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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7
Title:
‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’
Scope & Content:
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:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1931
Extent:

1 volume (73 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 71
Title:
‘Diagram of Mirjawa Station Yard’
Scope & Content:
Diagrammatic plan of Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh] railway station yard, showing: railways lines; station building; engine sheds; and workshops. Distances are given in feet. The diagram is annotated with circled numbers (1-44), for which there is no explanatory key on the map or in the enclosing volume.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 plan

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 72
Title:
‘Diagram of Duzdap Stn. Yard’
Scope & Content:
Diagrammatic map of the railway station yard at Duzdap [Zahedan], indicating: railway lines; station building; goods and passenger platforms; and sidings. Distances and dimensions are given in feet. The diagram is annotated with circled numbers (1-21), for which there is no explanatory key on th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1920
Extent:
1 map

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, ff 68-69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, ff 68-69
Title:
‘Map of Sinkiang (Chinese Turkistan) To Accompany Military Report, 1929.’
Scope & Content:
Map of the Sinkiang [Xinjiang] province of China. The map is split across two sheets, the first (labelled ‘No. 1’) being the western half of the area covered, and the second (labelled ‘No. 2’) the eastern half. Both sheets have an inset map, showing the complete area of the larger map. The scale...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 70
Title:
‘Map accompanying Military Report on Persia Vol. I’
Scope & Content:
The key to the map indicates: roads actually in use with wheeled vehicles; roads fit for passage of wheeled artillery; camel tracks; railway lines; telegraph lines and telegraph offices; post offices; boundaries, both demarcated and undemarcated. Also indicated are rivers and waterways; settlemen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1930
Extent:
1 map

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 4
Title:
‘Index Map to the Military Reports and Route Maps of Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Map of Persia, with coastlines, rivers and boundaries marked. Annotations and boundaries printed in black indicate the areas covered by each volume of the Military Report (volumes I-IV). Lines and annotations in red indicate geographic regions (for example, Kerman, Seistan [Sīstān]). The map was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1930
Extent:
1 map

7. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 74
Title:
‘Duzdap to Meshed Motor Road. (As Organised as a Line of Communication in 1919-20.)’
Scope & Content:
Map of roads between Duzdap [Zahedan] and Meshed [Mashad]. The map and accompanying key indicate: posts were troops were stationed; halting stages for convoys; roads metalled in 1920; roads unmetalled in 1920 but since metalled (as of 1930); roads still unmetalled (as of February 1930); camel tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 map

8. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 63 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 63 1
Title:
‘Plate II. Plate showing Badges of Rank of Non-Commissioned Officers. Field Service Order.’
Scope & Content:
Showing: cuff badges for Tabin Awwal and Sirjougeh; shoulder badges for Wakil Chap (infantry); Wakil Rast (cavalry); Wakil Bashi (artillery); and Moin Naib (transport). A note states that ‘the colour of the shoulder strap varies with the branch of the service.’
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1925
Extent:
1 illustration

9. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 63 3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 63 3
Title:
‘Plate VI. Plate showing Badges of Rank of Police Officers.’
Scope & Content:
Showing the badges of rank for Persian police officers, with collars and cuffs for: Naib Dowum (cavalry), Naib Awwal (artillery), Sultan (engineers), Yamar (transport), Naib Sarhang (staff), and Sarhang (veterinary).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1925
Extent:
1 illustration

10. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 73
Title:
‘Mechanical Transport Chart. Passable normally to M.T. (i.e. up to 3 Ton Trucks in winter and 5 Ton Trucks in summer’
Scope & Content:
The map, which bears an additional title: ‘Condition of the Duzdap-Meshed Road February 1930’, indicates the road between Duzdap [Zahedan] and Meshed [Mashad] and its suitability for motor transport (‘M.T.’) The key indicates the condition of the roads on the route: good; normally good, requiring...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1930
Extent:
1 map