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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
:Also see [[Gazetteers#Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia|Gazetteers - Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia]]
*[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/JQU5IHNH6UGILO5L3VB662KPJHNTRGDF ''A new account of East-India and Persia : : in eight letters being nine years travels, begun 1672 and finished 1681''] by John Fryer 1698 London. Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.  
*[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/JQU5IHNH6UGILO5L3VB662KPJHNTRGDF ''A new account of East-India and Persia : : in eight letters being nine years travels, begun 1672 and finished 1681''] by John Fryer 1698 London. Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.  
*[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
*[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
*''Travels into Bokhara; being the account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; also, Narrative of a voyage on the Indus, from the sea to Lahore, with presents from the king of Great Britain; performed under the orders of the supreme government of India, in the years 1831, 1832, and 1833'' by Lieutenant Alexander Burnes 1834 [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha01burnuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha02burnuoft Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha03burnuoft Volume III] Archive.org
*''Travels into Bokhara; being the account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; also, Narrative of a voyage on the Indus, from the sea to Lahore, with presents from the king of Great Britain; performed under the orders of the supreme government of India, in the years 1831, 1832, and 1833'' by Lieutenant Alexander Burnes 1834 [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha01burnuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha02burnuoft Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha03burnuoft Volume III] Archive.org
*''Journey to the North of India: Overland from England, Through  Russia, Persia, and Affghaunistan''  by Lieut. Arthur Conolly  1834. 2nd edition revised 1838 [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=htUWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume I 1834], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wyEj7vl0uDIC&pg=PR1 Volume II 1834]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=sk7zBYBjW9sC&pg=PR4 Volume I, 1838],  [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=D74oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume II 1838] Google Books
*''Journey to the North of India: Overland from England, Through  Russia, Persia, and Affghaunistan''  by Lieut. Arthur Conolly  1834. 2nd edition revised 1838 [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=htUWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume I 1834], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wyEj7vl0uDIC&pg=PR1 Volume II 1834]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=sk7zBYBjW9sC&pg=PR4 Volume I, 1838],  [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=D74oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume II 1838] Google Books
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**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-UY9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''No XLIX New  Series: A History:  Arabia Felix Or Yemen, From The Commencement Of The Christian Era To The Present Time; Including An Account Of The British Settlement Of Aden''] 1859
**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-UY9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''No XLIX New  Series: A History:  Arabia Felix Or Yemen, From The Commencement Of The Christian Era To The Present Time; Including An Account Of The British Settlement Of Aden''] 1859
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5TkBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''From Bombay to Bushire, and Bussora; including an Account of the Present State of Persia and Notes on the Persian War''] by William Ashton Shepherd 1857 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5TkBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''From Bombay to Bushire, and Bussora; including an Account of the Present State of Persia and Notes on the Persian War''] by William Ashton Shepherd 1857 Google Books
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t8nc6j17d?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Central Asia Part IV:  A contribution towards the better knowledge of the topography, ethnology, resources, & history of Persia complied (for political and military reference)''] by C.M. MacGregor. 1871 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/83455 ''Central Asia Part Iv''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924015505328  ''Central Asia Part IV:  A contribution towards the better knowledge of the topography, ethnology, resources, & history of Persia complied (for political and military reference)''] by C.M. MacGregor. 1871Archive.org.
*[http://archive.org/stream/routesinpersia00brangoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''Routes in Persia''] Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the  Quarter Master General’s Department in India 1887 Archive.org
:[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023557353.0x000001 ''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.
**[http://archive.org/stream/routesinpersia00brangoog#page/n732/mode/2up  "Telegraph Routes in Persia"], page 707
*[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023517327.0x000001 ''Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars''] by Major and Bt. Lieut-Col. Mark S. Bell, V.C., R.E. 1885. Qatar Digital Library, ref: V 8685. Prepared in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India.  
 
