‘Plate I. Showing Officers Badges of Rank on Shoulder Straps (Field Service Order) with Colours of Branches of Service.’
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The illustration features badges for Persian army ranks of: Naib Sewum (office personnel); Naib Dowan (cavalry); Naib Awwal (artillery); Sultan (engineers); Yamar (transport); Naib Sarhang (staff); Sarhang (veterinary); Sartip (infantry); Amir Lashkar; Sipahbod [Spāhbed]; and Farmandeh Kul Qushu...
‘Sarhang Hájji Ibrahim Khán, Commandant of the Bakhtiari Horse.’
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One photographic print: a full-length portrait of Sarhang (a rank equivalent to Colonel) Hajji Ibrahim Khán, Commandant of the Bakhtiari Horse. The title is printed above the photograph in Persian, and below the photograph in English. The Persian title also bears a date: Hijri year 1301 (c.1883).
Plan compiled from the drawings accompanying Major Morton's report on the Karun Irrigation Scheme, dated 23rd August 1907
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This plan was compiled from the drawings accompanying Major Morton's report on the Karun Irrigation Scheme, and details the path of the Karun River and irrigation sites. Place names are included as location markers along the river. No further details about the places are included. 'M.A. Hakimkh...
‘22. Operations in the Caucasus at a standstill on account of the weather. Situation 13-3.17’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. S.D.O. 3951-3-25. Distinctive Features: Sketch map of the operations in the Caucasus produced to illustrate the British campaign in Mesopotamia in March 1917 depicting the movements of British, Russian and Turkish militar...
‘2. Sketch of Country Round Shaiba to Illustrate Actions of 12th to 14th April’
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Imprint: Vandyked at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. S.D.O. No. 3931. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by form lines. Sketch map showing Shaiba Fort and surrounding area produced to illustrate the movements of British and Turkish military forces between the 12th and 14th April 19...
Looking N.E. across the Kyetmaw Valley from hill north of Hpithpyaw. The long line of snow mountains is the Nmai Hka-Salween divide. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, with relative locations of Lakhu Bum, Ngawchang Valley, Htawgaw, Khansheng Valley and Sankho Bum marked on print.
'Map to illustrate HABITAT & MIGRATIONS of more important Clans (Tirehs) of QASHGAI TRIBES.'
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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 II. The map shows a region of southern and western Persia, indicating the habitats and migration routes of clans of Qashgai [Qashqai] people, cities, towns, roads and...
INDEX TO THE ROUTES IN PERSIA, VOLUME III, PART I.
Scope & Content:
The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled Index to the Routes in Persia Volume III, Part I. General Staff India (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1918). The volume consists of an index to place names.
