Indian political practice. A collection of the decisions of the Government of India in political cases. Compiled by C L Tupper, ICS, on special duty in the Foreign Department. 3 vols Calcutta: Govt of India [Foreign Dept], 1895
Précis of correspondence, &c., relating to affairs in Central Asia, Biluchistan, Persia, &c. 1875-77. With appendices.
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A compilation of correspondence, reports, memoranda, gazetteer extracts, dispatches and statistics, prepared by Trevor Chichele Plowden, the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department. Printed in Calcutta, by the Foreign Department Press, 1878. The volume contains...
'Sketch of the Countries between Hindustan and the Caspian Sea'
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A large-scale map showing a region encompassing modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkmenistan, as well as parts of Uzbekistan, India, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Compiled in the Office of the Surveyor General of India, Calcutta, 1870. ...
'Map to illustrate report on Toorkoman Tribes between the Caspian and the Oxus, February 1876'
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The map shows a number of boundary lines converging on Meshed [Mashhad], originating in modern-day Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. It bears the printing statement 'Lithographed at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, November 1877. The map was printed from an Original suppli...
Report of the special committee appointed to investigate certain facts relevant to the economic and financial relations between British India and Indian States Simla: Govt of India [Foreign Dept], 1930
[Report by Mehdi Hasan Khan Fathah Newaz Jung to Prime Minister of Hyderabad concerning Hyderabad (Deccan) Company, Limited, dated London, 19 Dec 1888]
Seistan. Irrigation report of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume I. Report and appendices. Simla: Government of India Foreign Department, 1906
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The first volume of reports produced by the Irrigation Officer of the Perso-Afghan Boundary Commission, Seistan [Sīstān], and submitted to the Government of India, Foreign Department. Contents: 'Chapter I. The catchment area of the Seistan Lake. The trough of the Helmand River below Kala-i-Bist...
Mesopotamia Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by Act of Parliament to Enquire into the Operations of War in Mesopotamia, together with a Special Report by Commander J Wedgwood, DSO, MP, and Appendices. London: HMSO, 1917.
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A signed proof, folios 1-100, plus additional material, folios 101-124. The cover bears the signature of Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Assistant Under-Secretary of State. The report has been annotated in blue pencil at various points. Contents: 'Part I. Preface. 'Part II. Origin of Mesopotamia [Iraq] Exp...
