'Survey of the River Karun from its junction with the Shat el Arab below Mohameerah to about 20 Miles above Ahwaz - from Ismaeenah [Ismailia a, Iran] upwards'
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Portrays the River Karun in north-western Persia [Iran] from approximately 20 miles north-east of Ahwaz [Ahvaz] downstream approximately 170 miles to its confluence with the Shat el Arab [Shatt al Arab] (spelled Shat al Arab on the map face) at Mohameerah [Khorramshahr] (also spelled Mohamerah o...
'Trigonometrical Survey of the Rivers Karun and Dizful and the Aub-i-Gargar Canal in the Month of April 1842'
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Portrays the River Karun in north-western Persia [Iran] from approximately twelve miles north of Shuster [Shushtar] downstream approximately eighty miles to Ahwaz [Ahvaz]; and the River Dizful [Dez] from approximately thirty miles south of Dezful downstream approximately forty miles to its confl...
‘Map of the maritime Arabia with the opposite coasts of Africa and Persia’
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Imprint: Lithographed in the Chief Engineer’s Office by Huskelyee E. & Kumroodeen E. Bombay 1st March 1856 Qrt. Master's Generals Offices, Poona 2nd Augt 1855. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Below the title note 'reduced in the Quarter Master Generals Office from an O...
‘Arabia. By William Henry F. Plate. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
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Distinctive Features: Title continues: ‘L.L.D. Honourable Foreigner Secretary of the Syro-Egyptian Society of London. M. Geographical Society of Paris. Corresponding Member of the Oriental Society of Germany &c. Drawn for Colonel Chesney's work on his Euphrates expedition’. 'From European ...
‘Map of Arabia. Compiled from all the most recent authorities, by order of the Court of Directors of the East India Company by John Walker’
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Imprint: Published by J. Walker, Geographer to the Honble East India Company. Engraved by J.&C. Walker. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. General map of the Arabian Peninsula showing the approximate location of the major nomadic tribes with regions’ boundaries outlined in...
Imprint: Berlin, published by Dietrich Reimer. Lithographed by Ansalt von L. Kraatz. Below title: ‘Buch III, West-Asien, Theil XII u. XIII bearbeitet von H. Kiepert neue berichtigte Ausgabe, die Ortographie revidirt von Th. Nöldeke, mit Nachträgen aus den neusten Berichten von Guarmani und Pa...
Inscriptions: On verso: ‘Delivered to Library 12th Octr 1811’ In red ink: 'L.31'. Labels: Two East India Company Library’s stamps on recto and verso (oval , black); and India Office stamp (oval, black)
Inscriptions: On verso: 'Muscat Cov: May 21st 1787' 'Delivered to Library 12th Octr 1811'; In red ink: 'L.32' . Labels: Two East India Company Library’s stamps on recto and verso (oval, black)
'Plan of the attack of Ras Ul Khyma by the force under Sir Willm. G. Keir K.M.T., between the 3rd & 9th of December 1819’
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Distinctive Features: Hand drawn sketch map of Ras Ul Khyma produced to illustrate the movements of the British military forces between 3rd and 9th December 1819. Shows the position of the British and the enemy’s guns. Landmarks lettered for reference with a key below title in the bottom left-h...
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Hand drawn sketch map of the El Hasa oasis with location of fort, Bedouin villages and plantations indicated; watercourses coloured blue. Landmarks lettered for reference and explained in a key below title at bottom left. Oriented with west to ...
