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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=e3EfDIAlSCsC&pg=PR3 ‪''Travels from India to England‬, comprehending a visit to the Burman Empire and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey etc in the year 1825-26''] by James Edward Alexander, Lieut, late HM’s 13th Light Dragoons. 1827 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=e3EfDIAlSCsC&pg=PR3 ‪''Travels from India to England‬, comprehending a visit to the Burman Empire and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey etc in the year 1825-26''] by James Edward Alexander, Lieut, late HM’s 13th Light Dragoons. 1827 Google Books
**With an Appendix [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=e3EfDIAlSCsC&pg=PA269 "Summary of the causes and events of the existing War between Russia and Persia 1826-27"] , page 269
**With an Appendix [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=e3EfDIAlSCsC&pg=PA269 "Summary of the causes and events of the existing War between Russia and Persia 1826-27"] , page 269
:Also available [https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023511470.0x000001 Qatar Digital Library] where the illustrations have been  correctly rotated, the latter digitised from British Library: Printed Collections, IOL.1947.b.134
*''Sketches of Persia, from the Journals of a Traveller in the East'' [by Sir John Malcolm] 1827. [https://archive.org/details/sketchesofpersia01malcuoft Volume I],  [https://archive.org/details/sketchesofpersia02malcuoft Volume II]. Archive.org.
*''Sketches of Persia, from the Journals of a Traveller in the East'' [by Sir John Malcolm] 1827. [https://archive.org/details/sketchesofpersia01malcuoft Volume I],  [https://archive.org/details/sketchesofpersia02malcuoft Volume II]. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/anhistoricaland00frasgoog ''An historical and descriptive account of Persia, from the earliest ages to the present time; with a detailed view of its resources, government, population, natural history, and the character of its inhabitants, particularly of the wandering tribes; including a description of Afghanistan and Beloochistan''] by James B Fraser 1834 Archive.org  
*[https://archive.org/details/anhistoricaland00frasgoog ''An historical and descriptive account of Persia, from the earliest ages to the present time; with a detailed view of its resources, government, population, natural history, and the character of its inhabitants, particularly of the wandering tribes; including a description of Afghanistan and Beloochistan''] by James B Fraser 1834 Archive.org  
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*[https://archive.org/details/physicalgeograph01stjo  ''Eastern Persia: An Account of the Persian Boundary Commission 1870-71-72. Volume I. The Geography  with Narratives by Majors St John, Lovett and Euan Smith''] 1876 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/physicalgeograph01stjo  ''Eastern Persia: An Account of the Persian Boundary Commission 1870-71-72. Volume I. The Geography  with Narratives by Majors St John, Lovett and Euan Smith''] 1876 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/easternpersiaan02commgoog ''Volume II.  Zoology and Geology''] by W T Blanford. 1876 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/easternpersiaan02commgoog ''Volume II.  Zoology and Geology''] by W T Blanford. 1876 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279306/page/n3 ''A General Sketch of the History of Persia''] by Clements R. Markham  1874. Archive.org. Also available [https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023517264.0x000001 Qatar Digital Library] digitised from British Library: Printed Collections ORW.1986.a.1835
*''Narrative of a journey through the province of Khorassan and on the N.W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875'', by Colonel C.M. MacGregor. 1879. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408315?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume I] Hathi Trust Digital Library  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285074 Archive.org version] Public Library of India Collection.; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408323?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume II] Hathi Trust Digital Library, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.40188 Archive.org version] Public Library of India Collection.
*''Narrative of a journey through the province of Khorassan and on the N.W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875'', by Colonel C.M. MacGregor. 1879. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408315?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume I] Hathi Trust Digital Library  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285074 Archive.org version] Public Library of India Collection.; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408323?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume II] Hathi Trust Digital Library, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.40188 Archive.org version] Public Library of India Collection.
*''Through Asiatic Turkey. Narrative of a Journey from Bombay to the Bosphorus'' by Grattan Geary, Editor of ''The Times of India'' 1878  [https://archive.org/details/throughasiatict00geargoog ''Volume I''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.82983 ''Volume II''] [https://archive.org/details/throughasiatict02geargoog ''Volume II'', from page 90 only, but illustrations may be better], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284626 Another file, ''Volume II'']  Archive.org, including books from the Digital Library of India Collection.
*''Through Asiatic Turkey. Narrative of a Journey from Bombay to the Bosphorus'' by Grattan Geary, Editor of ''The Times of India'' 1878  [https://archive.org/details/throughasiatict00geargoog ''Volume I''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.82983 ''Volume II''] [https://archive.org/details/throughasiatict02geargoog ''Volume II'', from page 90 only, but illustrations may be better], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284626 Another file, ''Volume II'']  Archive.org, including books from the Digital Library of India Collection.
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:[https://archive.org/details/persia005437mbp ''Persia''] by Brigadier General Sir Percy Sykes 1922 Archive.org including
:[https://archive.org/details/persia005437mbp ''Persia''] by Brigadier General Sir Percy Sykes 1922 Archive.org including
:*[https://archive.org/stream/persia005437mbp#page/n161/mode/2up  "Persia and the Great War"] page 154
:*[https://archive.org/stream/persia005437mbp#page/n161/mode/2up  "Persia and the Great War"] page 154
*[https://archive.org/details/autumntourinwest00dura/page/n1 ''An Autumn Tour in Western Persia''] by E R Durand [Ella R. Durand, Lady]. 1902 Archive.org. Also available [https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023486222.0x000001 Qatar Digital Library] where the illustrations have been  correctly rotated. Digitised from British Library: Printed Collections T 10462
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027822679 ''The Persian problem: an examination of the rival positions of Russia and Great Britain in Persia with some account of the Persian Gulf and the Bagdad railway''] by H J Whigham 1903 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027822679 ''The Persian problem: an examination of the rival positions of Russia and Great Britain in Persia with some account of the Persian Gulf and the Bagdad railway''] by H J Whigham 1903 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/railwaysinwester00pico '"Railways in Western Asia"] by Lieutenant-Colonel H Picot Indian Army (Retired). ''Proceedings the Central Asian Society'', London 1904 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/railwaysinwester00pico '"Railways in Western Asia"] by Lieutenant-Colonel H Picot Indian Army (Retired). ''Proceedings the Central Asian Society'', London 1904 Archive.org.

