The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled
Routes in Persia. Section II. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by Captain J. Vans Agnew, 3rd Madras Lancers(Simla: printed at the Government Central Printing Office, 1895).The volume contains details of all land routes (numbered 1-50) leading from Turkey-in-Asia into Western Persia between Erzerum [Erzurum] in the north and Basra in the south. The information given for each route comprises:number of route;place names forming starting point and destination of route;authority and date;number of stage;names of stages;distance in miles (intermediate and total);remarks (including precise details of the route, general geographical information, and information on smaller settlements, local peoples, religious affiliations, condition of roads, access to water, supplies of wood, and other routes).The volume also contains pockets attached to the front and back inside covers for index maps of the routes, but only one of these (folio 58), 'Index Map to Routes in Persia. Section II.' (compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department), dated October 1895, is present.An ink stamp on the front cover records the confidential nature of the publication and that it was being transmitted for the information of His Excellency the Viceroy (Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin and 16th Earl of Kincardine) only.1 volume (57 folios)The volume contains an alphabetical cross index (folios 5-7); and an alphabetical index to names of places (folios 8-10).Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio (except for the front cover where the folio is on the verso). This is the sequence used to determine the order of pages.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.Condition: folio 7 is detached from the volume.
The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled
Routes in Persia. Section III. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India(Simla: printed at the Government Central Printing Office, 1898).The volume contains details of all land routes (numbered 1-247) in Persia starting from Russian territory and extending south as far as a line drawn from Karmanshah [Kermānshāh] south-eastwards through Burujird [Borūjerd], Isfahan [Eşfahān] and Yazd to Karman [Kermān], and thence north-east to Khabis [Khabīş] and Neh to Lash Juwain [Lāsh-e Juwayn].The information given for each route comprises:number of route;place names forming starting point and destination of route;authority and date;number of stage;names of stages;distance in miles (intermediate and total);remarks (including precise details of the route, general geographical information, and information on smaller settlements, local peoples, agriculture, condition of roads, access to water, supplies of wood, and other routes).An appendix within the volume (folios 356-359) and two separately-stored sets of loose sheets (containing routes numbers 77 (a) and 140-A, folios 363-369) give information too late for incorporation in the body of the work.The volume also contains pockets attached to the front and back inside covers for maps. These consist of an index map showing the limits of each of the three sections of
Routes in Persia(folio 2) and an index map to the routes in Section III (folio 361). There is also a fold-out map of the route from Seistan [Sīstān] to Mashad on folio 232.An ink stamp on the front cover records the confidential nature of the publication and that it was being transmitted for the information of His Excellency the Viceroy (Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin and 16th Earl of Kincardine) only.1 volume (367 folios)The volume contains an alphabetical cross index (folios 6-17), and an alphabetical index to names of places (folios 18-25).Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates on the last page of the loose supplementary sheets (found in the small grey folder within the main folder); 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 a printed pagination sequence.
The publication, Routes in Persia, Section I was compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter-Master Gerneral's Department in India and was published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, Calcutta: 1898.Section I contains all the routes which commence from the Persian Gulf littoral and extending to a line drawn from Burajird [Borūjerd], through Isfahan [Eşfahān], Yazd, Karman [Kermān], Khabis [Khabīş], Neh to Lash Juwain [Lāsh-e Juwayn]; the routes have been arranged within the volume by starting from the sea base of the Persian Gulf and working up towards the line described.For each route described the previous authorities, such as publications and accounts of journeys, are given, along with the following details:Names of stages: towns and villages which act as stopping points along the route;The distance in miles from the previous stage of the route;The total distance in miles for that route up to that stage;Remarks: including geographical information; details on smaller settlements; sacred places; condition of roads; access to water; other roads and routes.The volume also includes two appendices which contain details of other routes for which the information was received too late to be included in the main body of the volume.An ink stamp on the front cover records the confidential nature of the publication and that it was being transmitted for the information of His Excellency the Viceroy (Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin and 16th Earl of Kincardine) only.The inside front and back covers have pockets containing index maps of the routes described in the volume.1 volume (206 folios)Folios 6-10 consist of an alphabetical index to names of places featured in the volume, excluding those places which appear in appendix II. Folios 11-17 are an alphabetical cross-index of the routes featured in the volume, again excluding those routes which appear in appendix II.Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume aso contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Intelligence report on Kuwait, compiled for the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General’s Department by Captain Henry Harris Hewitt Dowding of the Essex Regiment, and printed at the Government Central Printing Office in Simla, 1903.The contents of the volume are as follows:Introductory remarks;Harbour, anchorages;History of Kuwait (of the Wahabis, the Ibn Rashid family, the war between Nejd and Kuwait);Political (relations between Kuwait and Great Britain, the situation in 1901-02, foreign relations with Russia, Germany, Turkey, events during 1902);Military forces, including their strength, arms and equipment, organisation, standard of efficiency and tactics;Towns: Kuwait, its population and defences; Jehara [Al-Jahrah], its importance, population and defences;Administration, government, free trade, currency;Resources, commercial, not agricultural;Climate;CommunicationsFour appendices follow the main text: A. routes; B. the Wahabi family; C. the Ibn Rashid family; D. the Shaikhs of Kuwait. The volume also contains three illustrations: the foreshore at Kuwait (folio 3); Mobarek-bin-Subah [Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] and his youngest son Naser (folio 9); the Shaikh’s residence in Kuwait (folio 17). The volume also contains three maps: a map of Kuwait and the surrounding country (folio 30); a map of Kuwait harbour (folio 31); and a rough diagram of Jehara (folio 32).1 volume (33 folios), with 3 mapsThe volume is arranged into a number of sections, with major headings in the text and subheadings indicated alongside the text in the outer margins. A contents page (folio 6) lists these major headings and subheadings, along with the volume’s illustrations and maps, and refers to the volume’s original pagination system. Four appendices follow the main text. An alphabetical index (folios 26-28) also refers to the volume’s original pagination system.Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; 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 booklet contains an original typed pagination sequence.
