Reconnaissance Reports on Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia, and Luristan from April to October 1888
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A report on surveys conducted in Mesopotamia [Iraq], Kurdistan, north-west Persia [Iran], and Luristan [Lorestan] and detailed description of this routes. The surveys were carried out from April to October 1888. The report is written by Lieutenant Francis Richard Maunsell and is in two volumes, ...
RECONNAISSANCES IN MESOPOTAMIA, KURDISTAN, NORTH-WEST PERSIA, AND LURISTAN FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER 1888.
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Narrative report on surveys conducted in Mesopotamia [Iraq], north-west Persia [Iran] and Luristan [Lorestan]. The preface provides the following information: ‘The object was to explore various tracts of little known country through which roads lead north from the head of the Persian Gulf to th...
'RECONNAISSANCES IN MESOPOTAMIA, KURDISTAN, NORTH-WEST PERSIA, AND LURISTAN FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER 1888.'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of detailed descriptions of routes taken by Lieutenant Francis Richard Maunsell, Intelligence Branch, in Mesopotamia [Iraq], north-west Persia [Iran], and Luristan [Lorestan] between April and October 1888. A total of seventeen routes are described with details on: journey s...
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’
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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’
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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.