Blueprint map of a section of the Iran-Baluchistan border
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Map of a section of the border between Iran and Baluchistan (part of present-day Pakistan) around Kastag [Kastak]. The map is enclosed with reports and statements prepared by the Political Agent at Kalat in 1935 (ff 67-84), relating to an incident in which Iranian customs officials raided a shop ...
Extract of a map showing the boundary between Iran and Baluchistan, in present-day Pakistan. The map indicates: hydrology; topography, with form lines; settlements; roads; the Iran-Baluchistan boundary. Two arrows drawn in red pencil have been added to the map. The annotation ‘Gwattur Bay’ has al...
Map of part of the territory on the Persia [Iran] and Baluchistan (part of present-day Pakistan) frontier, published under the direction of Colonel Sir Sidney Gerald Burrard, Surveyor General of India, 1915. The map indicates: relief, with form lines; hydrology; roads; settlements; boundaries, i...
Sketch map of the border between Persia and Iraq Command (PAIC) and India Command
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Sketch map of northeast Iran, indicating the border between Persia and Iraq Command (PAIC) and India Command during the Second World War. The border between the two Commands is drawn and annotated in blue pencil. International frontiers (between Persia [Iran], Russia, Afghanistan and Baluchistan)...
Copy of a sketch map of the Kuhgalu [Kohgiluyeh] region of southern Iran, prepared by Captain A H Parvis and SOI [Staff Officer level 1?] R Todd, in May to June 1945. The map accompanies a report of a horseback tour of the region, also prepared by Parvis, in the enclosing file (ff 8-28). The map...
Map of northern Iran showing the location of the Kavir-i-Khourian [Dasht-e Kavīr] oil concession. The map indicates: topography; hydrology, including salt water lakes; salt desert; human settlements, including Tehran, Samnan [Semnān] and Kashan; roads; railways; airfields and landing grounds. The...
Map of the frontier between the USSR and Iran, indicating the extent of the proposed Soviet oil concession in Iran
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Sketch map showing the frontier between northern Iran and the southern part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The map indicates: international boundaries; the Caspian Sea and Lake Urmieh [Urmia]; key towns and cities; roads and railways connecting key cities. The map accompanies...
Plan of empty land situated at Qadhibia (outskirt of Manama), Harbour of Bahrain, which has been sold by the Government of Bahrain to the Government of Great Britain
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The sketch shows the site situated at Qadhibia (outskirts of Manama), Harbour of Bahrain, proposed for lease by the Government of Bahrain to the Government of Great Britain. The sketch represents in blue and red pencil the sea-shore and the estates and lands surrounding the site, indicating their...
The sketch represents the mouth of the river Nuriab, the Vice-Consulate at Zabul and the surrounding area, after the flood of the river. The sketch, in pencil and red and blue crayon, also provides some indication of relief. The map is dated and signed by Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy, Vice-Cons...
The sketch represents the river Helmand's changing delta from 1760 to the floods that happened in 1940. The sketch, in pencil and red and blue crayon, provides some place names and it is not to scale. The map is not dated and can be attributed to Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy, Vice-Consul at Za...