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1. IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 222-224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 222-224
Title:
Journal of a Steam Trip to the North of Bagdad, with Sketches, by Lieutenant Jones of the Indian Navy
Scope & Content:
This item comprises an abstract listing enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 139 of 1846, dated 30 November 1846. In the abstract the enclosures are dated 25-30 November 1846. The enclosures, which are not present in this item...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1846
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1
Title:
‘SEISTAN. A MEMOIR ON THE HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHY, RUINS, AND PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY. IN FOUR PARTS. PART I TO III’
Scope & Content:
‘SEISTAN. 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. Parts I to III are an account of Seistan [Sistan]. It is based on a study of the history ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 volume (181 folios)

3. Photo 1253/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(19)
Title:
Jaw Aka Faizal Nahman and his daughter Nono from Bamiyan province, now living in an improvised plastic shelter in the ruined gardens of Darulaman Palace. Built in the 1920s to house an Afghan parliament, ‘Darul Aman’ translates as ‘abode of peace’. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of ruins of column arches with a man carrying a child standing on the left; a row of buildings is in the distance. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 /...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1253/1(80)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(80)
Title:
‘The Dewan-I-Aum in Bala Hissar, Shewin Bala Burj & Sherderwaza.’ After the capture of the Bala Hissar, the British quartered Gurkha soldiers in the ruins of the Royal Palace and gardens and the summerhouse that had been the British Mission. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of ruins of a hall with horses and tent in front. A fortress is on the hill in the background. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 285', lower left of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTME...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item