The map is of the basin of Lake Urmi [Urmia] in the Azerbaijan region of Persia [Iran], and shows hydrology and relief, with heights given in feet. It was created by Robert Theodore Günther, and was compiled partly from Russian and English maps, and partly from route surveys by General Houtum ...
Depiction of the river Ab-i-Diz [Rudkhaneh-ye Dez] ‘as it flows into the “Gorge” on the north side of the Kilah Shahid.’ Signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.
This map of central Persia [Iran] indicates the route travelled by Lieutenant H B Vaughan's journey from Jumain to Lingeh on the Persian Gulf. The map shows all the human settlements along the route as well as its primary geographic features. The map was prepared to illustrate Vaughan's presentat...
Black and white print of a photograph of a creek at Fāo [Al-Fāw, Iraq]. No date is given. However, the photograph was first published in the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the Geographical and Statistical section) in 1908, and t...
Black and white print of a photograph of a date harvest at Fāo [Al-Fāw, Iraq]. No date is provided but, given the dates of similar prints found alongside this photograph, it is likely to have been printed in preparation for the publication of the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer o...
Black and white print of a photograph of ‘Ashshār creek in Basrah [Basra, Iraq]. No date is given. However, the photograph was first published in the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the Geographical and Statistical section) in 19...
Facsimile of a plan of the northern slopes of the Elburz mountains, including indication of relief and hydrology. The plan is included in a report on coal and iron mines in northern Persia, produced by David Ferguson for the Persian Bank Mining Rights Corporation Limited. Scale not given.
A line drawing of a small town (Kimak) in a flat, semi-arid landscape. Human figures are depicted in front of the town. Beneath the drawing is the information: 'Exd. J. A. A. April 1894.; Topo. Dy. No. 778.; No. 462-I., 94.' The artist is unknown.