‘Plate II. Plate showing Badges of Rank of Non-Commissioned Officers. Field Service Order.’
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Showing: cuff badges for Tabin Awwal and Sirjougeh; shoulder badges for Wakil Chap (infantry); Wakil Rast (cavalry); Wakil Bashi (artillery); and Moin Naib (transport). A note states that ‘the colour of the shoulder strap varies with the branch of the service.’
'MOBILISATION ROUTES IN PERSIA (VOL. IV, PART II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD)'
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The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled Mobilisation Routes in Persia (Volume IV, Part II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD) General Staff India 1922 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1924). The volume contains details of land routes. The information given for each ro...
‘MOUTH OF THE SHATT AL ARAB RIVER Plan showing existing & proposed lighted buoys’
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The map shows details of the mouth of the Shatt al Arab, including Fao [Faw], forts on land, settlements, and a line of proposed and actual buoys in the bay. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] of 20 June 1917.
The map shows the whole of Persia with portions of adjacent countries, and indicates the extents of the coverage of each volume of the Gazetteer and Routes of Persia, administrative regions and boundaries, hydrology, and major cities and towns. The map was printed at the Simla Drawing Office an...
The map shows the whole of Persia with portions of adjacent countries, and indicates the extents of the coverage of each volume of the Gazetteer and Routes of Persia, administrative regions and boundaries, hydrology, and major cities and towns. The map was printed at the Simla Drawing Office an...
‘Sketch of the Kárún River at Ahwaz showing the obstruction to the navigation, &c.’
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Sketch map of the Karun River at Ahwáz [Ahvāz], showing obstructions to the river’s navigation, produced by Captain Henry Lake Wells of the Royal Engineers, in December 1881, with additions made by Major Mark Sever Bell of the Royal Engineers, on 28 March 1884. The map, with accompanying key, in...
Corrections and Additions to Who's Who in Persia, Vol. III
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The volume consists of corrections and additions to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume III) Arabistan, Luristan, Isfahan & Bakhtiari, compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923. Published by the Manager, Government of I...
Additions and Corrections to Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV)
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The volume consists of additions and corrections to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV) Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan, compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923. It also includes gen...
Report by H. E. General Lord Rawlinson of Trent, Commander-in-Chief in India, on the Minor Military Operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles from November 1919 to November 1921
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The file consists of a report by Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Commander-in-Chief in India, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Army Department on minor operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles, November 1919 to November 1921. It includes: command appointments; operations, with stat...
