This black and white print of a drawing shows a view of Akdarband, a pass in the Tabut-Kah subdivision of Eastern Khurasan [Khorāsān], Persia [Iran], situated in the Mudaran mountains on the southernmost road from Mashhad to Sarakhs. The pass guarded both the mountain pass and the passage of the...
This black and white print of a plan shows Ak-Kala, a fort on the south side of the river Gurgan in Astarabad, Persia [Iran], 10.5 miles (16.9 kilometres) from the city of Astarabad [Gorgan], and about 35 miles (56.33 kilometres) from the Atrak river. The plan indicates the twelve roomed doubl...
This black and white printed plan of the village of Bashrugah in Khurasan [Khorāsān], in Persia [Iran] shows the walls of the village, the ‘Arg’ (citadel) and the ‘Bagh-i-Khan’.
This black and white printed plan of the town of Bujnurd [Bojnourd] in Northern Khurasan [Khorāsān], in Persia [Iran] shows the walls of the town, and the Bagh-i-Khan, the citadel, the tower, houses, trees, and vacant space inside the walls, as well as the north Kibla Gate, the west Gurgan gate, ...
‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’
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This volume is Volume I of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1886 edition). It was compiled for political and military reference by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Metcalfe MacGregor, Assistant Quarter Master General, in 1871, and brought up to 31 July 1885 by the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Mast...
This black and white print of a drawing shows the town of Bujnurd [Bojnourd] in Northern Khurasan [Khorāsān], in Persia [Iran]. It depicts farm fields in the foreground, in front of the buildings of the town, and mountains in the background behind the town, including the Takht-y-Baba Musa, which ...
‘ROUGH SKETCH OF ASTARÁBÁD, FROM AN EYE-SKETCH BY LT.-COL. BERESFORD LOVETT, R. E., 1881.’
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This black and white printed sketch map of the city of Astarabad [Gorgan] in Persia [Iran] shows the following features: the crenelated walls of the city; the garden of Abbas Khan; government buildings, the telegraph office, and the magazine; the Russian consulate; the British consulate; the Mas...
