'MOBILISATION ROUTES IN PERSIA (VOL. IV, PART II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD)'
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The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled Mobilisation Routes in Persia (Volume IV, Part II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD) General Staff India 1922 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1924). The volume contains details of land routes. The information given for each ro...
‘MOUTH OF THE SHATT AL ARAB RIVER Plan showing existing & proposed lighted buoys’
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The map shows details of the mouth of the Shatt al Arab, including Fao [Faw], forts on land, settlements, and a line of proposed and actual buoys in the bay. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] of 20 June 1917.
‘Sketch of the Kárún River at Ahwaz showing the obstruction to the navigation, &c.’
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Sketch map of the Karun River at Ahwáz [Ahvāz], showing obstructions to the river’s navigation, produced by Captain Henry Lake Wells of the Royal Engineers, in December 1881, with additions made by Major Mark Sever Bell of the Royal Engineers, on 28 March 1884. The map, with accompanying key, in...
Corrections and Additions to Who's Who in Persia, Vol. III
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The volume consists of corrections and additions to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume III) Arabistan, Luristan, Isfahan & Bakhtiari, compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923. Published by the Manager, Government of I...
Additions and Corrections to Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV)
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The volume consists of additions and corrections to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV) Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan, compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923. It also includes gen...
‘Shatt al Arab Longitudinal section of channel from Fao to beyond Outer Bar in 1890, 1911 & 1916 respectively’
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The vertical scale is 1:24. The map shows the height of the river bed of the Shatt al Arab from Fao [Al-Faw] to 18 miles below Fao, at the edge of the outer bar where the channel drops into the Persian Gulf. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-...
‘Sketch of Country Round Shaiba To Illustrate Actions of April 12th to 14th From Sketches by Captain Day R.A. Lieutenants Hall, Norfolks, & others. Panoramas by Captain Wingate R.A.’
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Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1247, June, 1915. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by form lines at 5 feet intervals. Map of Shaiba and vicinity produced to illustrate the movements of British and Turkish military forces between the 12th and 14th April 1915. Shows the position o...
