Report on Fars by Captain A T Wilson, Indian Political Department
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This volume consists of a report on Fars (a province of Persia) was written by Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson, Deputy Civil Commissioner in the Indian Political Department (General Staff Branch), and was published in Simla at the Government Monotype Press. The volume is divided into subject sectio...
‘Sketch showing Turco Persian Frontier as occupied and claimed by Persia west and south of Hawizeh according to statements of local inhabitants in April 1912’
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The map is signed P Z Cox [Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf] and dated 5 May 1912. A note on the map indicates that it was compiled from a plane-table survey from Hawizeh [Hoveyzeh] via Shuaib to Diaiji [Duaiji], and from existing maps prepared by su...
‘Sketch Map of Lands in vicinity of Turco-Persian Boundary as locally recognized in the region of Mohammerah.’
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The map, signed A T Wilson [Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson], accompanies copies of a memorandum (ff 48-49, ff 50-51) written by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox, and provides detail of the lands in the vicinity of the Turco-Persian border, betwe...
‘MAP SHOWING PETROLIFEROUS AREAS VISITED BY ADMIRALTY OIL COMMISSION 1913 SCALE 90 MILES = 1 INCH’
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The first of two topographical maps that accompany the Final Report of the Admiralty Oil Commission on the Persian oilfields, which was published as Command Paper Cd. 7419 in 1914 and entitled ‘Agreement with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited ‘ (folios 32-50, 179-197, 282-287). The map bears...
‘MAP SHOWING PETROLIFEROUS AREAS VISITED BY ADMIRALTY OIL COMMISSION 1913 SCALE 90 MILES = 1 INCH’
Scope & Content:
The first of two topographical maps that accompany the Final Report of the Admiralty Oil Commission on the Persian oilfields, which was published as Command Paper Cd. 7419 in 1914 and entitled ‘Agreement with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited ‘ (folios 32-50, 179-197, 282-287). The map bears...
The map shows the south-eastern portion of the Arabian Peninsula. It indicates Indo-European overland and submarine telegraph lines, and roads, and includes brief descriptions of topography. The map bears the inscriptions ‘War Office, March, 1905’ and ‘Topographical Section, General Staff, No....
This map of the Persian Gulf and Arabian coast shows hypothetical boundaries, Indo-European overland and submarine telegraph lines, and roads. It includes hydrology and brief descriptions of topology. Relief is indicated by spot heights. It bears the imprints ‘I.D.W.O. No. 1569’ and ‘Intell[ig...
Map showing proposed RAF air route between UK and the Far East and contemplated US route between North Africa and the Far East
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The map is appended to a report by the Joint Planning Staff – a subcommittee of the Chiefs of Staff Committee – examining proposals by the United States for a military air transit route between the Far East and North Africa: JP (46) 142 (Final) see folios 123-135. The map shows most of the glob...
Map showing proposed RAF air route between UK and the Far East and contemplated US route between North Africa and the Far East
Scope & Content:
The map is appended to a report by the Joint Planning Staff – a subcommittee of the Chiefs of Staff Committee – examining proposals by the United States for a military air transit route between the Far East and North Africa: JP (46) 142 (Final) see folios 137-145. The map shows most of the glob...
