This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It shows the Line of Communications used by British forces in east Persia [Iran], extending from Khwash [Khash] in the south to Askabad [Ashgabat] in the north. The Line is divided into sections, and arrows indicate the direct...
‘Sketch Map to Illustrate Operations for the Relief of Firuzabad’
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This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It shows the area north of the city of Firuzabad, which was the site of a military confrontation in October 1918 between British Indian troops and a force of Qashqai [Qashqāy] fighters led by Saulat Ud-Daula [Ṣawlat al-Dawlah]...
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts Persia [Iran], the Persian Gulf, the northern Arabian Sea, and the bordering areas of neighbouring countries. It portrays hydrology, settlements, roads, railways, and international boundaries. Relief is indicated ...
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts the area surrounding the city of Bushire [Bushehr]. The positions of piquet posts under British command are numbered and shown in red. Portrays relief by contour, buildings, roads, and telegraph lines. The map was...
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts the eastern border of Persia [Iran] and neighbouring areas of Afghanistan and British India. Portrays relief by contour, hydrology, settlements, principal routes, and telegraph lines. The map was prepared in the ...
‘To Illustrate the Operations of General Dyer in Sarhad.’
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This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts an area of south-eastern Persia [Iran], and is intended to illustrate the military activities of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer between April and August 1916. The border of Afghanistan is shown in green, and the bo...
‘Sketch Map Illustrating the Wanderings of German Parties in Persia and Afghanistan.’
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This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts the routes taken by different German military missions through Mesopotamia [Iraq], Persia [Iran], and Afghanistan during the First World War. These routes are shown in red and labelled with the name of the German of...
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts the area of Persia [Iran] surrounding the city of Bushire [Bushehr]. Portrays settlements and roads. Relief is shown by form lines and spot heights. The map was prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee ...
Committee of Imperial Defence. Historical Summary of Events in Territories of the Ottoman Empire, Persia and Arabia affecting the British Position in the Persian Gulf, 1907-1928
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This file consists of a report, printed by the Committee of Imperial Defence in October 1908, concerning historical events affecting Britain's position in the Persian Gulf between 1907 and 1928. The front cover is marked 'Confidential'. There is a table of contents on folios 3-4. The first secti...
This volume consists of Military Report on ’Iraq, Volume I: General, published in 1936 and prepared by the Command of the Air Ministry. The volume contains a variety of information about ’Iraq [Iraq], including its geography, economy, population and history. It is divided into nine chapters unde...