Correspondence consists of telegrams and memoranda relating to boundaries and disturbance in Mesopotamia. The correspondence discusses location of insurgencies (including Kirkuk, Sulaimani, Hit, Basrah to Mosul route) and identification of insurgents and methods to repress insurgency including u...
Collection 425/1045 ‘European War, 1914 to: Military Policy in Connection with the Bakhtiaris’
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This file concerns military policy towards the Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] tribe, which was responsible for the defence of oil fields and pipelines in Arabistan [Khuzestan] under an agreement with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The file contains correspondence between the General Officer Commanding...
The sheet contains a section map: Isfahān—Urūjān [Borūjen]—Ardal—Gurāb—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 Quar...
The scale of the map is 1inch = 1 mile. The map was printed by the Simla Drawing Office and includes the printing statement ‘S. D. O. No. 2431, November 1918’.
Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1187, February, 1915. Distinctive Features: Sketch map of Zubair and surrounding area showing location of forts and watch towers as well as communication features i.e. telephone line from Shaiba and roads with distances reported. Contains a note on lo...
Collection 239/99 ‘Revision of contract for conveyances of troops and stores between India and the Persian Gulf.’
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The file contains correspondence relating to the revision of contract for conveyances of troops and stores between India and the Persian Gulf. Correspondents include the Board of Trade, India Office, Government of India, Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of War Transport. Topics covered include:...
The item is Volume III of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition). The volume comprises that portion of south-western Persia, which is bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north and east by a line drawn through the towns of Khaniqin [Khanikin], Isfahan, Yazd, Kir...
The item is Volume II of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1914 edition). The volume comprises the north-western portion of Persia, bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north by the Russo-Persian frontier and Caspian Sea; on the east by a line joining Barfarush, Damghan,...
The development of the military strength of Turkey. [Translated from the "International Revue" for November 1893 and "Die Reichswehr" for February 1894.]
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The file contains three extracts from German papers, translated and commented on by Captain Offley Bohun Stovin Fairless Shore in 1894, detailing the latest up-to-date information on the armed strength of Turkey at the time. The extract from the International Revue for November 1893, discusses...
