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IOR/L/PS/20/84
- Record Id:
- 040-000565371
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000019
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025642429.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/84
- Title:
- Where's Where in Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia
- Scope & Content:
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The volume serves as an index of places featured on Survey of India degree sheets 2C, 2D, 2G, 2H, 2K, 1L, 2O, 2P, 3A, 3E, 3I, 3J, 3M, 3N, 10A, 10B, and 10C. The places are arranged alphabetically and give the degree sheet reference.
The preface details the method to be used to identify any given place on the degree sheets; occasions where the spelling given in the index varies from that given on the degree sheets; the method of transliteration used on the degree sheets; and instructions on pronunciation of certain letter combinations.
Folios 59-63 are comprised of a glossary of geographic terms featured on the map sheets. The glossary was compiled by Major Charles Cecil Rowe Murphy of the 30th Punjabis.
Published in Simla by the Government Central Branch Press, 1916.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000564257
037-000565294
040-000565371 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/20 : Political and Secret Department Library
IOR/L/PS/20/1-289C : Political and Secret Department Library: Works received later, through official channels, plus miscellaneous items
IOR/L/PS/20/84 : Where's Where in Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0009]/037-000565294[0075]/040-000565371
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (65 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000019
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 65; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Arrangement:
- The volume is an index of place names which are arranged alphabetically. At the rear of the volume is a glossary of geographical terms which are also arranged alphabetically.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)