'No. 27. South Entrance to Bam Fort, Persian soldiers in foreground'
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The photograph shows an entrance and part of the walls of a large adobe fortress. In front of the gate stand a row of soldiers. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
'No. 28. Mirza Abdur Rahim Khan, Wazir of Kerman, having a smoke outside his tent at Pahra'
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The photograph shows a man seated in a tent holding a ḡalyān pipe. Around him stand or sit his attendants. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
The photograph shows a musical band standing in a circle within what looks like the parade grounds of a fortress. Three other men stand behind observing. In the background is a fortified wall and some date palm trees. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent,...
'No. 30. Sub-Inspector Ainuddin Khan, Indian Telegraph Department'
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A photograph of Sub-Inspector Ainuddin Khan, Indian Telegraph Department. The man is posing in a studio set up, in front of a screen with props such as a tree stump beside him. He is standing and in uniform.
A military report on the Seistan [Sistan] region of Persia, written by Captain J M Home. Printed at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, India, 1902. The report contains a preface (folio 3), a glossary (folio 5), and chapters on geography, communications, fortresses...
A short book on Russia and India by the Conservative Member of Parliament, Sir Charles Edward Howard Vincent. The volume includes sections on the Russian Army, the Indian Frontier Question, the Indian Army, Indian Princes and the Empire, British Trade in India, and Fighting Plague at Bombay. The...
An article on the western frontiers of the Indian Empire by Sir John David Rees. The article deals with the threat posed by Russia from northern Persia and Afghanistan and discusses the measures that should be taken to defend and strengthen the British Empire in India. At the front of the volum...
A confidential report on the Persian region of Seistan [Sistan]. The report was compiled by Captain Edward Abadie Plunkett, 1st Battalion (Lincoln Regiment), in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter-Master General's Department. The report was printed at the Office of the Superintendent of Government ...
Two copies of a report, marked as secret, on Koweit [Kuwait]. The report was compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department, by Captain H H Dowding, The Essex Regiment. It was printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1903. The report contains informati...
'Military Report of the Nushki-Chagai-Western Sinjarani Country'
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A report, marked as secret, on the area of Nushki, Chagai, and Western Sinjarani. The report was compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department. The report was commenced in 1897 by Captain R E Roome, 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob's Horse), and revised and completed by Major...
