The scale of the map is 1.014inch = 16miles. The map was printed by the Simla Drawing Office and includes the printing statement ‘S. D. O. No. 2428, Dec. 1918’.
Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)
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Military report compiled by Captain LS Fortescue of the General Staff of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force and printed in Calcutta at the Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922. The volume begins with a statement defining the geographical area covered by the report. The report is div...
The file consists of a copy of Persia Intelligence Report Part V produced by Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty, May 1946. It is divided into three sections covering: the Persian Coast – providing figures of coastal distances, and a coast report consisting of a general description of the Pe...
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:...
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume III, Central Mesopotamia with Sourthern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, January, 1917), covering the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallujah] to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah], the Lesser...
‘Fig. 14. Geological Sketch Map of Mesopotamia and the Adjacent Regions’
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Distinctive Features: Sketch map of the Middle East produced to illustrate the geology of Mesopotamia and surrounding region colour coded to show geological periods with a key provided in the bottom left-hand corner. Bottom left-hand corner below neat line: ‘Admiralty War Staff I.D.’.
Sheet no. 1 of a map of southwest Persia [Iran], compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermaster General’s Department in India, by Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Sever Bell (Victoria Cross, Royal Engineers), Assistant Quartermaster General, January 1885. The map indicates: re...
The map accompanies MILITARY REPORT on PERSIA Vol. IV Part I. and shows the city of Kerman and environs in central Persia, indicating built-up areas, roads, cultivation, hydrology, and relief with contours, spot heights and form lines. The map bears a printing statement which reads 'Simla Drawi...
‘Map to accompany Captain Christian’s Report on the Tribes of Fars.’
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Map of Fars, produced by the General Staff India in December 1919. The map indicates: hydrology (blue); terrain (brown contours, with approximate measurements given); settlements; unmetalled roads (double dashed red lines); cart tracks (single solid red lines); camel tracks (single long dashed r...
The map is a General Staff India publication marked for official use only, and accompanies MILITARY REPORT on PERSIA Vol. IV Part II. The map shows the city of Bushire and environs in south-western Persia, indicating built-up areas, prominent buildings, fortified posts, roads, tracks, wells, tel...