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, ...
SKETCH MAP TO ILLUSTRATE REPORT OF MR. BUTCHER'S SURVEY FROM BUSHIRE TO BANDAR-ABBAS DURING 1888.
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Map illustrating the expedition route that Samuel Butcher took during 1888 from Bushire to Bandar-Abbas. The map has the following references for certain lines and symbols: places at which latitudes were observed, barometric and boiling point heights, and the author's route. The map shows part o...
A printed plan of Nasratabad [Zabol] Fort and surrounding buildings. The plan was printed at the Survey of India Office, Calcutta [Kolkata] and is based on a sketch by Surgeon Major George Washington Brazier-Creagh. It includes the printing statement ‘Reg. No. 162. Print., I. - July 98 - 123.’
'RECONNAISSANCES IN MESOPOTAMIA, KURDISTAN, NORTH-WEST PERSIA, AND LURISTAN FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER 1888.'
Scope & Content:
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...
Lithograph of a drawing by Samuel Butcher. The drawing depicts mounds covering an ancient city about two miles southwest of Elseer in the Gillehdar valley. The drawing also indicates the site of a grave.
A line drawing of a fortress on a bare hill. At the foot of the hill is the village of Furg. Beneath the drawing is the following information: 'Exd. J. A. A. March 1894; Topo. Dy. No. 727.; No. 420-I., 94.' The artist is unknown.
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 ...