This black and white printed plan of the village of Bashrugah in Khurasan [Khorāsān], in Persia [Iran] shows the walls of the village, the ‘Arg’ (citadel) and the ‘Bagh-i-Khan’.
This black and white printed plan of the town of Bujnurd [Bojnourd] in Northern Khurasan [Khorāsān], in Persia [Iran] shows the walls of the town, and the Bagh-i-Khan, the citadel, the tower, houses, trees, and vacant space inside the walls, as well as the north Kibla Gate, the west Gurgan gate, ...
This black and white print of a drawing shows the town of Bujnurd [Bojnourd] in Northern Khurasan [Khorāsān], in Persia [Iran]. It depicts farm fields in the foreground, in front of the buildings of the town, and mountains in the background behind the town, including the Takht-y-Baba Musa, which ...
Additions and Corrections to the Gazetteer of Persia, Volumes I and IV
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The file consists of printed papers containing additions and corrections to the Gazetteer of Persia. These papers include cuttings and extracts from the camp diaries of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Yate, 1894, compiled by Lieutenant D R Adye, 6th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent, in the for...
Turkish Arabia: Being an Account of an Official Tour in Babylonia, Assyria, and Mesopotamia, 1886-87
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This volume is a printed account of the official winter tour of 1886-87 in Babylonia, Assyria and Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) undertaken by Colonel William Tweedie, Bengal Staff Corps, Political Resident in Turkish Arabia (Iraq) and His Majesty's Consul-General at Baghdad. The purpose of the t...
'RECONNAISSANCES IN MESOPOTAMIA, KURDISTAN, NORTH-WEST PERSIA, AND LURISTAN FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER 1888.'
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The volume consists of detailed descriptions of routes taken by Lieutenant Francis Richard Maunsell, Intelligence Branch, in Mesopotamia [Iraq], north-west Persia [Iran], and Luristan [Lorestan] between April and October 1888. A total of seventeen routes are described with details on: journey s...
Narrative report on surveys conducted in south-west Persia [Iran]. The structure of the report is in two parts. The first part concerns British relations with Arabs, Persians and the Bakhtiaris [Bakhtiyārīs] during the reconnaissance of south-west Persia. The second part contains reports of rout...
‘RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF S.-E. BAKHTIARI COUNTRY, MAY 1891’
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Four cross section maps on one sheet, produced as part of a reconnaissance survey of south-east Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] country. Surveyed by Assistant Surveyor Imam Sharif, Khan Bahadur [Imām Sharīf, Khān Bahādur], Survey of India Department; superintended and assisted by Lieutenant William Danie...
‘RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF S.-E. BAKHTIARI COUNTRY, May 1891’
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Map produced as part of a reconnaissance survey of south-east Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] country. Surveyed by Assistant Surveyor Imam Sharif, Khan Bahadur [Imām Sharīf, Khān Bahādur], Survey of India Department; superintended and assisted by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards. T...
‘RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF S.-E. BAKHTIARI COUNTRY, MAY 1891’
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Four of five maps on one sheet. The first four are cross section maps, catalogued here as Mss Eur F112 397, f 4 1 and also found at Mss Eur F112 397, f 2. The four cross section maps (printed as shown on Mss Eur F112 397, f 2) were produced as part of a reconnaissance survey of south-east Bakht...
