Abstract: Relates to the Treaty of Sèvres (1920)Created by the War Office August 1919 with boundaries added to 20 February 1920. Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2931, Sheet 'Anatolia'. Portrays hydrology, soundings, relief by spot heights and contours, railways, settlements, place names, and international and internal boundaries. Base map compiled from GSGS 2555 sheets NJ-35 (dated 1916), NJ-36 (1916), NK-35 (1919) and NK-36 (1916); projection information also derived from this source.Colour overprints, partly compiled from the information in folio 5, cover the Izmir (Smyrna) and Istambul [Istanbul] areas of western Turkey and depict boundaries of Vilayets, Sanjaks and Kazas; General Milne's Line; Line of Paris Greek Commission; Line of London Smyrna Commission; Line showing Greek claim of 19 February 1920; Line of Turkish Demilitarized Zone [Zone of the Straits]; and percentages of Races for complete Kazas, together with a list of Kazas.Verso bears the annotation 'Dardanelles'.Physical description: Materials: Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in pencilDimensions: 595 x 722mm, on sheet 713 x 830mm
Abstract: A historical account in which the author (Robert John Hussey Vivian) publishes documents and correspondence in his possession to explain that Major-General William Ferguson Beatson was relieved from the command of the Turkish Irregular Cavalry at the Dardanelles for reasons of insubordination and incitement to mutiny. He also defends himself from charges that he had made false and malicious charges against Major-General Beatson. Printed in London by Cox & Wyman, 1856.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 36; 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.
Abstract: The volume contains papers regarding the future of Constantinople [Instanbul]. It includes: India Office minute papers; copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office and Sir George Buchanan, HM Ambassador at Petrograd [St Petersburg], and other British diplomats; draft telegrams from the Secretary of State for India addressed to the Viceroy of India; correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office; and other papers. Some of the correspondence is in French.Issues discussed in the papers include: whether the Constantinople Agreement, concluded between the British, French and Russian governments in March 1915 (under the terms of which Constantinople and the Straits of the Dardanelles would be annexed to the Russian Empire), should be made public; the possible effect upon Muslims in India of the announcement of the agreement; and the question of the re-conversion of the St Sophia [Hagia Sophia] mosque in Constantinople into a Christian church.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 259; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves have not been foliated.