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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/MIL Name Simla Drawing Office, General Staff, India, 1906-1926 Level [41] Item

1. IOR/L/MIL/7/16933, f 423

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/16933, f 423
Title:
‘Archangel-Herat Sketch Map’
Scope & Content:
Printed sheet depicting an area between Archangel, in Russia [Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic], and Herat, in Afghanistan. In addition to Russia and Central Asia, the map shows parts of eastern Europe, Turkey, Persia [Iran], Afghanistan, and India. Portrays hydrology, railways, some...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1919
Extent:
1 map sheet

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/5, f 230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/5, f 230
Title:
MAP OF PERSIA
Scope & Content:
The map is a provisional issue print, marked secret, to accompany Military Report on Persia, and shows Persia and adjacent portions of Arabia, Turkey in Asia, Russian Dominions, India and Afghanistan, indicating cities and towns, roads, tracks, railways, telegraph lines, boundaries and hydrology...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 map

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 4
Title:
‘Index Map to the Military Reports and Route Maps of Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Map of Persia, with coastlines, rivers and boundaries marked. Annotations and boundaries printed in black indicate the areas covered by each volume of the Military Report (volumes I-IV). Lines and annotations in red indicate geographic regions (for example, Kerman, Seistan [Sīstān]). The map was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1930
Extent:
1 map

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 62
Title:
‘Plate I. Showing Officers Badges of Rank on Shoulder Straps (Field Service Order) with Colours of Branches of Service.’
Scope & Content:
The illustration features badges for Persian army ranks of: Naib Sewum (office personnel); Naib Dowan (cavalry); Naib Awwal (artillery); Sultan (engineers); Yamar (transport); Naib Sarhang (staff); Sarhang (veterinary); Sartip (infantry); Amir Lashkar; Sipahbod [Spāhbed]; and Farmandeh Kul Qushu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1925
Extent:
1 illustration

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 63 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 63 1
Title:
‘Plate II. Plate showing Badges of Rank of Non-Commissioned Officers. Field Service Order.’
Scope & Content:
Showing: cuff badges for Tabin Awwal and Sirjougeh; shoulder badges for Wakil Chap (infantry); Wakil Rast (cavalry); Wakil Bashi (artillery); and Moin Naib (transport). A note states that ‘the colour of the shoulder strap varies with the branch of the service.’
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1925
Extent:
1 illustration

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 63 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 63 2
Title:
‘Plate III. Plate showing Pattern of Numerals as worn on Shoulder Straps of Regiments’
Scope & Content:
Illustrations of the Arabic numerals 1-9 and 0, with an additional illustration of a shoulder strap for the Naib Dowum of the 10th (Qahreman) Cavalry Regiment, indicating the placement of the regiment number.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1925
Extent:
1 illustration

7. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 63 3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 63 3
Title:
‘Plate VI. Plate showing Badges of Rank of Police Officers.’
Scope & Content:
Showing the badges of rank for Persian police officers, with collars and cuffs for: Naib Dowum (cavalry), Naib Awwal (artillery), Sultan (engineers), Yamar (transport), Naib Sarhang (staff), and Sarhang (veterinary).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1925
Extent:
1 illustration

8. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 73
Title:
‘Mechanical Transport Chart. Passable normally to M.T. (i.e. up to 3 Ton Trucks in winter and 5 Ton Trucks in summer’
Scope & Content:
The map, which bears an additional title: ‘Condition of the Duzdap-Meshed Road February 1930’, indicates the road between Duzdap [Zahedan] and Meshed [Mashad] and its suitability for motor transport (‘M.T.’) The key indicates the condition of the roads on the route: good; normally good, requiring...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1930
Extent:
1 map

9. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/23, f 302

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/23, f 302
Title:
Map to illustrate the Military Report on Tehran and adjacent provinces in N. W. Persia
Scope & Content:
The map is of Tehran and the surrounding parts of north west Persia on the south coast of the Caspian Sea. It shows human settlements, administrative zones, topographical features, agricultural products, and roads. Beneath the main map are two smaller maps, one showing the areas surveyed by the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1922
Extent:
1 map

10. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/33, f 9 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/33, f 9 1
Title:
MAP 1
Scope & Content:
The map is the first in a series of five sketch maps illustrating Report on minor operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles from the 28th March to the 25th July 1917, Appendix No.3. Report on the action of the Kafta against the Kurshulli (ff 4-6). The map shows a region to the south-west...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1917
Extent:
1 map

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