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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/27
- Record Id:
- 040-000799039
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000799011
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000141
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023627624.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/27
- Title:
- A strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains a strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf for the purpose of foreseeing the development of British military and commercial activity in Persia. The volume was prepared by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1913.
It is divided into four sections: 'Information', mainly of geographical and social kind (folios 5-30); 'Strategical Conditions'(folios 9-32); 'Social and Political Conditions' analysing how other national powers play out in the area (folios 31-55); 'General Conclusions' acknowledging the Russian influence over the Northern Zone and the British influence over the Southern Zone of Persia, including the Gulf and over lower Mesopotamia, and analysing the Turkish claim over the area (folios 56-57) and 'Tables and Appendices' containing information on the Russian and Turkish armies and on the Persian and Arabic Tribes (folios 58-73).
There are three identical maps of Persia contained in a box enclosed to the volume, each containing statistic information supporting the strategical study.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000799011
038-000799012
040-000799039 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/17 : Military Department Library
IOR/L/MIL/17/15 : Iran, Iraq, Persian Gulf
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1-40 : Iran
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/27 : A strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0015]/037-000799011[0001]/038-000799012[0027]/040-000799039
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (73 folios) and a box containing three maps
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000141
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1913
- End Date:
- 1913
- Date Range:
- 1913
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: there is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 75. Folios 65, 68 and 72-73 extend to about twice the size of the other folios. There is an original pagination, from 2-130.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)