Government of India publication printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1899. The volume contains information on 28 land routes into and within Persia undertaken by Captain E B Burton, 17th Bengal Cavalry, and Captain H B Vaughan, 7th Bengal Infantry. Each route description in...
Report on the Persian Army by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot, Military Attaché and Oriental Secretary, British Legation, Tehran, Persia. The report is divided into two parts. Part 1 consists of an introductory note, list of works consulted, chapters on general information about Persia an...
Report on the Development of the Baluch-Persian Caravan Route and on the Nushki, Chagai and Western Sinjerani Districts, for the year 1899-1900
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Report by Captain Frank Cooke Webb Ware, Political Assistant, Chagai. Printed in Calcutta at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1900. The annual report concerns the conditions and administration of the region and the development of the Quetta-Seistan [Sistan] trade r...
Report on the Quetta-Seistan [Sistan] Trade Route, for the year 1900-1901
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Report by Captain Frank Cooke Webb Ware, Political Assistant, Chagai. Printed in Calcutta at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1901. The annual report concerns the conditions and development of the Quetta-Seistan trade route and follows on from Ware's similar report...
Report on the Preliminary Survey of The Route for The Central Persia Telegraph Line from Quetta to Bam and Pahra
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A report by Mr H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department. Printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1901. The report is a survey of a potential route for extending a telegraph line from India to Persia, running from Quetta to Bam, with an alternative ro...
Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 1. Sandhills east of Yadgar
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The photograph shows an arid landscape with some sandy hills and light vegetation. In the near distance are figures on camel- and horseback, or walking alongside the animals. Yadgar (sometimes referred to as Yadgar Chauki) is located between Nushki and Dalbandin in western Pakistan. The photograp...
Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 2. Sandhills west of Yadgar
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The photograph shows an arid landscape with some sandy hills and light vegetation. In the near distance are figures on camel- and horseback, or walking alongside the animals. In the foreground is the blurred image of two dogs. Yadgar (sometimes referred to as Yadgar Chauki) is located between Nus...
'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 3.'
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The photograph shows an arid landscape with some sandy hills and light vegetation. A main feature is a body of water, like a lake. In the foreground of the top photograph stands an unidentified man holding the reins of two horses. The man is wearing the traditional clothes of the region. Yadgar (...
'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 4. Water collected after rain in pat plains surrounded by Sandhills, west of Yadgar'
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The photograph shows an arid landscape with some sandy hills and light vegetation. A main feature is a body of water, like a lake. In the background, on the far side of the lake are four camels, some of which appear to have riders. Yadgar (sometimes referred to as Yadgar Chauki) is located betwee...
'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 5. View of Sandhills near trade route, west of Yadgar'
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The photograph shows a semi-arid landscape with some sandy hills and light vegetation. There is a body of water, a result of recent rains. In the background on the far side of the water are two camels being led by a man. Yadgar (sometimes referred to as Yadgar Chauki) is located between Nushki an...
