MAP TO ACCOMPANY MR BADGER'S PAPER ON THE POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF MEKRAN, &c.
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The map shows Mekran [Makran] and the surrounding region, which includes the Persian Gulf and Beluchistan [Baluchistan]. It is used to accompany George Percy Badger's memorandum on the political geography of Mekran, and is colour coded to demarcate territory.
GENERAL MAP OF FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN THE GULF OF ADEN.
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The map shows a region of eastern Africa extending inland from the coast of the Gulf of Aden, indicating main routes, uncertain routes and secondary routes. The map also indicates relief with form lines, hydrology, settlements and tribal regions. Sheet 'No. 885-I., 95.' appears in the lower mar...
Sketch map found at folio 53 of 'Biographies of the notables of Fars and certain Persian Officials who have served at Shiraz'. The map bears the statements 'Authority:- Fars - Nameh-i-Nasiri (1895)', and 'Simla Drawing Office No. 3892, June 1924'.
‘The citadel of Zaranj; ruins crowned by an Afghan fortified post. Nādʼ Ali.’
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A view of the citadel of Zaranj, a set of ruins crowned by an Afghan fort, taken at Nad Ali [Nad-e Ali]. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sistan] Boundary Commission that t...
‘Palace of a Kaiāni noble (circ. 14th century A.D.) in ruins; S. E. of Chakānsur.’
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A view of the ruins of a palace of a Kaiani [Kīyānī] noble (circ. 14th century AD) taken southeast of Chakansur [Nimroz]. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sistan] Boundary ...
‘The aiwān-or hall in the ruined palace of Machi, near Hauzdār, on the Trade Route.’
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A view of the iwan, or hall, of the ruined Machi Palace. The photograph was taken in Hauzdar [Howzdar]. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sistan] Boundary Commission that to...
A view of a ruined bridge in Takht-i-Pul [Takhteh Pol], built using baked brick and ancient lime mortar known as ‘saruj’. The bridge is from the 9th-10th century. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was ta...
‘Mr Van Roggen’s Ahwaz irrigation scheme. Cross sections of channel to average digging’
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The plan is numbered plan number 10, has a horizontal scale of 1:200, and a vertical scale of 1:100. The map is signed by Major W R Morton, Royal Engineers, on Special Duty in Arabistan, and dated 25 June 1905.
The volume comprises correspondence, telegrams, summaries, reports, notes and other papers concerning the support given by Britain to the tribes of South Arabia [present-day Yemen] in 1917, chiefly in relation to Britain’s principal wartime aim of ousting the Turks [Ottoman Empire] from the regi...
This file chiefly comprises: correspondence; India Office Political and Secret Department Minutes, Draft Papers and Draft Telegrams; copies of letters and telegrams; notes and memoranda; and reports. The file relates mainly to the discussions regarding the disposal of antiquities from Samarra [...
