'Summary of correspondence relative to surveying operations and river conservancy in Mesopotamia'
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/133
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The record is made up of 1 volume (48 folios). It was created in 19 Sep 1916. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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This secret summary was compiled by the Army Department, War Section Case and printed in Simla in September 1916.
It contains letters and telegrams sent from 10 February 1915 to 16 May 1916 between the officers of the Government of India, the Director of the Royal India Marine and the Director-General of Port Administration and River Conservancy, Basra. The main subject is a Survey of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers by the Royal Marine and other surveys, to determine river conservancy work.
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- 1 volume (48 folios)
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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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- English in Latin script
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/133
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- D 160
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- 19 Sep 1916 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/133
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- 'Summary of correspondence relative to surveying operations and river conservancy in Mesopotamia'
- Pages
- 21v:22r
- Author
- Renfrew, R
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- Title
- 'Summary of correspondence relative to surveying operations and river conservancy in Mesopotamia'
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- 22r
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- British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/133
- Title
- 'Summary of correspondence relative to surveying operations and river conservancy in Mesopotamia'
- Pages
- 33v:34r, 38r:41r
- Author
- Galestine, I
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/133
- Title
- 'Summary of correspondence relative to surveying operations and river conservancy in Mesopotamia'
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- front, front-i, 2r:21r, 22v:33r, 34v:37v, 41v:47v, back-i, back
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