Papers of the Stud Committee, created by the Court of Directors on 26 Mar 1801, to consider improving the breed of horses for the EIC cavalry in India:
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Copy correspondence and proceedings on breeding cattle and horses in India
Papers of the Stud Committee, created by the Court of Directors on 26 Mar 1801, to consider improving the breed of horses for the EIC cavalry in India:
Memoranda and papers by General Herbert Vaughan Cox, Military Secretary to the India Office, regarding British military strategy in Central Asia and the Middle East
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The file chiefly comprises typescript and some manuscript copies of letters, memoranda, notes and minutes by General Herbert Vaughan Cox. There are three letters to Cox from external correspondents, some printed memoranda and one cutting from the Morning Post. Folios 1-2 comprise a list of the ...
Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)
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Military report compiled by Captain LS Fortescue of the General Staff of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force and printed in Calcutta at the Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922. The volume begins with a statement defining the geographical area covered by the report. The report is div...
Collection 280/63 'Expenditure on making the Army in India ready for war.'
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This file concerns the finances, equipment, and role of British armed forces in India. It contains: A despatch from the Government of India, Army Department to Edwin Montagu, Secretary of State for India, dated 22 March 1919. The despatch examines the strategic requirements and costs of armed fo...
The file consists of a copy of Persia Intelligence Report Part V produced by Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty, May 1946. It is divided into three sections covering: the Persian Coast – providing figures of coastal distances, and a coast report consisting of a general description of the Pe...
Military report on the Khurasan [Khurāsān] and Seistan [Sīstān] regions of Persia [Iran], with maps and illustrations. Produced by the General Staff, India, and published in Calcutta [Kolkata] by the Government of India Press, 1931. Marked for official use only. The report includes chapters on:...
'A Skeleton Map of Persia' showing the three chains for receipt and dissemination of intelligence regarding Persia [Iran] (scale: 1 inch = 96 miles), with the statement 'S.D.O. No. 648 May 1913'.
'A Skeleton Map of Persia' showing three possible routes for the advance of Turkish forces through Persia to Afghanistan (scale: 1 inch = 96 miles), with the statement 'S.D.O. No. 648 May 1913'.
The map shows railways which are proposed, under construction, and extant, with size of gauge marked in different colours. It also shows settlements, rivers, and roads. The map is part of a report by Major-General Sir Francis Edward Freeland entitled ‘On the Working and Future Development of th...
