'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)'
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The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled Routes in Persia. (Volume I.) (Khorasan and Sistan.) General Staff India 1928 (Calcutta, Government of India Press, 1928). The volume contains details of land routes. The information given for each route comprises: number of rout...
‘Fig. 1 Advance of the Euphrates-Tigris delta since early historic times (after maps of de Morgan)’
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Distinctive Features: Map of the Tigris-Euphrates Delta produced to illustrate the geology of Mesopotamia and surrounding region based on Jacques de Morgan’s research. Shows the advance of delta over the time with the Persian Gulf’s coast in time of Sennacherib B.C. by pecked line; the coastlin...
Index Plan Showing Mesopotamian Railways (Preliminary Plan). 20th Feb 1918
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Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Preliminary plan of Mesopotamian Railways showing various lines both built and under construction (including standard, metre, narrow and decauville gauge) with a key to track sizes inserted at the bottom left-hand corner. Signed; ‘Guy Lubbock Br...
Map accompanying MILITARY REPORT on PERSIA Vol. IV Part I.
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The map is a General Staff India publication marked for official use only, and accompanies MILITARY REPORT on PERSIA Vol. IV Part I. The map shows a region of southern and eastern Persia, indicating regions, cities, towns, roads, tracks, the routes of railways and telegraph lines, boundaries and...
The map is a General Staff India publication marked for official use only, and accompanies Routes in Persia. (Volume I.) (Khorasan and Sistan.). The map shows a region of northern and eastern Persia, indicating routes described in the volume, cities, towns, roads, tracks and paths. Numbers and l...
The map is a General Staff India publication marked for official use only, and accompanies Routes in Persia. Volume III, Part I. The map shows a region of central and southern Persia, indicating routes described in the volume, cities, towns, roads, tracks, paths, and the routes of telegraph line...
Map to illustrate the Military Report on Tehran and adjacent provinces in N. W. Persia
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The map is of Tehran and the surrounding parts of north west Persia on the south coast of the Caspian Sea. It shows human settlements, administrative zones, topographical features, agricultural products, and roads. Beneath the main map are two smaller maps, one showing the areas surveyed by the ...
Collection 425/1573 ‘European War 1914-1918: Award of C.S.I. to Major-Genl. R.A. Cassels CB., DSO and C.I.E. to Brig-Genl. M.R.W. Nightingale C.M.G., D.S.O Operations in Kurdistan and Persia Award of Indian Decoration.’
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This file contains tables displaying British and Indian military personnel recommended for award for service with the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, with details of the action for which they were commended. These were sent by the Officiating Commander-in-Chief of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary ...
Sketch Map of the Retirement from Butaniyeh Camp to Nasiriyah
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Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1713, Nov. 1916. Distinctive Features: Sketch map issued to accompany ‘Report on Operations Against Arab Tribesmen on Euphrates Line' showing the approximate location of enemy’s forces including guns positions. Signed: ‘W.E. Perry, Captain R.E. Survey ...
SECTION FROM 'ALWĀNĪYEH ('ARABISTĀN) TO KHARĀJĪ THE LYNCH ROAD, ROUTE NO. I. AHWĀZ TO ISFAHĀN
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The section map shows Alwānīyeh to Kharājī, part of the Lynch Road, Ahwāz [Ahvāz] to Isfahān in south-western Persia. It is found in the Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn River compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India...
