Abstract: Copy of 'A handbook of Turkey in Europe,
prepared on behalf of the Admiralty, Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division, January 1917.'The volume contains thirteen photographic plates (folios 99-106) and a map (folio 171).Contents (folio 6):Section II. Boundaries and Physical Features, p 9 (f 7);II. Climate, p 27 (f 16);III. Modern History, p 34 (f 19v);IV. Ethnology and Languages, p 49 (f 27);V. Religions, p 66 (f 35v);VI. Government and Administration, p 96 (f 50v);VII. Turkish Social Life, p 114 (f 59v);VIII. Economic Geography and Finance, p 142 (f 73v);IX. Chief Towns, p 166 (f 85v);X. Money, Weights and Measures, the Calendar, p 185 (f 95).Section II. Itineraries.Roads, p 193(f 107);Railways, p 276 (f 148v).Index, p 307 (f 164).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 172; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An original pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 7-170.
Abstract: Admiralty handbook regarding Syria (including Palestine) 'to as far north as the River Orontes and a line Antioch-Aleppo-Meskeneh. For details of the part of Syria beyond this line reference must be made to the
Handbook of Asia Minor, Vol. iv, Part 2 (C.B. 847 C).''Contents. Chapters:I. Boundaries and Physical Survey, p 9 (folio 7)II. Climate, p 24 (folio 14v)III. Minerals, Flora and Fauna, p 93 (folio 50)IV. Military History, p 109 (folio 58)V. Inhabitants, p 175 (folio 91)VI. Turkish Administration, p 236 (folio 121v)VII. Agriculture, p 252 (folio 129v)VIII. Industry and Trade, p 276 (folio 141v)IX. Currency, Weights and Measures, p 318 (folio 162v)X. Jebel Ansarīyeh, p 325 (folio 166)XI. Country East of Jebel Ansarīyeh, p 344 (folio 175v)XII. Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon, and Damascus Plain, p 357 (folio 182)XIII. River Systems of Northern Syria, p 395 (folio 201)XIV. Judea and the Southern Desert, p 427 (folio 217)XV. Samaria (including Carmel), p 472 (folio 239v)XVI. Galilee, p 515 (folio 261)XVII. Haurān and Jaulān, p 556 (folio 281v)XVIII. 'Ajlūn and Northern Belqa, p 580 (folio 293v)XIX. Southern Belqa and Ardh el-Kerak, p 612 (folio 309v)XX. El-Jibāl and Esh-Shera, p 636 (folio 321v)XXI. The Ghōr (Jordan and the Dead Sea); and Wādi 'Arabah, p 645 (folio 326)Appendix: Conventional Spellings, p 668 (folio 337v)Index, p 669 (folio 338)Plates, p 725' [missing]Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 367; 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 an original printed pagination sequence. The volume originally contained fourteen plates showing maps, bound into the back of the volume. These are now missing; details of the plates can be found at folio 5v.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence from Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent and HM Consul, Muscat, to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, which is forwarded to Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe, Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department.The Consul describes the general fear amongst Omanis that Iran or Russia might invade their country while British attention was turned elsewhere on account of the Second World War, and suggests that the presence of a British warship at Muscat or another coastal town might help to allay these fears.The file also contains a short political note describing the historical background to the Omanis' fears of invasion, and a naval cypher from the Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, requesting that a naval visit to Oman be arranged.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 9; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains: a copy of an Admiralty memorandum, dated 11 October 1940, entitled ‘The Future of Oil in its Relation to the Middle East’; and correspondence related to the memorandum and to the arrival in Iran of eight German officers, who were suspected of being involved in activities against British interests, in particular against the Anglo-Iranian oilfields.The correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Petroleum Department; the Foreign Office; and the Colonial Office. The India Office correspondence includes internal notes between India Office officials.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.