Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
IOR/R/15/5/383
- Record Id:
- 040-000242432
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0001d4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040685680.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/383
- Title:
- Where's Where in Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia
- Scope & Content:
-
The volume, marked confidential, is Where's Where in Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia, prepared by the General Staff, India, and printed in Simla by the Government Central Branch Press, in 1915. The volume is an index of places, arranged alphabetically. Each place has reference to the Survey of India degree sheets that they can be found on as well as the grid reference.
At the beginning of the volume (folio 3) is a preface with notes on the reference system, spelling, and transliteration. At the back of the volume (folios 36-40) is a Glossary of Terms, written by Major CCR Murphy of the 30th Punjabis.
The volume is marked with the Serial Number 369.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000241998
037-000242372
038-000242411
040-000242432 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/5 : Political Agency, Kuwait
IOR/R/15/5/328-398 : Kuwait Agency, Official publications and printed material
IOR/R/15/5/365-398 : Miscellaneous official and non-official printed material
IOR/R/15/5/383 : Where's Where in Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0004]/037-000242372[0002]/038-000242411[0021]/040-000242432
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 volume (40 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0001d4
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1915
- End Date:
- 1915
- Date Range:
- 1915
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 42; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The index is arranged in alphabetical order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)