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Iran

Gazetteers

Resources

Online Resources

• Diplomatic Archives Index at Office of the Historian
• FamilySearch Places at FamilySearch - Geographic and historic information
• Fuzzy Gazetteer at Hof University - Help with locality spelling
• Geonamesat GeoNames geographical database
• Iran: Official Standard Names Approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, by United States, United States board on Geographic Names. Washington, D.C.: Defense Mapping Agency, 1956. FS Catalog book 955 E5; At various libraries (WorldCat); Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, HathiTrust
• World Gazetteers at Internet Archive - Collection of world gazetteers
• Iran Geography - at Iranian Genealogy; includes explanations about the changing of place names in Iran over time and border changes
• Persia maps at Qatar Digital Library - British intelligence maps and gazetteers of Persia

Print Publications

• Historical gazetteer of Iran by Ludwig W. Adamec. Austrai: Akademische Druck-und Verlagsanstalt, c1976-. FS Catalog book 955 E5

Information Recorded in the Records

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