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IOR/X/12181
- Record Id:
- 040-004368135
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002239808
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165440150.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/12181
- Title:
- Military Handbook of General Information on India
- Scope & Content:
- For Official use Only. The property of the Government of India. Issued by the Division of the Chief of Staff, Intelligence Branch, to whom it should be returned when no longer required. Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Intelligence Branch. Simla, Printed at the Government Monotype Press, 1908. Originally compiled by Lieutenant F. H. Sykes, 15th (King's) Hussars, and has been revised and brought up to date by Captains C. L. Norman and C. J. B. Hay, Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Attachés in the Intelligence Branch of the Division of the Chief of the Staff. Preface by B. Duff, Lieut.-General, Chief of the Staff. Contents:
- Chapter I. Geography
- Chapter II. History
- Chapter III. Ethnography
- Chapter IV. Climate and Health
- Chapter V. Administration
- Chapter VI. Political
- Chapter VII. Communications
- Chapter VIII. Harbours
- Chapter IX. Resources
- Chapter X. Military and Naval
- 1. India, 1907.- (Scale 1 inch = 64 miles.) Showing boundaries of Armies, Divisions and Brigades [On two sheets, Eastern sheet missing.]
- 2. General Outline Map of Western Asia, 1907.- (Scale 1 inch = 331 miles.)
- 3. The Tughlak Kingdom of Delhi, Circa 1340.- (Reign of Edward III.)
- 4. The Moghal Empire at the death of Akbar, 1605.- (Reign of James I.)
- 5. India, 1707.- (Reign of Queen Anne.)
- 6. India 1765.- (Reign of George III.)
- 7. India, 1805.- (Reign of George III.)
- 8. India, 1858.- (Reign of Queen Victoria.)
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002239808
040-004368135 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/12000-12999 : IOR/X/12000-12999
IOR/X/12181 : Military Handbook of General Information on India - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0008]/036-002239808[0195]/040-004368135
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (353 pages plus appendices)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1908
- End Date:
- 1908
- Date Range:
- 1908
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed on paper and case bound in red leather, map pockets inside front and back covers, gold embossing on front cover and spine; 248 mm x 168 mm.
- Former Internal References:
- 168
Military Records, Room No. 205, Range No. 14, Shelf No. 6 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Duff, Beauchamp, Knight, army officer, 1855-1918
Government Monotype Press, Simla, publishers, 1st half of the 20th century
Government of India, 1834-1947
Hay, Charles John Bruce, Major-General
Sykes, Frederick Hugh, Sir, Military officer and politician; Governor of Bombay 1928-33, 1877-1954 - Places:
- India, Asia