India Office Political & Secret Department confidential reports, memoranda, maps, and handbooks, as well as policy files describing the background and practicalities of the creation of a political administration, as well as of a social and an economic infrastructure, of the former Ottoman territories known as Turkish Arabia. Arranged in 10 groups:

GUIDE: B-39802

This set includes over 3,000 titles filmed from the collections of the Harvard University Library and the School of Oriental and African Studies Library at the University of London. It includes works printed between the 16th and the early 20th centuries. Over half of the titles filmed for this collection are printed in English, with the remainder in other Western languages including French, German, Italian, and Spanish. It includes memoirs, travel literature, biographical and bibliographical works, guide books, historical studies, and texts.

Records of the Department of State relating to Turkey’s internal and political affairs. CRL has the following sets (guides available):

This collection focuses on contemporary political issues and offers in-depth research on topics from leading public and private policy research facilities. Titles cataloged individually.

GUIDE: Guide to Special Studies series available at CRL call no. B-39802.

From the microfilm series O.S.S./State Department intelligence and research reports; pt. 12.

GUIDE: “Middle East: 1950-1961 supplement” available at CRL call no. B-39747.

 From the microfilm series “CIA research reports.”

GUIDE: A guide to “Middle East, 1946-1976.” at CRL call no. B-39832.