Corrections and Additions to Who's Who in Persia Vol. II
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of corrections and additions to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume II), compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923. Published by the Manager, Government of India Press, Simla, 1924.
Cross sections of the River Euphrates at Nasiriyah and Bathea
Scope & Content:
The sheet contains two cross sections. The sheet is annexed to a report included in IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3270. The first is titled ‘Section of the EUPHRATES at the Bridge of Boats at NASIRIYAH’. It depicts a cross section of the Euphrates river at the point noted in the title, indicating the width of...
‘PERSIAN GULF APPROACHES TO SHATT-AL-ARAB AND BAHMISHIR RIVERS NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1890’
Scope & Content:
The map shows soundings, contours, mud banks, buoys, settlements, and comments on the type of ground. The co-ordinates are approximate. It is referred to in George Buchanan’s report of 20 June 1917.
Skeleton Map showing Distribution of Lines of Communication Defence Troops
Scope & Content:
The map shows railways, towns, and rivers. The location of troops is marked in red and annotations show the numbers of squadrons, sections, and battalions present. The map is part of a report by Major-General Sir Francis Edward Freeland entitled ‘On the Working and Future Development of the Po...
‘INDEX PLAN SHOWING MESOPOTAMIAN RAILWAYS (PRELIMINARY PLAN) 20 Feb 1918’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of two maps annexed to a report included in IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303. The other map sheet can be found at IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303, f 381. The map shows the railways in a section of Mesopotamia and Persia [Iran], from the region around the entrance to the Shatt-ul-Arab [Shatt al Arab...
The item is Volume I of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition). The volume covers the provinces of Astarabad, Shahrud-Bustam, and Khorasan, or such part of them as lies within the following boundaries: on the north the Russo-Persian boundary; on the east the Perso-Afghan boundary; o...
The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled Index to Routes in Persia Volume III, Part II. General Staff India (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1918). The volume consists of an index to place names.
‘Duzdap to Meshed Motor Road. (As Organised as a Line of Communication in 1919-20.)’
Scope & Content:
Map of roads between Duzdap [Zahedan] and Meshed [Mashad]. The map and accompanying key indicate: posts were troops were stationed; halting stages for convoys; roads metalled in 1920; roads unmetalled in 1920 but since metalled (as of 1930); roads still unmetalled (as of February 1930); camel tra...
‘PLAN showing Principal Ports in Persian Gulf with Town & Trade Routes served by each’
Scope & Content:
The map shows railways, political borders, towns, population sizes, and British and Russian spheres of influence. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] of 20 June 1917.
