Imprint: General Staff India. Distinctive Features: Sketch map issued as an ‘Appendix C Serial No. 12 D 3’ produced to illustrate an Operation Order No. 29 by Major-General G.F. Gorringe (pages 19-21) showing the position of enemy’s forces along River Euphrates with landmarks lettered for re...
Naval Staff monographs (historical) vol 4 no 15 - Naval operations in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This monograph concerns operations in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf from the outbreak of war with Germany to the fall of Kut on 29th April 1916. It is organised into the following chapters: the theatre of operations; the attitutude of Turkey; the inception of the expedition; landing of the ex...
‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’
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The volume details motor transport (‘M.T.’) routes in Persia [Iran]. The volume, which is numbered I, covers the main routes in Persia, and was produced by the General Staff, India. It was printed by M Abdul Hameed Khan, Manager of the Feroz Printing Works, Lahore, in 1942. An introduction (foli...
The scale of the map is 24inches = 1mile. The map was printed by the Simla Drawing Office and includes the printing statement ‘S. D. O. No. 2434, Dec. 1918’.
The scale of the map is 1.014inch = 16miles. The map was printed by the Simla Drawing Office and includes the printing statement ‘S. D. O. No. 2428, Dec. 1918’.
Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)
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Military report compiled by Captain LS Fortescue of the General Staff of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force and printed in Calcutta at the Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922. The volume begins with a statement defining the geographical area covered by the report. The report is div...
The file consists of a copy of Persia Intelligence Report Part V produced by Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty, May 1946. It is divided into three sections covering: the Persian Coast – providing figures of coastal distances, and a coast report consisting of a general description of the Pe...
Military report on the Khurasan [Khurāsān] and Seistan [Sīstān] regions of Persia [Iran], with maps and illustrations. Produced by the General Staff, India, and published in Calcutta [Kolkata] by the Government of India Press, 1931. Marked for official use only. The report includes chapters on:...
The map shows railways which are proposed, under construction, and extant, with size of gauge marked in different colours. It also shows settlements, rivers, and roads. The map is part of a report by Major-General Sir Francis Edward Freeland entitled ‘On the Working and Future Development of th...
The map shows the River Tigris with the embankments to stop flooding marked in red. Also shown are settlements, trees, the extent of flooding, the availability of drinking water and fuel, and descriptions of ground, such as desert. The map is part of a report by Major-General Sir Francis Edward...