The map shows the Abadan oil refinery, including tank farms, port area, offices, and the historic village of Abadan. The map was produced by the General Staff India and includes a printing statement which reads 'Survey Section No.220 Nov 1938, 80'. The map is marked secret (copy no. 0006) and is ...
Two confidential reports and two maps, describing military operations taking place in Europe (Bulgaria and Romania) and Asia (Turkey) during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.
This volume is the second in a series of military reports on Iraq published by the Air Ministry in London in 1936 focusing on 'Routes'. It contains chapters on the general communications routes, water, supply, fuel, transport infrastructure, and descriptions of the grazing, camping, climate, pop...
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...
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...