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IOR/X/12185

Record Id:

040-004534616

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-002239808

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100181459271.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/X/12185

Title:

[Naval Staff, Intelligence Division Handbooks (WWI)]

Scope & Content:

Incomplete set of the geographical handbooks published by the Admiralty from the end of the First World War for Official Use Only. A total of 31 titles were published in at least 40 volumes. This set comprises:

IOR/X/12185/1. ID 1174 N N. Canary Islands. March 1919. 18 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/2. ID 1174 N N N. Angola. October 1919. 27 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/3. ID 1174 K K K. Dahomey. June 1919. 12 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/4. ID 1174 M M M. Portuguese Guinea, San Thomé, Principe. October 1919. 21 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/5. ID 1174 H H H. Sierra Leone. June 1919. 19 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/6. ID 1174 V V. Senegal. March 1919. 30 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/7. ID 1174 U U. Rio de Oro. March 1919. 19 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/8. ID 1174 W W. Spanish Guinea. March 1919. 39 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/9. ID 1174 S S. Nigeria. March 1919. 32 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/10. ID 1174 I I I. The Gold Coast. June 1919. 27 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/11. ID 1174 Q Q. Ivory Coast. March 1919. 15 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/12. ID 1174 L L. French Equatorial Africa. March 1919. 33 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/13. ID 1174 R R R. Libya. October 1919. 13 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/14. ID 1217. A Handbook of the Uganda Protectorate. 1920. 447 pages and folded map bound inside back cover
IOR/X/12185/15. ID 1213. A Manual of Belgian Congo. June 1919. 332 pages and folded map bound inside back cover
IOR/X/12185/16. CB 908. A Handbook of Morocco and the Spanish Sahara (Rio de Oro). September 1919. 856 pages and two folded maps in pocket inside back cover
IOR/X/12185/17. ID 1055. Handbook of German East Africa. January 1916. 440 pages and folded map bound inside back cover
IOR/X/12185/18/1-3. ID 1118, CB 294, and CB 295, respectively. A Handbook of Mesopotamia [3 volumes held of the 4 published]. August, 1916 to May, 1917. 512 or fewer pages, and folded maps bound or in pocket inside back covers
IOR/X/12185/19/1-2. ID 1128 and CB 405 respectively. A Handbook of Arabia. May, 1916 to May, 1917. 708 or fewer pages and folded maps in pockets inside back covers
IOR/X/12185/20. ID 1215. A Handbook of Syria (including Palestine). June 1919. 723 pages
IOR/X/12185/21. ID 1174 T T. Syria, including Palestine. March 1919. 41 page pamphlet
IOR/X/12185/22. ID 1117. Notes on Climate and other subjects for the use of the Air Service in Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent countries. August 1916. 300 pages and 5 folded maps in pocket inside back cover
IOR/X/12185/23/1. CB 847A. A Handbook of Asia Minor, Volume I - General. July 1919. 365 pages and 5 folded maps in pocket inside back cover
IOR/X/12185/23/2. CB 847C. A Handbook of Asia Minor, Volume III part 3 - The South Coast lands between the Dalman Chai and the Lamas Su. July 1918. 160 pages and folded map bound inside back cover
IOR/X/12185/23/3. ID 1104. Notes on the Geography of Asia Minor. June 1916. 59 pages and folded map bound inside back cover

Collection Area:

Map Collections

Project / Collection:

India Office Records

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002238107
036-002239808
040-004534616

Is part of:

IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/12000-12999 : IOR/X/12000-12999

IOR/X/12185 : [Naval Staff, Intelligence Division Handbooks (WWI)]

Hierarchy:

032-002238107[0008]/036-002239808[0199]/040-004534616

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

28 volumes and pamphlets (each 856 or fewer pages)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1917

End Date:

1922

Date Range:

1917-1922

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Printed on paper, early volumes are pamphlets stapled in grey paper, later volumes case bound in blue, gold embossing on spine. Some later volumes have press-stud covers. Some maps printed in colour. 223 mm x 148 mm or smaller.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Names:

Admiralty War Staff, Naval Intelligence Division, 1912-1964

Places:

Angola, Africa
Arabia, Asia
Asia Minor, Asia
Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Canary Islands, Spain
Dahomey, Africa
Eastern Mediterranean
French Equatorial Africa, Africa
German East Africa, Africa
Gold Coast, Africa
Ivory Coast, Africa
Libya, Africa
Mesopotamia, Asia Minor
Morocco, Africa
Nigeria, Africa
Palestine, Middle East, Asia
Senegal, Africa
Sierra Leone, Africa
Syria, Middle East
Uganda, Africa