Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Distinctive Features: Sketch map drawn from plan prepared by General Staff India showing the position of enemy’s forces along River Euphrates with landmarks lettered for reference and a key provided in the upper left-hand corner of sheet. Oriented with west ...
‘Plan 10. Sketch Map to illustrate Operations for the Relief of Kut’
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Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Distinctive Features: Sketch map showing operations for the relief of Kut Al ‘Amara drawn from plan prepared by G.S. India with position of British trenches (8-9 March) and lines of Turkish entrenchment marked and details on width and depth of canal banks give...
‘Plan 7. The Euphrates between Basra & Nasiriya, 24th June, 1915’
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Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Compiled from map produced by the Intelligence Branch G.S. I.E.F. “D” serial no. 34. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours. General map of the Euphrates River between Basra and Nasiriya [Nasiriyah] showing various channels with marshes depicted in ...
'Railways - Mesopotamia and L of C [Lines of Communication] Policy'
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence and notes regarding rail and river transportation for the Mesopotamian campaign during the First World War. The papers cover a number of matters, including: Strategic considerations of the use of rail and river communications Supply of railway mat...
Collection 239/98 'Agreement with B.I.S.N. Co. for conveyance of Troops and Stores between India and Persian Gulf ports.'
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This file concerns agreements for the transport of troops and cargo between India and Basra and other Persian Gulf ports on British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN) ships. It contains correspondence relating to: A 1919 agreement between the Ministry of Shipping and BISN in exchange for the ...
'CORRECTIONS TO THE GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOLUME II'
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The volume consists of corrections to the Gazetteer of Persia Volume II (1st Series, 1917). It provides an index to the sub-tribes referred to in the volume. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1918.
Corrections and Additions to Who's Who in Persia Vol. II
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The volume consists of corrections and additions to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume II), compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923. Published by the Manager, Government of India Press, Simla, 1924.
Confidential report on the tribes of the Fars region of Persia [Iran], produced by Captain A J Christian of the General Staff, Shiraz, 1918. The report was printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla [Shimla], 1919. The report covers a number of tribal groupings: the Khamseh, Qashgai [Qashq...