Revision as of 23:03, 25 November 2019

Iran was previously known as Persia. This page also includes the Persian Gulf and surrounding areas.

Also see

FIBIS resources

Records

The journal Iran is available at the British Library. These articles may also be read in full through the website JSTOR, including through the free access provisions, see Miscellaneous tips-Access some articles in the JSTOR subscription website for free
There are also some records for Iran in the "World Miscellaneous" records on FamilySearch

FIBIS resources

John Isaacson, who at the time was described as a "Sergeant, RE", arrived in Persia on 11 November 1863 and was posted to the Persian section of the IETD. He died in Bushire in 1892.

External links

Maps

Historical books online

Also see Gazetteers - Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia
A later edition, edited, with notes and an introduction, by William Crooke, formerly of the Bengal Civil Service. in three volumes, printed for the Hakluyt Society, (Second Series, 2/19, 2/20 and 2/39) 1909-1915. Volume 1, Volume II, Volume III. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
Also available Qatar Digital Library where the illustrations have been correctly rotated, the latter digitised from British Library: Printed Collections, IOL.1947.b.134
Central Asia. Part V. A contribution towards the better knowledge of the History, Ethnography, Topography, and resources of part of Asiatic Turkey and Caucasia compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel C M Macgregor 1872. Qatar Digital Library.
Volume II. Zoology and Geology by W T Blanford. 1876 Archive.org
Persia Revisited by General Sir Thomas Edward Gordon, formerly Military Attache and Oriental Secretary to Her Majesty’s Legation at Tehran. 1896 Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
A History of Persia by Lieut-Col P M Sykes 1915 Archive.org Volume I, Volume II;
Vol I, 2nd edition 1921. Also available World Digital Library Library of Congress. Images and maps may be better/ rotatable. Click on image to read online. Vol II, 2nd edition 1921 Archive.org;
Vol I, 3rd edition 1930, Vol II, 3rd edition 1930 Archive.org.
Persia by Brigadier General Sir Percy Sykes 1922 Archive.org including
British Library Untold lives blog ‘Persian Gulf tragedy’ – the death of John Gordon Lorimer 08 February 2014 (retrieved 18 June 2014)
The Gates of India, being an Historical Narrative by Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich 1910
Political Frontiers and Boundary Making by Col. Sir Thomas H Holdich 1916
"Between the Tigris and the Indus" by Colonel Sir Thomas H Holdich The Geographical Review Volume IV September 1, 1917 Archive.org
Persia by Sir Arnold Wilson 1932. Link to a pdf download STOU Digital Repository Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Note, website has been noticed to be unavailable at times. Possibly may be open only during "office hours".

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