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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP981/1/9/5
Title:: Book of maps and designs (Portuguese period), north of Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. (1606)
Scope & Content:: 1606. Book of maps and designs (Portuguese period), north of Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. Contains descriptive notice in English and Dutch. Physical characteristics: 35 x 22.5 cm size. Author(s): Not mentioned. Scribe: Not mentioned. Publisher of original material: A.C. Richards, Acting Government Pr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Dutch, English, and Portuguese
Date Range:: 1606
Extent:: 114 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1247/2/9
Title:: A sketch of Uttam Das Baul
Scope & Content:: A sketch of Uttam Das Baul on a page torn from a spiral pad. Scribbles at the back of the page. Extent: 1 Sketch. Size and dimensions of original material: 17.7 x 13.3 x 0.01. Condition of original material: Fair Condition. Arrangement: Found inside a notebook [EAP_1247_DDB_MS_0001]. Author...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali and English
Date Range:: 2020
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1274/1/2/92
Title:: படம்1. தநா. தின்னரன் யாழ், 2. தநா. மகரயாழ், 3. தநா. தாளம், (தநா- தமிழ்தாடு, கநா. கர்நாடக)
Scope & Content:: The album folio contains 3 illustrations of a person playing a musical instrument. The illustration on the left side has a man standing with half cock shaped body at the bottom he is holding an instrument with both his hands. The description given below is "Tn Thinnanran Yazh". The next illustra...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1925-1953
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1274/1/3/25
Title:: Painting of an Actress.
Scope & Content:: The album folio contains a painting of a lady standing wearing a saree and a red color cloth around her waist. The description provided below the painting is "….rga Khote- This superb artiste will soon grace the screen in a spectacular picture called "Mahatma vidur" released through the Royal Fi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1925-1953
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

Reference (shelfmark):: Foster 1104
Title:: Portrait of Charles Weston (1731-1809); Artist(s) Unknown
Scope & Content:: Portrait of Charles Weston (1731-809) Charles Weston was born in Calcutta, India, son of William Weston who was a chief clerk in the mayor's office in Calcutta. [Needs to be clarified - Eurasian background] check: IOR/F/4/384 Weston's epitaph read 'he was a striking example that character and...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1790-1808
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 62
Title:: ‘Plate I. Showing Officers Badges of Rank on Shoulder Straps (Field Service Order) with Colours of Branches of Service.’
Scope & Content:: The illustration features badges for Persian army ranks of: Naib Sewum (office personnel); Naib Dowan (cavalry); Naib Awwal (artillery); Sultan (engineers); Yamar (transport); Naib Sarhang (staff); Sarhang (veterinary); Sartip (infantry); Amir Lashkar; Sipahbod [Spāhbed]; and Farmandeh Kul Qushu...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Aug 1925
Extent:: 1 illustration

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 63 1
Title:: ‘Plate II. Plate showing Badges of Rank of Non-Commissioned Officers. Field Service Order.’
Scope & Content:: Showing: cuff badges for Tabin Awwal and Sirjougeh; shoulder badges for Wakil Chap (infantry); Wakil Rast (cavalry); Wakil Bashi (artillery); and Moin Naib (transport). A note states that ‘the colour of the shoulder strap varies with the branch of the service.’
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Aug 1925
Extent:: 1 illustration

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 63 2
Title:: ‘Plate III. Plate showing Pattern of Numerals as worn on Shoulder Straps of Regiments’
Scope & Content:: Illustrations of the Arabic numerals 1-9 and 0, with an additional illustration of a shoulder strap for the Naib Dowum of the 10th (Qahreman) Cavalry Regiment, indicating the placement of the regiment number.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Aug 1925
Extent:: 1 illustration

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 63 3
Title:: ‘Plate VI. Plate showing Badges of Rank of Police Officers.’
Scope & Content:: Showing the badges of rank for Persian police officers, with collars and cuffs for: Naib Dowum (cavalry), Naib Awwal (artillery), Sultan (engineers), Yamar (transport), Naib Sarhang (staff), and Sarhang (veterinary).
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Aug 1925
Extent:: 1 illustration

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 12
Title:: ‘Sarhang Hájji Ibrahim Khán, Commandant of the Bakhtiari Horse.’
Scope & Content:: One photographic print: a full-length portrait of Sarhang (a rank equivalent to Colonel) Hajji Ibrahim Khán, Commandant of the Bakhtiari Horse. The title is printed above the photograph in Persian, and below the photograph in English. The Persian title also bears a date: Hijri year 1301 (c.1883).
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and Persian
Date Range:: ?1883
Extent:: 1 photographic print

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