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1. IOR/L/PS/20/C259

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259
Title:
‘B.R. 525 (RESTRICTED) PERSIA’
Scope & Content:
An official publication entitled Persia from the Geographical Handbook Series produced by the Naval Intelligence Division (NID) of the Admiralty. This volume was prepared by the Oxford sub-division of the NID under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Mason, Professor of Geography at the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945
Extent:

1 volume (428 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 399

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 399
Title:
‘FIG. 60. Principal Communications’
Scope & Content:
A map displaying communications in Persia [Iran] and some areas of neighbouring countries. Main roads are indicated in red. Railways are indicated in black, with different line patterns indicating completed, under construction, and projected railway lines. Navigable waterways are indicated by dou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1945
Extent:
1 map sheet

3. IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 256
Title:
‘FIG. 52. Tribal distribution.’
Scope & Content:
A map displaying ethnic and tribal groups in Persia [Iran]. Some tribal boundaries are indicated by dashed lines. The winter and summer quarters of some nomadic groups are indicated by ‘W’ and ‘S’. The map also indicates major towns and international boundaries.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1945
Extent:
1 map sheet

4. IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 28
Title:
‘FIG. 8. Drainage Basins of Persia’
Scope & Content:
A map displaying rivers and drainage basins in Persia [Iran] and surrounding countries. Primary watersheds are indicated with solid black lines, with thinner or broken lines indicating smaller watersheds. The direction and strength of river discharges are indicated by arrows. International borde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1925
Extent:
1 map sheet

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 35
Title:
‘FIG. 10. Regions and Regional Index’
Scope & Content:
A map of Persia [Iran] showing the areas covered in maps contained in the Geographical Handbook. The areas are delineated in blue and marked with the letters A to L. A key directs readers to the corresponding pages of the handbook. Black lines indicate the boundaries of geographical regions as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1945
Extent:
1 map sheet

6. IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 19
Title:
‘FIG. 2. Generalized Geological Map of Persia’
Scope & Content:
A geological map of Persia [Iran]. Rock types are indicated on the map with different patterns. Salt plugs in southern Persia are indicated by black dots. The map also indicates the Great Kavir [Dasht-e Kavir] and Dasht-i-Lut [Dasht-e Lut] deserts. Other kavirs [deserts] are marked with a ‘K’ in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1945
Extent:
1 map sheet

7. IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 429

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 429
Title:
‘General Map of Iraq, Arabia and Persia’
Scope & Content:
A map of Persia [Iran], the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, and surrounding countries. Elevation of land is indicated by different colours, with green indicating the lowest elevation and orange and purple indicating the highest. Depth of water bodies is indicated by different shades of blue, with a d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1945
Extent:
1 map sheet

8. IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 412

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 412
Title:
‘FIG. 61. Index to British Official Maps of Persia’
Scope & Content:
A map displaying Persia [Iran] and surrounding countries. The map is divided on a grid into areas covered by different official British maps of Persia, indicated in black. A key gives additional details about these maps. Regions of Persia and international borders are indicated in blue.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1945
Extent:
1 map sheet

9. IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 41
Title:
‘FIG. 12. Northern Khurasan and the Hari Rud.’
Scope & Content:
A map of northern Khurasan [Khorasan] in north-east Persia [Iran], with parts of Afghanistan and the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic [Turkmenistan] along the Hari Rud river. Areas of elevation over 5000 feet above sea level are coloured in brown; areas over 10000 feet above sea level are colo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1945
Extent:
1 map sheet

10. IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 90
Title:
‘FIG. 20. Persian Makran, Jaz Murian basin, and Sarhad.’
Scope & Content:
A map of southeastern Persia [Iran] with parts of British India and Afghanistan. Areas over 5000 feet above sea level are hashed. Hills in the Makran region are hashed in red. The map also indicates major towns, hydrology, and deserts. Administrative boundaries in Persia are indicated by dashed l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1945
Extent:
1 map sheet