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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Language English Place River Helmand, Afghanistan

1. IOR/L/PS/18/C113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C113
Title:
'Memorandum on the Note of the Persian Government, dated 22nd February 1906, embodying their objections to the Seistan Water Award.'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum concerns the Seistan Water Award [Sīstān] arbitrated by Britain between Persia and Afghanistan; the award outlines the proportion of water from the River Helmond [Helmand] to be allotted to irrigation on both sides of the river. It is authored by Arthur Henry McMahon — the British ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1906
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/22
Title:
Seistan. Irrigation Report of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume II. Statements and Calculations.
Scope & Content:
The second 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. Publication statement: Simla: Government of India Foreign Department, 1906. The commission, under the directio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:

1 volume (68 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/20/256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/256
Title:
Seistan. Irrigation report of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume I. Report and appendices. Simla: Government of India Foreign Department, 1906
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:

1 volume (246 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 110
Title:
‘Nād’ Ali of the Helmand near Burj-i-Ās; showing causeway of tamarisk fascines.’
Scope & Content:
A photograph of a group of people standing on a causeway over the Nad Ali channel [Nad-e Ali] of the Helmand River near Burj-i-As [location unknown]. The causeway is made of tamarisk fascines. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed under...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 photograph

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 112
Title:
‘THE DELTA OF THE HELMAND (Copied from the Geographical Journal 1906)’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of five maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, published in ‘Seistan [Sistan]. A Memoir on the History, Topography, Ruins and People of the Country. In four parts. Parts I to III’, (Calcutta [Kolkata]: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1910) by George Passman Tate. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 map sheet

6. IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 113
Title:
‘Plate illustrating approximately, the oscillations of the Helmand in the Northern Delta’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of five maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, published in ‘Seistan [Sistan]. A Memoir on the History, Topography, Ruins and People of the Country. In four parts. Parts I to III’, (Calcutta [Kolkata]: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1910) by George Passman Tate. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 map sheet

7. IOR/L/PS/20/FO17, f 315

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO17, f 315
Title:
Map of the Helmand River
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the course of the Helmand River at its junction with the Pariun [Parian] branch near the disputed border between Afghanistan and Persia [Iran]. The map was drawn up by HM Consul for Seistan [Sistan] and Kain [Qaen], Major Robert Arthur Edward Benn. The map depicts the numerous s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1904
Extent:
1 map sheet