The memorandum outlines how circumstances in Southern Persia have led to the British reinforcing their consular guards at Bander Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Bushire, Isphanan [Eşfahān], and Kerman. The focus is on reinforcement of the guard at Shiraz, and in particular, an attack on a British carav...
The memorandum is concerned with the Russian bombardment of the Shrine of Imam Reza in March 1912 at Meshed [Mashhad], and the presence of Russian troops in Khorrassan. It also touches on the desire of the British Government to have the ex-Shah Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar removed from Persia. It al...
This large map shows routes across Persia, and includes different types of tracks including cart, camel and mule tracks as well as footpaths and railways. The map is black and white and the routes are marked in red ink. There is no topographical detail. The map is not a perfect rectangle; it is ...
PLAN TO ILLUSTRATE ROUTES TAKEN BY ARMS CARAVANS BETWEEN THE MAKRAN COAST and the AFGHAN BORDER
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The map shows routes taken by arms caravans between the Makran Coast and the Afghan border during 1907-08, and is used to accompany notes on the illicit trade of arms and ammunition in the region. It also illustrates the general directions followed by arms caravans as reported by Captain McCona...
Map of Persia [Iran], printed in black and white with red annotations. The map shows the major towns and cities of Persia, with interconnecting trade routes marked with black lines. Regions are indicated in black capitals. The red annotations are either numbers, which refer to trade routes descr...
Skeleton of Curzon's Map of PERSIA showing Routes Examined for the Central Persia Telegraph Line
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Map found at folio 5 of the 'Report on the preliminary survey of the route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line', 1899. The map shows existing and proposed telegraph routes across Persia [Iran], Afghanistan and Pakistan, bounded roughly with Teheran [Tehran] in the North West, Bunder Abbas [Ba...
Map No 1: Map showing border region between Afghanistan and Sīstān
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The map shows settlements and roadways along the Sīstān side of the border between Afghanistan, Persia [Iran], and British India. The scale is approximately 1 inch to 16 miles. It is signed ‘G. W. Brazier-Creagh, Surgeon Major, A. M. S., In charge Seistan Mission’. It bears a stamp which reads ...
Map No 2: Map showing the region around Nusratabad
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The map shows the region around Nusratabad [Zābol, Iran], along the border between Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan. It shows settlements, and highlights mountainous regions and marshland. The border is highlighted in red and blue. Red serial numbers correspond with lists of villages, which can be...
