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1. 'Persian Gulf'
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- Abstract: This volume concerns the geography of the Persian Gulf published by the Naval Staff Intelligence Department in June 1919. It is divided into two sections: 'Physical Geography', including 'Position and Frontiers', 'Surface, Coasts and Islands, River Systems', and 'Sanitary Conditions' (ff. 3-15); and 'Man', including 'Race, including Language', 'Political and Social Conditions', and 'Population' (ff. 15v-20). The title page is marked with 'For Official Use only' (f. 1).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the 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.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
2. 'Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part II: Geographical and descriptive materials, Section III: Central Arabia.'
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- Abstract: The volume, marked confidential, is Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part II: Geographical and descriptive materials, Section III: Central Arabia, compiled by John Gordon Lorimer, and includes the printing statement 'G. C. Press Simla - No. C-905 F. D. - 18.11.04 - 80 - C. G.'. The volume begins with notes from the author, dated 14 November 1904, and is then divided into two subsections, as follows:A - Central Arabia, South of Wadi RummahB - Central Arabia, North of Wadi RummahEach subsection, organised alphabetically by name, contains a variety of geographic information, including towns and villages, districts, physical geography, tribes and tribal sub-sections, wells, and forts.Physical description: 1 volume (125 folios)
3. 'Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part II: Geographical and descriptive materials, Section II: Western Side of the Gulf'
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- Abstract: The volume, marked confidential, is Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part II: Geographical and descriptive materials, Section II: Western Side of the Gulf, compiled by John Gordon Lorimer, and includes the printing statement 'G. C. Press, Simla - No. C-912 F. D. - 17.11.04 - 30 - J. D.'. The volume begins with notes from the author, dated 14 November 1904, and is then divided into five subsections, as follows:A - Trucial Chiefs' TerritoryB - Katar [Qatar]C - Bahrein [Bahrain]D - HasaE - Koweit [Kuwait]Each subsection, organised alphabetically by name, contains a variety of geographical information, including towns and villages, districts, physical geography, tribes and tribal sub-sections, wells, and forts.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 140; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
4. 'Gazetteer of Persia, Vol IV'
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- Abstract: The volume, marked confidential, is Gazetteer of Persia, Volume IV, prepared by the General Staff, Army Head Quarters, India, and printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1910.At the beginning is a note on the geographical scope of the volume. The main section contains information on villages, towns, districts, forts, wells, physical geography, and roads in Persia. Separate to the main body of the volume are sheets of additions and corrections (folios 345-75).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 375; 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 file also contains several original printed pagination sequence.
5. 'Handbook of Asir'
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- Abstract: The volume, marked 'For Official Use Only', is a first edition Handbook of Asir, prepared by Captain K Cornwallis of the Arab Bureau, Cairo, and printed by the Government Press, Cairo, 1 June 1916.The volume opens with a prefatory note on compilation and sources and is then divided into seventeen chapters (I-XVII), as follows:I - AreaII - ReliefIII - Physical Character and ClimateIV - PopulationV - Domestic Apparatus and ManufacturesVI - AgricultureVII - Live-stockVIII - TradeIX - CurrencyX - Weights and MeasuresXI - TaxesXII - Recent History and Present PoliticsXIII - Military Organization and ResourcesXIV - Tribal NotesXV - PersonalitiesXVI - Roads and CommunicationsXVII - Route ReportsThe majority of the volume focuses on tribes, personalities, and route reports.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 95; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
6. 'Field Notes on Sa'udi Arabia, 1935'
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- Abstract: The volume, marked confidential, is Field Notes on Sa'udi Arabia, 1935, prepared by Donald Banks of the Air Ministry, by command of the Air Council.The volume begins with a brief forward (folio 2) in which the geographical scope is outlined. The volume is then divided into nine chapters (I-IX) with appendices, as follows:I - HistoryII - System of GovernmentIII - PopulationIV - Political GeographyV - Physical GeographyVI - Climate and MeteorologyVII - CommunicationsVIII - ResourcesIX - Armed ForcesAppendices - Weights and Measures, Coinage, Calendar and Time, Note on the state of Wahhabism viewed from a military standpoint, Note on ZakatThe volume contains the following route reports:1. 'Uqair to Riyadh, via al Hasa2. Riyadh to Wadi Fatima (near Jedda)3. Jumaima to Medina4. Riyadh to Kuwait5. Kuwait to Transjordan FrontierThe volume contains nineteen maps and plans, as follows:Imperial Air and Sea Routes (folio 29)Tribal Areas (folio 23)Administrative Divisions (folio 33)Town Plans of Jedda, Mecca, Medina, Riyadh, and Taif (folios 40, 42, 43, 45, and 46, respectively)Diagrammatic Section of Middle Sa'udi Arabia (folio 50)Physical Geography (folio 54)Chart showing Magnetic Variation in Arabia (folio 59)Communications in Sa'udi Arabia (folio 64)Diagram of Principal Watering Points, Frontier Posts and Garrisons (folio 70)Tribes of Asir (folio 76)Panorama of the town of Marat (folio 98)Panorama of Muwaih (folio 101)Sketch Plan of Muwaih (folio 100)Sketch of route Rumaihiya-Jarya (Route Report No. 4) (folio 109)General Map (folio 121)Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 122; 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.
7. 'Southern Nejd: Journey to Kharj, Aflaj, Sulaiyyil, and Wadi Dawasir in 1918.'
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- Abstract: Harry St John Bridger Philby's account of his journey in the southern regions of the Najd, published for the Arab Bureau by the Government Press in Cairo, 1919.The journey was taken in May to June 1918 while the author was in Riyadh for the purpose of maintaining relations with Ibn Sa‘ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥman bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], ruler of Najd, on behalf of the British Government. Travelling 640 miles from Riyadh to Wadi Dawasir [Wādī al-Dawāsir] and back along a different route, he reports any geographical, meteorological, agricultural, demographic, and historical information that he deems of use to the British government. Included are notes on the tribes and wells of the area.Folio 46 is a foldout map of the route taken.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 48.Pagination: there is also a printed pagination sequence that begins on the first page of the account proper and continues through to the last page of the account.