The hand-drawn map shows Luristan [Lorestan] and Arabistan [Khorramshahr] in south-western Persia [Iran]. The map also indicates major settlements, the course of the Karun River, location of oil fields, and the route of a major road and the Government of India telegraph line. Mountain ranges are ...
File 7190/1920 Pt 1 ‘Persia:- Situation in Arabistan. Bakhtiari crisis. Sheikh of Mohommerah and Persian Govt.’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, telegrams, summaries, reports, notes and other papers concerning British support of the Shaikh of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr; also written as Mohommerah, for example in the title field] in the context of the Persian [Iranian] Government's relationship with the ...