Record Number: 29932
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Wrote, and read "Persian Gulf Gazetteer", a unique and monumental compilation, and a political history of the Middle East beyond compare.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:15 May 1917
Country:Iraq (Mesopotamia)
Timedaytime
Place:city: Baghdad
specific address: High Commissioner Percy Cox's house (old Deutsche Orient Bank building)
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:19 Nov 1881
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:diplomat (colonial civil servant) and army officer
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Iraq (Mesopotamia)
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia
Genre:History, Geography / Travel, Politics, Law, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsCalcutta : Government Printer, 1908-1911
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29932
Source:Ronald Storrs
Editor:n/a
Title:Orientations
Place of Publication:London (Readers Union Edn.)
Date of Publication:1939 (1937)
Vol:n/a
Page:236
Additional Comments:
Diary entry 15 May 1917.
Citation:
Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 236, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29932, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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