Map of Persia indicating the extent of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company concession
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The map indicates the territory of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s concession in Persia [Iran] until 31 December 1938, south of a line drawn on the map which is labelled the ‘violet line’. The map is referred to in article 2 of the oil accompanying concession text (f 131). Also indicated on the m...
Blueprint map of a section of the Iran-Baluchistan border
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Map of a section of the border between Iran and Baluchistan (part of present-day Pakistan) around Kastag [Kastak]. The map is enclosed with reports and statements prepared by the Political Agent at Kalat in 1935 (ff 67-84), relating to an incident in which Iranian customs officials raided a shop ...
Extract of a map showing the boundary between Iran and Baluchistan, in present-day Pakistan. The map indicates: hydrology; topography, with form lines; settlements; roads; the Iran-Baluchistan boundary. Two arrows drawn in red pencil have been added to the map. The annotation ‘Gwattur Bay’ has al...
Map of part of the territory on the Persia [Iran] and Baluchistan (part of present-day Pakistan) frontier, published under the direction of Colonel Sir Sidney Gerald Burrard, Surveyor General of India, 1915. The map indicates: relief, with form lines; hydrology; roads; settlements; boundaries, i...
Sketch map of the border between Persia and Iraq Command (PAIC) and India Command
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Sketch map of northeast Iran, indicating the border between Persia and Iraq Command (PAIC) and India Command during the Second World War. The border between the two Commands is drawn and annotated in blue pencil. International frontiers (between Persia [Iran], Russia, Afghanistan and Baluchistan)...
Copy of a sketch map of the Kuhgalu [Kohgiluyeh] region of southern Iran, prepared by Captain A H Parvis and SOI [Staff Officer level 1?] R Todd, in May to June 1945. The map accompanies a report of a horseback tour of the region, also prepared by Parvis, in the enclosing file (ff 8-28). The map...
Map of northern Iran showing the location of the Kavir-i-Khourian [Dasht-e Kavīr] oil concession. The map indicates: topography; hydrology, including salt water lakes; salt desert; human settlements, including Tehran, Samnan [Semnān] and Kashan; roads; railways; airfields and landing grounds. The...
‘In the Kavir-i-Khourian Field. the western well in the background.’
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Photograph of the Kavir-i-Khourian [Dasht-e Kavīr] oil field in northern Iran. The photograph, which was taken from the inside of a motorcar, shows a flat desert landscape with a single wellhead in the middle distance.
