The map accompanies MILITARY REPORT on PERSIA Vol. IV Part I. and shows the city of Kerman and environs in central Persia, indicating built-up areas, roads, cultivation, hydrology, and relief with contours, spot heights and form lines. The map bears a printing statement which reads 'Simla Drawi...
‘Map to accompany Captain Christian’s Report on the Tribes of Fars.’
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Map of Fars, produced by the General Staff India in December 1919. The map indicates: hydrology (blue); terrain (brown contours, with approximate measurements given); settlements; unmetalled roads (double dashed red lines); cart tracks (single solid red lines); camel tracks (single long dashed r...
The map is a General Staff India publication marked for official use only, and accompanies MILITARY REPORT on PERSIA Vol. IV Part II. The map shows the city of Bushire and environs in south-western Persia, indicating built-up areas, prominent buildings, fortified posts, roads, tracks, wells, tel...
‘Tribal and Communications Map of Area No 13 (‘Arabistan)’
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Map of Arabistan [Khūzestān], produced at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta [Kolkota], indicating: hydrography in blue, including lands liable to flooding; terrain in brown; roads as red lines; telegraph lines; settlements; tribal areas, annotated with red capitals; the Persian-Iraq boundary...
The sheet contains a section map: Isfahān—Urūjān [Borūjen]—Ardal—Gurāb—Bāzuft—Chilau in Bakhtiāri Country, south-western Persia. It is found in the Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn River compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quar...
The scale of the map is 1inch = 1 mile. The map was printed by the Simla Drawing Office and includes the printing statement ‘S. D. O. No. 2431, November 1918’.
Sketch of Shústar [Shūshtar] showing the Karun river, canals, fort and citadel, bridges (including the Band-i-Kaisar [Band-e Kaisar]), and areas cultivated with poppies. The arrows on the sketch indicate the direction of downward slopes.
'Dar-I-Khazineh, Key Plan of Property (To accompany M. R. on A. I. O. C.)'
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A plan of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's facilities at Dar-i-Khazineh, showing buildings, railways, and some topographical information. The plan includes an index which refers to the numbers given to buildings on the map. The plan was produced by the General Staff India and includes a printing s...
The map shows the column movements of the Burma Mounted Infantry and the South Persia Rifles in the region of Saadatabad [Saʻādatābād], Fars, Persia, on 22 January 1918. It is found in the Despatch by Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles and...
The map is the first in a series of five sketch maps illustrating Report on minor operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles from the 28th March to the 25th July 1917, Appendix No.3. Report on the action of the Kafta against the Kurshulli (ff 4-6). The map shows a region to the south-west...