The volume consists of corrections to the Gazetteer of Persia Volume III (1910 Edition). This volume was produced in 1913 (4th series) by the General Staff, India. The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religio...
Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia, and Luristan from April to October 1888. By Lt F R Maunsell, Intelligence Branch. In Two Volumes. Volume I: narrative report, description of larger towns and routes leading from them. Simla: Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Dept, 1890
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Narrative report on surveys conducted in Mesopotamia [Iraq], North-West Persia [Iran] and Luristan [Lorestān]. The preface provides the following information: 'The object was to explore various tracts of little known country through which roads lead north from the head of the Persian Gulf to th...
Relief map found at folio 41 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell. The map shows the pass at Tak-i-Girra, bounded at the north by Kuh-i-Zenguelan, and on the east by Kuh-i-Rijao.
Relief map found at folio 64 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell. The map shows Rawanduz and the surrounding territory, including the Rhubar Gorge, and is bounded on the east by the Beni Hindawin range. The map shows hydrolog...
Relief map found at folio 74 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell. The map shows the plateau of Amadiyeh [Al 'Amādīyah], and surrounding mountains, vegetation, ruins, and villages (Kwaneh, Mariska). The map contains the follo...
Plan of Mosul and Surrounding Country, Corrected from Jones' Survey
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Map found at folio 87 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell. The map is focused on Mosul on the west bank of the Tigris, and Nineveh on the east. It shows buildings, roads, hydrology, and indicates vegetation. The following r...
Map found at folio 101 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell. The relief map shows the rocky ridge between Feishkhabur [Fīsh Khābūr] and Zakho, bounded in the west by the river Tigris and in the north by the river Khabur.
Section I. The Pamir line of advance. [By Lt W R Robertson, Intelligence Branch.] Part I. Short military report on the Ferghana Province, Kashgar, the Pamirs, and Upper Oxus Afghan Provinces. Part II. Routes leading from the Chimkend-Kuldja postal road to the Hindu Kush between the Dorah and Karakorum Passes Simla: Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Dept, 1893
Section II. The Kabul line of advance. By Lt E Peach, Intelligence Branch. Part I. Military report on Russian Turkistan and the Khanate of Bokhara, being the country traversed by the routes in Part II. Part II. Routes leading from the Kazalinsk-Chimkend postal road on to the Oxus between Charjui and Kala-l-Khum Simla: Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Dept, 1894
