Gazetteer of the province of Kermanshah, Persia [Iran], compiled by Hyacinth Louis Rabino, Vice-Consul at Resht [Rasht] at the time of the gazetteer’s publication in 1907, and who had been Acting Consul at Kermanshah during 1904 and 1905. The gazetteer, which is marked for official use only, was...
Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV) Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan
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The first edition of Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV) Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan , compiled by the General Staff, India, comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes connected with those regions in 1923. It also includes genealo...
'MAP 12. THE FORT AT KUT: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE TURKISH ATTACK ON 24TH. DECEMBER, 1915.'
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows the fort at Kut [Al Kūt] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, fortifications, trenches, tunnels and principal structures. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defen...
'MAP 20 MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACTION OF BAIT ISA ON 17TH. & 18TH. APRIL 1916 AND THE ATTACK ON SANNAIYAT 22ND. APRIL 1916'
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around Bait Isa and Sannaiyat [Aş Şinā‘āt] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, trenches, settlements, watercourses and marshes. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee o...
'MAP 36 TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACTIONS AT DAUR ON THE 22ND. AND TIKRIT ON THE 5TH. NOVEMBER, 1917.'
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume IV, and shows a region around Tikrit and Daur [Ad Dawr] in central Iraq, indicating military operations, towns, settlements, routes and watercourses, with brief descriptions of terrain. Sketch marks give some indication of relief....
'MAP 40 TO ILLUSTRATE THE CAVALRY AFFAIR of the 27th. April, 1918, and THE ACTION OF TUZ KHURMATLI, 29th. April, 1918.'
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume IV, and shows a region around Tuz Khurmatli [Tozkhurmato] in northern and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, towns, routes and watercourses. Sketch marks give some indication of relief, and a key beneath the title expla...
Report from Lieut-General Sir P. H. N. Lake K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Commanding I.E.F. "D" on the Defence of Kut-Al-Amarah under Major-General C. V. F. Townshend, C.B., D.S.O., 3 December 1915-29 April 1916
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This volume is a 'Report from Lieut-General Sir P. H. N. Lake K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Commanding I.E.F. "D" on the Defence of Kut-Al-Amarah under Major-General C. V. F. Townshend, C.B., D.S.O., 3 December 1915-29 April 1916' published by the General Staff, India (Government Central Branch Press, Simla: ...
Military Report on S. W. Persia, Volume IV. Kuhgalu Country
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It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Kuhgalu Country [Kūhgalū], created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India by Lieutenant A T Wilson, 32nd Sikh Pioneers. Printed a...
Report from General Sir J E Nixon, K C B, Commanding I E F 'D', on the action at Bushire, 9th September 1915
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This confidential memorandum, compiled by the General Staff, India, and printed at the Government Central Branch Press at Simla, 1915, concerns the action on 9 September 1915, in which a strong body of Tangistani raiders was ousted from Bushire. The memorandum contains a covering letter (folio 2...
Military Report on S.-W. Persia, Vol. I. Bakhtiari Garmsir
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It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Bakhtiari Garmsir [Bakhtīārī], created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1...