MAP OF EASTERN TURKEY IN ASIA, SYRIA AND WESTERN PERSIA
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The map shows the Middle East from the head of the Persian Gulf, to the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, indicating relief, hydrology and settlement. The map has been amended in different colours to indicate French (blue) and British (red) spheres of influence, and an International Spher...
The map shows the Middle East from the head of the Persian Gulf, to the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, indicating relief, hydrology and settlement. The map has been amended with different colours to show French (blue) and British (red) zones of occupation. Dashed lines of blue and red ...
Map of the Khānaqīn district, on the frontier between Mesopotamia [Iraq] and Persia [Iran]. The map indicates: hydrology; topography; human settlements; the border between the two countries, marked by a thick solid red line; and the extent of territory transferred from Persia to Mesopotamia, mar...
This map represents the broader Middle East with a focus on the Arabian Peninsula and the approximate areas that make up the peninsula's various principalities during the First World War. Two different kinds of border marking delimit the territory of various principalities depending on their frie...
This maps represents a British impression of the expansionist ambitions of the German State during the First World war derived from the writings of Pan-Germanic writings of the period, specifically those of Paul de Lagarde. The map represents the route of the railway project that links the three ...
Map showing the route of the Nushki to Mīrjāveh railway extension
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Extract of a printed map of Persia [Iran], Afghanistan and British India, showing the frontier between Persia, Afghanistan, and British Baluchistan [present-day Pakistan]. The border between the different countries is indicated as a think line, marked blue (Afghanistan), orange (Persia) and gree...
Map showing the vilayet, or administrative district of Basra, Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The map indicates: the city of Basra, Muhamrah [Khorramshahr], and other surrounding towns; the boundary of the vilayet as a dotted and dashed line; coastline; the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and their tributaries. ...
The map shows the province of Fars in Persia [Iran]. It shows features including camel paths, mule paths, foot paths, telegraph lines and deserted villages, hydrology, and it provides some indication of relief. The map was published under the direction of Colonel S G Burrand, Officiating Surveyor...
Map of the Arabian Peninsula, With the Hejaz Area Marked in Red
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The map shows the Arabian Peninsula and the surrounding area, including parts of the Turkish [Ottoman] Empire, Russia, Persia [Iran], Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia. The Hejaz area is marked with a red line. The map indicates hydrology, railways, and submarine telegraph lines, and includes some ind...