Map showing Persia [Iran], Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Balochistan]. The map indicates boundaries, telegraph lines and railways. The map includes the following statement: 'Compiled under the supervision of Hon. G. Curzon, M.P. by Wm [William] Jno [John] Turner, F.R.G.S. 1891'. Published by Longmans...
Black and white print of a photograph of a creek at Fāo [Al-Fāw, Iraq]. No date is given. However, the photograph was first published in the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the Geographical and Statistical section) in 1908, and this...
Black and white print of a sketch of the Persian Battery at Muhammareh [Khorramshahr, Iran]. No date is given. However, the print was first published in the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the Geographical and Statistical section) i...
Black and white print of a sketch of a river scene at Muhammareh [Khorramshahr, Iran]. No date is given. However, the print was first published in the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the Geographical and Statistical section) in 1908...
Black and white print of a photograph of ‘Ashshār creek in Basrah [Basra, Iraq]. No date is given. However, the photograph was first published in the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the Geographical and Statistical section) in 1908,...
Black and white print of a photograph of a date harvest at Fāo [Al-Fāw, Iraq]. No date is provided but, given the dates of similar prints found alongside this photograph, it is likely to have been printed in preparation for the publication of the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of t...
Black and white print of a photograph of Gwādar Station. No date is provided but, given the dates of similar prints found alongside this photograph, it is likely to have been printed in preparation for the publication of the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman ...
Centre & Western end of Masqat Town with part of the Harbour.
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Black and white print of a photograph of an aerial view of the centre and western end of Masqat [Muscat]. No date is given. However, the photograph was first published in the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the Geographical and Stat...
Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers
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These two volumes are George Curzon's own personal annotated copies of both volumes of his book Persia and the Persian Question, which was published in 1892. Alongside the volumes are various loose papers relating to Persia [Iran], consisting of the following: received correspondence; newspaper cutt...
