indian Navy vessels for this duty. The A...
Papers of Assistant Surgeons (1804-1854) and of Assistant Surgeons selected by the Board of Examiners (1855-1881)
Scope & Content:
The series starts in 1804 (for information on the appointment of EIC assistant surgeons before that date see Court Minutes [IOR/B], Dispatches to India [IOR/E/4] and Lists of Rank etc. [IOR/L/MIL/9/270, 274, 278, 409-411]). The papers comprise birth or baptism certificates, testimonials, and cert...
The map shows soundings and some buildings on shore at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] of 20 June 1917.
Imprint: General Staff India. Distinctive Features: View of Gurmah Safha issued as an ‘Appendix H-1’ to illustrate British military operations on the Euphrates River from 26 June to 25 July 1915 showing the position of enemy forces with landmarks labelled for reference. Below title: ‘Gurma...
Imprint: General Staff India. Distinctive Features: View of battle of Nasiriyah produced to illustrate 'Report from Gen Sir John Eccles Nixon’ showing the position of the British and enemy’s tranches with landmarks labelled for reference. Below title: ‘View of Battlefield, 24th July 1915, ...
Imprint: General Staff India. Distinctive Features: View of battle of Nasiriyah produced to illustrate 'Report from Gen Sir John Eccles Nixon’ showing the line of the British and enemy’s tranches with landmarks labelled for reference. Below title: ‘View from the Enemy’s point of view – loo...
Imprint: General Staff India. Distinctive Features: Sketch map of Majininah battlefield produced to illustrate 'Report from Gen Sir John Eccles Nixon’ showing the position of the British and Turkish tranches with landmarks labelled for reference and explained in a key at the bottom right-han...
Collection 2/126: ‘Indian Medical Service. Reorganisation etc. Addition of one post to cadre of I.M.S. Appointment of medical officer permanently at Mohammerah.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from officials of the Political and Secret Department of the Government of India. It concerns a proposal to appoint a Medical Officer permanently to Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], and for the addition of one post to the cadre of the IMS [Indian Medical Service].
