This file is A History of Persia by Brigadier-General Percy Molesworth Sykes (London: Macmillan and Co Limited, 1921). The file consists of two volumes. It contains a historical narrative of Persia [Iran], dating from around 6000 BCE to 1921 CE, including discussions of the cultures, languages...
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2. It shows the route taken by Xerxes I, Ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, during his invasion of Greece in 480 BC. It includes western and central Turkey, the islands of the Aegean Sea, and the eastern coast of Greece. It portrays ...
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2. It depicts the empire of Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, at its greatest territorial extent, extending from Macedonia in the west to modern-day Afghanistan and India in the east. The territory o...
The Provinces of the Abbasid Caliphate, showing the chief high roads
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The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2. It depicts the Abbasid Caliphate, divided into its administrative provisions. The map portrays lakes, swamps, and the routes of major rivers. It also shows key settlements, major roads, and pilgrimage routes to Mecca. Drawn ...
Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia
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The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2. It shows the names and locations of key settlements and regions during the period of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires. These are superimposed in red ink over a map of the eastern Ottoman Empire. Portrays hydrology, relief by...
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2. It shows the area surrounding the city of Shiraz. The location of the British Consulate and the positions occupied by British Indian troops and the South Persia Rifles are indicated. Portrays relief by form lines and rock dra...
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2. It shows Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan in detail, as well as the bordering areas of the British Raj [British India], Russian Turkistan [Turkestan], Chinese Turkistan, Caucasia, and the Turkish [Ottoman] Empire. It portrays hy...
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2. It shows the Arabian Peninsula, western and central Persia [Iran], the east African coast, and the Levant, extending from Hamadan in the north to Socotra in the south, and from Al-Arish [‘Arish] in the west to Ras al Hadd [Ra’s ...