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:Also see [[Gazetteers#Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia|Gazetteers - Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia]]
:Also see [[Gazetteers#Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia|Gazetteers - Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia]]
*[https://archive.org/details/voyagestravellso00olea ''The voyages and travells of the ambassadors sent by Frederick, Duke of Holstein, to the great Duke of Muscovy and the King of Persia. : Begun in the year M. DC. XXXIII. and finish'd in M. DC. XXXIX. Containing a compleat history of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and other adjacent countries. With several publick transactions reaching near the present times; in VII books. Whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo (a gentleman belonging to the Embassay) from Persia, into the East-Indies ... in III books ..''] by Adam Olearius, 1669. [https://archive.org/stream/voyagestravellso00olea#page/316/mode/2up Part 2: The Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo] page 317. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/voyagestravellso00olea ''The voyages and travells of the ambassadors sent by Frederick, Duke of Holstein, to the great Duke of Muscovy and the King of Persia. : Begun in the year M. DC. XXXIII. and finish'd in M. DC. XXXIX. Containing a compleat history of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and other adjacent countries. With several publick transactions reaching near the present times; in VII books. Whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo (a gentleman belonging to the Embassay) from Persia, into the East-Indies ... in III books ..''] by Adam Olearius, 1669. [https://archive.org/stream/voyagestravellso00olea#page/316/mode/2up Part 2: The Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo] page 317. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.169543/page/n3/mode/2up ''Sir John Chardin’s Travels in Persia'']. 1927 reprint of the 1720 ''A New and Accurate Description of Persia'', translated from the original French publications about travels in Persia 1669-1677, edited by  N M Penzer with a "Preface", and an "Introduction" by Sir Percy Sykes. 1927 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/travelsofsirjohn00char/page/n7/mode/2up ''The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies Through the Black-Sea and the Country of Colchis: the first volume, containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan : to which is added, the coronation of this present king of Persia, Solyman the Third''] 1686 Archive.org. (Colchis variously described as Western Caucasus, eastern shores of the Black Sea,  parts of Georgia.<ref> [https://faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/bronze/morrittabstracts/26mor.htm faculty.ucr.edu]</ref>). [http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A31753.0001.001 Transcribed edition 1686]  EEBO-TCP umich.edu.  [https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023512011.0x000001 1691 edition with Twenty Five Copper plates] Qatar Digital Library, book  from the British Library Printed Collections, ORW.1986.b.10
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.169543/page/n3/mode/2up ''Sir John Chardin’s Travels in Persia'']. 1927 reprint of the 1724 edition ''A New and Accurate Description of Persia'', (there having been a 1720 edition with the title ''Sir John Chardin’s Travels in Persia'' translated by Edmund Lloyd), from the original French publications about travels in Persia 1669-1677, edited by  N M Penzer with a "Preface", and an "Introduction" by Sir Percy Sykes. 1927 Archive.org
:[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/chardin-sir-john Chardin, Sir John] Encyclopædia Iranica
*[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.  
: 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.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31952 Volume 1], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31953 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.49506 Volume III]. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.  
: 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.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31952 Volume 1], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31953 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.49506 Volume III]. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.  
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*''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.
*''In the Land of the Lion and Sun; or Modern Persia. Being Experiences of Life in Persia during a residence of Fifteen Years in various part of that country from 1866 to 1881'' by C J Wills, MD, late one of the Medical Officers of Her Majesty’s  Telegraph Department in Persia. [https://archive.org/details/inlandoflionsun00willrich 1883 edition], [https://archive.org/details/inlandoflionsun00williala 1891 New Edition] Archive.org.
*''In the Land of the Lion and Sun; or Modern Persia. Being Experiences of Life in Persia during a residence of Fifteen Years in various part of that country from 1866 to 1881'' by C J Wills, MD, late one of the Medical Officers of Her Majesty’s  Telegraph Department in Persia. [https://archive.org/details/inlandoflionsun00willrich 1883 edition], [https://archive.org/details/inlandoflionsun00williala 1891 New Edition] Archive.org.
*''Six Months in Persia'' by Edward Stack, Bengal Civil Service. 1882. [https://archive.org/details/sixmonthsinpersi01staciala/page/n9/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/sixmonthsinpersi02staciala/page/n3/mode/2up Volume II]. A journey from India to England commencing January 1881. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/aridetoindiaacr01windgoog ''A ride to India across Persia and Baluchistan''] by Harry de Windt 1891 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/aridetoindiaacr01windgoog ''A ride to India across Persia and Baluchistan''] by Harry de Windt 1891 Archive.org
*''Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan : including a Summer in the Upper Karun region and a visit to the Nestorian Rayahs'' by Mrs Bishop (Isabella L Bird) 1891. [https://archive.org/details/journeysinpersia01birdiala Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/journeysinpersi00birdgoog  Volume II] Archive.org
*''Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan : including a Summer in the Upper Karun region and a visit to the Nestorian Rayahs'' by Mrs Bishop (Isabella L Bird) 1891. [https://archive.org/details/journeysinpersia01birdiala Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/journeysinpersi00birdgoog  Volume II] Archive.org

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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
Sir John Chardin’s Travels in Persia. 1927 reprint of the 1724 edition A New and Accurate Description of Persia, (there having been a 1720 edition with the title Sir John Chardin’s Travels in Persia translated by Edmund Lloyd), from the original French publications about travels in Persia 1669-1677, edited by N M Penzer with a "Preface", and an "Introduction" by Sir Percy Sykes. 1927 Archive.org
Chardin, Sir John Encyclopædia Iranica
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
A biography of Sir Percy Sykes: Persia in the Great Game: Sir Percy Sykes, Explorer, Consul, Soldier, Spy by Antony Wynn 2003. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01006930820 . Book review.[2]
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".

References

  1. faculty.ucr.edu
  2. Book review by Noel Malcolm of Persia in the Great Game: Sir Percy Sykes, Explorer, Consul, Soldier, Spy by Antony Wynn. 9 March 2003. The Telegraph
  3. Book review Sunday Times (Perth, WA : Sun 22 Jun 1947 trove.nla.gov.au