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...
'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy, Mesopotamia. Vol III'
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence and notes regarding rail and road transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] near the end of, and immediately following, the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including: The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the ra...
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...
'Remarks on the Bashi-Bazouks and other irregulars; including brief reflections on the present war. With a sketch of General William Ferguson Beatson, organiser of the Bashi-Bazouks during the Crimean campaign' by Colonel William Ferguson Beatson Laurie
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The volume comprises information about the Bashi-Bazouks and other irregulars including the following: remarks – discusses the notoriety and character of the Bashi-Bazouks, and their involvement in the Bulgarian atrocities during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877. A brief assessment of Turkish and R...
‘Shatt al Arab Longitudinal section of channel from Fao to beyond Outer Bar in 1890, 1911 & 1916 respectively’
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The vertical scale is 1:24. The map shows the height of the river bed of the Shatt al Arab from Fao [Al-Faw] to 18 miles below Fao, at the edge of the outer bar where the channel drops into the Persian Gulf. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-...
‘19. Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara. Situation Night 25th-26th February 1917’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Simla Drawing Office, No. 3948, March 1925. S.D.O. 3936. Distinctive Features: Map of Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara [Al-Kūt] compiled from ground and air reconnaissance, produced to illustrate the movements of the British a...
‘16. Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara. Situation 5 a.m. 23rd February 1917’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Simla Drawing Office, No. 3945, March 1925. S.D.O. 3936. Distinctive Features: Map of Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara [Al-Kūt] compiled from ground and air reconnaissance produced to illustrate the movements of the British an...