The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. [Atlas volume]Publication Details: London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 Printed by W. Clowes and sons, Stamford Street.Note: Only two volumes of text and an atlas containing the maps were published.Note: The atlas contains 12 river maps, numbered as plates I to XII, of the Euphrates, Tigris, Kárún and Shatt El 'Aráb rivers. Scale: 1/4 inch to the mile. Published by Col. Chesney, 1849. Engraved by J & C Walker.Copy Note: The atlas is lacking the 'Map of Arabia and Syria' and the 'Table shewing the changes which took place in the river Euphrates between 26th July 1835 and 13th June 1836'.Copy Note: The atlas has been rebound and has a spine title only: 'Euphrates Expedition. - Maps.- Chesney.'Physical Description: 1 atlas (12 fol. leaves of plates : maps).1 volume (24 pages)Dimensions: 500mm x 345mm.
The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.Publication Details: London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 Printed by W. Clowes and sons, Stamford Street.Notes: Printer's name from colophon. Only two volumes of text and an atlas containing the maps were published.Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.Physical Description: xxvii, [3], 799, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates (1 folded), (the plates are numbered: 1, 3-9, 11-26, 28, 33, 37, 39, 42-43). Vol. 1, p. 705-706 and p. 707-708 are fold-out leaves.1 volume (799 pages)Dimensions: 320mm x 240mm
This volume is a confidential handbook on Mesopotamia prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, dated February 1919. There is a table of contents which includes the following chapters:I: 'Geography Physical and Political', including 'Position and Frontiers', 'Surface, Coast and River Systems', 'Climate', 'Sanitary Conditions', 'Race and Language' and 'Population';II: 'Political History', including 'Chronological Summary', 'Introduction', 'Early period of Turkish Occupation, 1638-1834', 'Later period of Turkish Occupation, 1834-1914', and 'Commercial Developments';III: 'Social and Political Conditions', including 'Religious', 'Political', 'Public Education' and 'General Observations';IV: 'Economic Conditions', including 'Means of Communication', 'Industry', 'Commerce', 'Finance' and 'General Remarks'.There is also an appendix which includes tables of 'Exports to Principal Countries from Baghdad', 'Imports from Principal Countries to Baghdad', 'Principal Exports from Basra' and 'Principal Imports to Basra'. This is followed by a section entitled 'Authorities' which is a bibliography of references used for the preparation of the volume. This section is divided into 'Historical' (including 'Confidential Sources'), 'Economic' ('Official' and 'General') and 'Maps'. There is a pocket at the back of the volume to house maps, but there are no maps present.1 volume (76 folios)Pagination: The volume contains an original printed pagination sequence.Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
History of the imâms and seyyids of 'Omân by Salîl-ibn-Razîk, from A.D. 661-1856; translated from the original Arabic, and edited with notes, appendices, and an introduction, continuing the history down to 1870, by George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S., late chaplain in the Presidency of Bombay.Author: Hamid ibn Muhammad ibn RuzayqPublication details: London: Printed for the Hakluyt SocietyPhysical Description: initial roman numeral pagination (i-cxxviii); with map.1 volume (435 pages)The volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. There is an index to the principal names at the back of the volume.Dimensions: 210mm x 130mm
History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).Author: Charles Rathbone Low.Publication Details: London: Richard Bentley and Son, New Burlington Street.Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-vi); octavo.1 volume (575 pages)This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter.Dimensions: 229mm x 140mm
History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).Author: Charles Rathbone Low.Publication Details: London: Richard Bentley and Son, New Burlington Street.Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xx); octavo.1 volume (532 pages)This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter.Dimensions: 229mm x 140mm
A History of Persia from the beginning of the ninteenth century to the year 1859 with a review of the principal events that led to the establishment of the Kajar Dynastyby Robert Grant Wilson.Publication Details: London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill.Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xii); 8º.1 volume (465 pages)This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Rach chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of the chapter.Dimensions: 216mm x 132mm
The History of Persia, from the most early period to the present time: containing an account of the religion, government, usages and character of the inhabitants of that kingdom. By Colonel Sir John Malcolm, KCB, KLS Late minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia from the supreme government of India. In two volumes.The book, in two volumes, is written by John Malcolm and contains illustrations.Publication Details: London : printed for John Murray, Albemarle Street, and Longman and Co., Paternoster-Row, by James Moyes, Greville Street, MDCCCXV [1815]Ownership: With stamps of the East India Company Library and India Office Library.1 volume (715 pages)There is a table of contents at the beginning (v-vii) and an index at the end of the volume (639-715).Conditioning: the book is made of two volumes, this is the second.Dimensions: 320 mm x 265 mm.Pagination: vii, [1], 715, [1] p., [11] leaves of plates.