‘Amir Chah showing W end of valley. Closed by sand drifts. Also Amir Chah thana’
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Genre/Subject Matter: Black and white photograph showing a plain with tents, what appears to be a fort, and several people in the foreground, and hills in the background. Inscriptions: Upper right, above image, in pen: ‘No 3.’ Centre, below image, in pen: ‘Amir Chah showing W end of valley. ...
‘Shewing track leading westwards towards Leh, or to Ladis, looking northwards.’
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Genre/Subject Matter: Black and white photograph showing a hill in the centre ground, and sandy ground and the Amir Chah stream in the foreground. Inscriptions: Upper right, above image, in pen: ‘No 3.’ Centre, above image, in pen: ‘Low isolated hill partially covered by drifting sand – Har...
Genre/Subject Matter: Black and white photograph showing a pile of branches, twigs and rocks on a sandy plain in the foreground, with sand dunes and hills in the background. Inscriptions: Upper right, above image, in pen: ‘No 5.’ Left, alongside image, in pen: ‘Sand’, with an arrow pointing...
Black and white photograph. Inscriptions: Upper right, above image, in pen: ‘No 6.’ Centre, below image, in pen: ‘Robat Koh shewing view of Robat Killa camping ground (Kohi-Malik Seah)' Right, alongside image, in pen: ‘Robat Killa Thana behind this small rock’.
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Notes, and Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Persia
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The file contains miscellaneous papers, mostly correspondence, notes, and newspaper cuttings, mainly relating to Persia [Iran]. The papers largely relate to Russian influence in Persia, and include papers concerning railway construction in Persia. The correspondence consists of letters address...
Letters and a Manuscript Regarding Railways in Persia, and Letters and Photographs from Commander H A Phillips
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The file contains a letter from Cecil Spring Rice, British Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran, to George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India, dated 20 October 1900, forwarding a letter in French addressed to Curzon from Fabius Boital, dated 16 October 1900, regarding a concession for railways in Persia, a...
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows a group of men in uniform (most probably crew of the Royal Navy ship HMS Sphinx) aiming rifles, and two men in uniform next to them aiming a Maxim gun, observed by a child and group of four men in Arab costume, and five other men. In...
‘Ruins of mess house Basidu H M S “Sphinx” at anchor’
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Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows the ruins of the mess house at Basidu, with the Royal Navy ship HMS Sphinx in the background. Inscriptions: On reverse of image, in pen: ‘Ruins of mess house Basidu H M S “Sphinx” at anchor. 1901’.
‘Sphinx’s battery of 2. 7prs. firing on the range at Basidu’
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Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows a group of men in uniform (most probably crew of the Royal Navy ship HMS Sphinx), most of whom are lying on the ground, next to and behind two guns which appear to have just been fired. Inscriptions: On reverse of image, in pen: ‘Sp...
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows the ruins of the barracks at Basidu. Inscriptions: On reverse of image, in pen: ‘Ruins of Barracks at Basidu 1901’.
