The file contains papers relating to Seistan [Sistan] and Persia [Iran]. The file includes printed copies of despatches from the Agent to the Governor-General of India and HM Consul-General for Khorasan and Seistan (Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Martindale Temple), to the Secretary to the Governmen...
‘Panorama taken from near Manzil spring looking towards Amir Chah i.e. westwards the Koh-i-Sultan 7700 ft. in the distance. Sand drifts in foreground’
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Genre/Subject Matter: Black and white photograph of panoramic view showing sand dunes in the foreground, and the Koh-i-Sultan volcano in the background. Inscriptions: Centre, below image, in pen: ‘Panorama taken from near Manzil spring looking towards Amir Chah i.e. westwards the Koh-i-Sultan...
Genre/Subject Matter: Black and white photograph showing a gravel plain the foreground, and hills in the background. Inscriptions: Upper right, above image, in pen: ‘No 2.’ Left, alongside image, in pen: ‘Lofty drifts of loose sand’ and ‘Gravel plain with sand’ Right, alongside image, in ...
‘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...
