The map shows soundings, contours and the correct position of channel buoys in April 1911. The co-ordinates are approximate. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] of 20 June 1917.
The map shows the River Tigris and the River Euphrates, settlements on them, and outlines in red cultivated areas and the amount and grade of grain and bhoosa [fodder] they can produce. The map is part of a report by Major-General Sir Francis Edward Freeland entitled ‘On the Working and Future ...
Imprint: General Staff India. Distinctive Features: Sketch map issued as an ‘Appendix B (1) Serial No. 12 D 2’ to illustrate British military operations on the Euphrates River from 26 June to 25 July 1915. Shows swamps and inundated fields with position for safe landing marked. Marked ‘For...
Imprint: General Staff India. Distinctive Features: Sketch map issued as an ‘Appendix B (2) Serial No. 12 D 1’ to illustrate British military operations on the Euphrates River from 26 June to 25 July 1915. Shows the possible position of mine fields and enemy’s guns along River Euphrates with...
Collection 12/20: ‘Honours and Rewards. War Services of Officers. Mention in Despatches. Service with the Seistan Arbitration Commission may count as Staff Service.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between officials of the India Office and the War Office concerning the service of officers on the Seistan [Sistan] Arbitration Commission. Discussion concerns the conference of temporary ranks upon officers serving on the Commission, including the head of the Com...
The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled Routes in Persia. Volume III, Part 2. General Staff India 1916 (Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, India 1916). The volume contains details of land routes. The information given for each route comprises: number of rout...
Collection 248/17 'Provision of consular escorts in Persia.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns personnel of the British Indian Army serving as Consular Escorts in Persia [Iran]. It contains correspondence relating to: the question of retaining Consular Escorts in Persia after the withdrawal of Norperforce [the North Persia Force]; the proposed retention of Escorts at th...
Collection 435/10 ‘Part 1 Military Agreement with King Feisal; British Officials Agreement annexed to Iraq Treaty of 1922.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and papers relating to a subsidiary agreement to the Anglo-Iraq Treaty of 1922. Correspondents include the Colonial Office, Air Ministry, War Office, and King Faisal [Fayṣal bin al-Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, also written as Feisal within the volume]. The file co...
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Corrections and Additions to Volume III: Central Mesopotamia with Southern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Naval Staff Intelligence Department: June, 1918). It supplements Volume III (IOR/L/MIL/17/41/4) which includes routes along the middle Tigris and ...
The map is the first in a series of five sketch maps illustrating Report on minor operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles from the 28th March to the 25th July 1917, Appendix No.3. Report on the action of the Kafta against the Kurshulli (ff 4-6). The map shows a region to the south-west...
