This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume IV, Northern Mesopotamia and Central Kurdistan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, April, 1917), covering Mesopotamia north of the line joining Rowanduz, Mosul, Meskeneh [Maskanah], and Aleppo, up to Van, Bitlis, Diarbekr, and Mar‘ash. The...
One photographic print: a full-length portrait of Sartip (a Persian military rank equivalent to Brigadier General) Muhammed Hossein Khán. The title is printed above the photograph in Persian, and below the photograph in English. The Persian title also bears a date: Hijri year 1301 (c.1883).
'CORRECTIONS TO THE GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOLUME III'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of corrections to the Gazetteer of Persia Volume III (1st Series, 1918). It provides an index to the sub-tribes referred to in the volume. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1918.
‘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...
The map is found in the Report of the Operations connected with the Occupation of Penjwin between April 18th and May 7th, 1927, promulgated by Command of the Air Council. It shows Diyālah [Ustān Diyālá], Kirkuk, and Sulaimāni [As Sulaymānīyah] divisions in Iraq; and Ardalān (Kurdistān) and Kirmā...
‘DIAGRAM SHEWING PROPOSED SCHEMES FOR BERTHS AT MAGIL’
Scope & Content:
The map shows the Shatt Al-Arab River at Magil [Al Ma‘qil], annotated with existing wharves, proposed extensions, and Sir George Buchanan’s proposals. Buildings marked include offloading berths, depots, workshops, a cemetery, and offices. The map is part of a report by Major-General Sir Franci...
‘AFIFABAD POST: As when occupied by detachment on 9-6-18.’
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The scale of the map is 1inch = 50yards. The map was printed by the Simla Drawing Office and includes the printing statement ‘S. D. O. No. 2425, Nov. 1918’.
The scale of the map is 1inch = 1mile. The map was printed by the Simla Drawing Office and includes the printing statement ‘S. D. O. No. 2423, November 1918’.
The scale of the map is 2inches = 1mile. The map was printed by the Simla Drawing Office and includes the printing statement ‘S. D. O. No. 2429, Nov. 1918’.
