Two reports on Cyprus. The first (IOR/L/MIL/17/16/28) is of a military nature and was produced in 1878, when Britain received Cyprus as a Protectorate from the Ottoman Empire. The second report (IOR/L/MIL/17/16/29), dated 1936, assesses the island’s suitability for settlement by officers of the I...
An alphabetically-arranged compendium of the tribes, clans and geographical features (including towns, villages, lakes, mountains and wells) of Arabia that is contained within three seperate bound volumes. The entries range from short descriptions of one or two sentences to longer entries of sev...
This volume contains geographical, social and economic information on Arabia and was produced by the Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919. It is divided into two sections: 'Geography'(folios 3-8) and 'Man' including 'Race, Language and Religion', 'Manners and Custom', 'Economic Capaci...
This volume contains geographical and strategic information on Arabia and was produced by the Naval Staff Intelligence Department, October 1941. It is divided into six sections: 'Policy', 'Strategy and Tactics', 'Economics' (folio 4) 'Geography and Topography' (folios 4v-10), 'Base Facilities a...
The volume is Handbook of Yemen. Prepared by the Arab Bureau, Cairo, 1st edn, 15 January 1917 (Cairo: Government Press, 1917). The handbook contains information about Yemen under the following headings: Area; Physical Character (including Relief and Climate); Population; Districts and Towns; Ag...