Persia / [prepared ... under the direction of K. Mason].

  • Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division
Date:
1945
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Credit: Persia / [prepared ... under the direction of K. Mason]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS . PAGE I. , INTRODUCTION : ; I Area and Frontiers (1)—Physical peed Pyrrinare a People (4)—Administrative Divisions (7)—Communications (8)—Oil (9)—Spelling of Names (9)—Sources of Information (10). II. STRUCTURE AND DRAINAGE : ‘ oto FE STRUCTURE (11): Regions (11)—Northern A aenins ( 13)— Intermediate Zone (14)—South-western Mountains (16)— South-western Lowlands (19)—Makran (21)—Upland Rim of Eastern Persia and Frontier Lowlands (22)—Conclusion (23). DRAINAGE AND WATER-SUPPLY (25): Caspian Drainage (26)— Persian Gulf Drainage (26)—Karkheh and Karun (27)—Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, and Interior Persian Sumps (31)— Perso-Afghan Sumps, Qara Qum Desert Drainage (32)— Water-supply (32). III]. REGIONAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND. _.. 34 NORTHERN BORDERLANDS (35): Caspian Coastlands (3 5)-—Talish Hills and Elburz Range (36)—Northern Khurasan (39). NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES (47): Aras Basin (49)—Urmia Basin (50)—Little Zab and Sirwan Basins (53)—Qizil Uzun Basin (54). ZAGROS CHAINS AND SOUTH-WEST LOWLAND (56): HIGH ZAGROS (58): Sirwan Pocket (58)—Saidmarreh Basin (59)—Diz Basin (63)—Karun Basin (65)—Marun and Zuhra Basins (67)— Shahpur Basin (69)—Mand Basin (7o)—Khamir and Shur Basins (71)—Inland Basins of Niriz and Shiraz (74)—ZacrRos FOOTHILLS (76): Ab-i-Zimkan to Ab-i-Gangir (78)—Pusht-i- Kuh (79)—Karkheh to Diz (80)—Lower Bakhtiari Country (80) —Ab-i-Aala to Bushire (81)—PLAINS OF KHUZISTAN (83). DESERT BASINS OF CENTRAL PERSIA (86): Northern Group (89)— Southern Lut (93)—South-western Inland Basins (97). SOUTH-EASTERN PERSIA (98): Persian Makran (99)—Jaz Murian Basin (104). UPLAND RIM OF EASTERN PERSIA (107): Qain and Birjand High- lands (107)—Nasratabad—Taftan Region (110)—Frontier Low- lands (114)—Seistan (116). IV. THE COASTS . ; 119 SOUTHERN Coasts (119): Abadan et to Ras al Baten ) —Ras al Bahrgan to Bushire (123)—Bushire to Naband (125)— Naband to Lingeh (127)—Kharg, Shaikh Shuaib, Hindarabi, and Qais islands (129)—Lingeh to Minab (130)—Qishm, Henjam, Larak, and Hormuz islands (133)—Minab to Jask (135)—Jask to Gwatar (137). CasPIAN CoasT (142): Astara to Rud-i-Sar (146)—Rud-i-Sar to Nika River (148)—Nika River to Hasan Quli Bay (152).
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