The map shows Kurdistan and the surrounding region, which includes parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. It is marked with the names of Kurdish tribes to record their known locations. It is used to accompany the General Staff, India publication entitled Kurdistan and the Kurds. Regions where t...
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Published under the direction of the Honourable Colonel F.B. Longe, R.E., A.D.C. Surveyor General of India. 1910. Transliteration by J.G. Lorimer, Esq., C.I.E., I.C.S. Outline and hill shading by Munshi Karim Bakhsh. Typing b...
Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1916. Distinctive Features: General map of Mesopotamia [Iraq] showing ethnic division with the approximate location of the various ethnic groups (Arabs, Kurds and mixed races) across the region marked in colour and explained in a table of reference at the lower left...
An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden
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'An Account of the Arab tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' that was originally compiled by Captain F M Hunter and C W H Sealy in 1886, added to intermittently by various officers of the Aden Residency and re-published and revised in September 1907 by Captain Arthur Henry Eyre Moose, Assistant Polit...
‘LOWER MESOPOTAMIA BETWEEN BAGHDAD AND THE PERSIAN GULF’
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The map shows cultivation in Lower Mesopotamia [Iraq] between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf. Rice cultivation is shown in dark green, while other cultivation is shown in light green. The map also shows the positions of settlements, rivers, railways, and highlights mountainous terrain. The Turco-P...
Confidential military report compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Department of the Quarter Master General of India, by Captain George Samuel Frederick Napier, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, Staff Captain. The report was printed in Simla at the Government Central Printing Office, 190...
This report on the Kuhgalu tribes was written by Lieutenant James Gabriel Lancaster Ranking (British Consul at Ahwaz) in 1910 and was published in Simla at the Government Monotype Press in 1911. The volume opens with a brief introduction to the Kuhgalu tribes before outlining the names and deta...
This volume is a handbook of the Persian Army, produced by the General Staff Branch, India, for the use of Government of India officials. It was published in Delhi by the Government of India Press. The handbook aims to provide an overview of the construction and operation of the Persian Army, an...
This map shows the region of central Kurdistan as area 9 among ten designated military areas of Iraq from 1929. The map also shows elements of the region important for military purposes such as hydrology and communications infrastructure, including roads, telegraph lines, and railways.
Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917
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The volume is Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917. Compiled by officers of the Staff College, Quetta, October-November 1923 (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1925). The volumes consist of 'Part 1 - Report' [IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/1] and 'Part 2 - Maps' [IOR/MIL/17/15/7...