Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat
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The first edition of Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat, compiled by General Staff, India, comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals connected with those regions in 1923. It also includes two genealogical trees outlining the pedigree of the Chiefs of Tun a...
‘Plate I. Showing Officers Badges of Rank on Shoulder Straps (Field Service Order) with Colours of Branches of Service.’
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The illustration features badges for Persian army ranks of: Naib Sewum (office personnel); Naib Dowan (cavalry); Naib Awwal (artillery); Sultan (engineers); Yamar (transport); Naib Sarhang (staff); Sarhang (veterinary); Sartip (infantry); Amir Lashkar; Sipahbod [Spāhbed]; and Farmandeh Kul Qushu...
‘Sarhang Hájji Ibrahim Khán, Commandant of the Bakhtiari Horse.’
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One photographic print: a full-length portrait of Sarhang (a rank equivalent to Colonel) Hajji Ibrahim Khán, Commandant of the Bakhtiari Horse. 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).
Plan compiled from the drawings accompanying Major Morton's report on the Karun Irrigation Scheme, dated 23rd August 1907
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This plan was compiled from the drawings accompanying Major Morton's report on the Karun Irrigation Scheme, and details the path of the Karun River and irrigation sites. Place names are included as location markers along the river. No further details about the places are included. 'M.A. Hakimkh...
Looking N.E. across the Kyetmaw Valley from hill north of Hpithpyaw. The long line of snow mountains is the Nmai Hka-Salween divide. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, with relative locations of Lakhu Bum, Ngawchang Valley, Htawgaw, Khansheng Valley and Sankho Bum marked on print.
‘Sketch Survey Karun River Muhammera to Ahwaz by Lieut. W. B. Huddleston, R.I.M. November 1899’
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Sketch map showing the course of the river Karun from Muhammera [Khorramshahr] to Ahwaz [Ahvāz], based on a survey undertaken by Lieutenant Willoughby Baynes Huddleston of the Royal Indian Marine in November 1899. The map indicates: the nature and course of the river; soundings, measured in fath...