*''Routes''.  Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter-Master General's Department in India.
**[http://archive.org/stream/routesinpersia00brangoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''Routes in Persia''] 1887 Archive.org. A preliminary volume, based in part on ''Routes for Asia, Section IV'' by Macgregor
***[http://archive.org/stream/routesinpersia00brangoog#page/n732/mode/2up  "Telegraph Routes in Persia"], page 707
**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000111 ''Routes in Persia, Section I''] 1898. Chiefly compiled by Captain E F H McSwiney. Qatar Digital Library.
**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000112 ''Routes in Persia. Section II'']. Compiled by Captain J. Vans Agnew, 3rd Madras Lancers  1895. Qatar Digital Library.
**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000114 ''Routes in Persia. Section III'']  1898. Compiled under the superintendence of  Captain E F H McSwiney. Qatar Digital Library.
**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001d4 ''Routes in Arabia''] 1915. Qatar Digital Library. From British Library  IOR/L/MIL/17/16/3. This volume contains descriptions of the 'more important of the known routes in Arabia proper'. Produced by the General Staff in Simla, India.
*Parliamentary Papers
*Parliamentary Papers
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=S_khAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 <nowiki>[</nowiki>''Foreign Office:<nowiki>]</nowiki>  Correspondence relating to Persia and Affghanistan''] 1839 (524 pages) [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=S_khAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 Contents] Google Books
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=S_khAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 <nowiki>[</nowiki>''Foreign Office:<nowiki>]</nowiki>  Correspondence relating to Persia and Affghanistan''] 1839 (524 pages) [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=S_khAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 Contents] Google Books
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:[https://archive.org/details/politicalfrontie00holdiala ''Political Frontiers and Boundary Making''] by  Col.  Sir Thomas  H  Holdich 1916
:[https://archive.org/details/politicalfrontie00holdiala ''Political Frontiers and Boundary Making''] by  Col.  Sir Thomas  H  Holdich 1916
:[https://archive.org/details/jstor-207410 "Between the Tigris and the Indus"]  by Colonel Sir Thomas H Holdich  ''The Geographical Review Volume IV  September 1, 1917'' Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/jstor-207410 "Between the Tigris and the Indus"]  by Colonel Sir Thomas H Holdich  ''The Geographical Review Volume IV  September 1, 1917'' Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/penetrationofa00hoga ''The Penetration of Arabia: a record of the development of Western knowledge concerning the Arabian Peninsula''] (with illustrations from drawings, photographs, and maps by J. G. Bartholomew) by David George Hogarth 1904 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/bymountainlakepl00kennrich ''By Mountain, Lake and Plain : being a Sketch of Sport in Eastern Persia''] by Major R L Kennion 1911. Archive.org. In 1907 the author was appointed Consul for the Districts of Seistan and Kain in Iran. He had previously served in Kashmir, Gilgit and Leh, with the  Indian Foreign and Political Department.  
*[https://archive.org/details/bymountainlakepl00kennrich ''By Mountain, Lake and Plain : being a Sketch of Sport in Eastern Persia''] by Major R L Kennion 1911. Archive.org. In 1907 the author was appointed Consul for the Districts of Seistan and Kain in Iran. He had previously served in Kashmir, Gilgit and Leh, with the  Indian Foreign and Political Department.  
*[https://archive.org/details/persialandofmagi00nwee ''Persia the land of the magi, or, The home of the wise men; an historical and descriptive account of Persia from the earliest ages to the present time; with a detailed view of its people, their manners, ... including Afghanistan and Beloochistan''] by Samuel K Nweeya 1913 Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/208590 ''Old Routes Of Western Iran''] by  Sir Aurel Stein 1940. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/208590 ''Old Routes Of Western Iran''] by  Sir Aurel Stein 1940. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/br00itishacademytrbritrich ''The British Academy transliteration of Arabic and Persian. Report of the Committee appointed to draw up a practical scheme for the transliteration into English of words and names belonging to the languages of the Nearer East''] 1917 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/br00itishacademytrbritrich ''The British Academy transliteration of Arabic and Persian. Report of the Committee appointed to draw up a practical scheme for the transliteration into English of words and names belonging to the languages of the Nearer East''] 1917 Archive.org

Revision as of 06:21, 11 September 2016

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
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
A History of Persia by Lieut-Col P M Sykes 1915 Archive.org Volume I, Volume II
Persia by Brigadier General Sir Percy Sykes 1922 Archive.org including
  • 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
  • Railways in Western Asia by Lieutenant-Colonel H Picot Indian Army (Retired). Published by the Central Asian Society, London 1904 Archive.org.
  • Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia by J G Lorimer, published 1908 to 1915. Volume I, Historical consists of Part I being the 'Arabian' portion of the History and Part II being the 'Persian' section of the History. Both Parts of Volume I, Historical, have the same extensive index, covering all Parts.
    • Four out of six volumes of a reprint edition are available to read online at Hathi Trust Digital Library. The volumes are Volume I: Historical: Part I (in two parts) and Volume II: Geographical and Statistical (in two parts)
    • The Qatar Digital Library contains copies of the original editions held at the British Library. Note: these webpages may be very slow to load at times
    • Three volumes of the Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia by J G Lorimer, Indian Civil Service, are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, being Parts I and II of Volume 1, Historical, published 1915 and the Geographical section of Volume II, Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer, published 1908.
      • Part I Contents computer pages 12-137. Text commences cp 138. Part II Contents computer pages 10-133. Text commences cp 134. Appendix "Published books and articles" cp 1210. Volume II Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer. There is no Index. Introduction pages i-iii are missing. The text is cp 8-2047
    • Volume I, Part III of a reprint edition is available on the National Library of Australia Digital Collections-Maps Catalogue entry. It contains two maps (including the map of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia) and genealogical trees.
British Library Untold lives blog ‘Persian Gulf tragedy’ – the death of John Gordon Lorimer 08 February 2014 (retrieved 18 June 2014)
  • Persia and the Persian Question (2 Volumes) by George Nathaniel Curzon (Lord Curzon) 1892 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website.
  • Article "Indo British Trade with Persia" by Naoroz M Parveez pages 12-29 Imperial and asiatic quarterly review, and oriental and colonial record 1907 Third Series Volume 23 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The article is computer pages 19-36. There is a discussion of the paper from page 106, computer page 113.
  • The Frontiers Of Baluchistan by G P Tate 1909. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title The Frontiers of Baluchistan : Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan. [Seistan (Sistan) Arbitration Mission, 1903-1905]
  • The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900 by Colonel Sir T Hungerford Holdich 1901 edition, Second and cheaper edition 1909 Archive.org. Contains chapters on the Persian Gulf and the Perso-Baluch Boundary
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

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