Narrative report on surveys conducted in south-west Persia [Iran]. The structure of the report is in two parts. The first part concerns British relations with Arabs, Persians and the Bakhtiaris [Bakhtiyārīs] during the reconnaissance of south-west Persia. The second part contains reports of rout...
‘RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF S.-E. BAKHTIARI COUNTRY, MAY 1891’
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Four cross section maps on one sheet, produced as part of a reconnaissance survey of south-east Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] country. Surveyed by Assistant Surveyor Imam Sharif, Khan Bahadur [Imām Sharīf, Khān Bahādur], Survey of India Department; superintended and assisted by Lieutenant William Danie...
‘RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF S.-E. BAKHTIARI COUNTRY, May 1891’
Scope & Content:
Map produced as part of a reconnaissance survey of south-east Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] country. Surveyed by Assistant Surveyor Imam Sharif, Khan Bahadur [Imām Sharīf, Khān Bahādur], Survey of India Department; superintended and assisted by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards. T...
‘RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF S.-E. BAKHTIARI COUNTRY, MAY 1891’
Scope & Content:
Four of five maps on one sheet. The first four are cross section maps, catalogued here as Mss Eur F112 397, f 4 1 and also found at Mss Eur F112 397, f 2. The four cross section maps (printed as shown on Mss Eur F112 397, f 2) were produced as part of a reconnaissance survey of south-east Bakht...
‘RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF S.-E. BAKHTIARI COUNTRY, MAY 1891’
Scope & Content:
One of five maps on one sheet. The first four are cross section maps, catalogued as Mss Eur F112 397, f 4 1 (and also found at Mss Eur F112 397, f 2). The map at the bottom of the sheet is a reproduction of a map catalogued as Mss Eur F112 397, f 3. It was produced as part of a reconnaissance s...
A drawing of the city of Dizful [Dezful], showing its bridge, part of the city beyond the bridge, and the road to Khushi Khana. Beneath the drawing is a note on the physical dimensions of the bridge. It is signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards, November 1890.
Representation of Khushi Khana on the right bank of the Ab-i-Diz, near the town of Dizful [Dezful]. The drawing is signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.
‘DISTANT VIEW OF THE SNOW COVERED BAKHTIARI MOUNTAINS’
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Representation of Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] Mountains, central part of the Zargros Mountains, looking east, from Dizful [Dezful], in November 1890. The drawing is signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.
Depiction of the river Ab-i-Diz [Rudkhaneh-ye Dez] ‘as it flows into the “Gorge” on the north side of the Kilah Shahid.’ Signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.
A sketch of the landscape over the plan [plain?] of Dumakail, looking east from the highest point on Kilah Shahid, and showing the peak of Kuh-i-Sekeira. Signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.
