'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 23. Pat plains amongst Sandhills after heavy rain'
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The photograph shows a camel train walking through a flat and arid landscape that is wet with recent rain. Men, dogs, and horses also feature in the scene. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 24. Pat plains amongst Sandhills after heavy rain'
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The photograph shows a camel train walking through a flat and arid landscape that is wet with recent rain. Men, dogs, and horses also feature in the scene. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 25. Pat plains amongst Sandhills after heavy rain'
Scope & Content:
The photograph shows a camel train walking through a flat and arid landscape that is wet with recent rain. Men and horses also feature in the scene. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
The photograph shows Agha Walli Khan, Governor of Bam, seated, with an entourage of men standing behind him. The men are sitting outside of a building. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
'No. 27. South Entrance to Bam Fort, Persian soldiers in foreground'
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The photograph shows an entrance and part of the walls of a large adobe fortress. In front of the gate stand a row of soldiers. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
'No. 28. Mirza Abdur Rahim Khan, Wazir of Kerman, having a smoke outside his tent at Pahra'
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The photograph shows a man seated in a tent holding a ḡalyān pipe. Around him stand or sit his attendants. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
The photograph shows a musical band standing in a circle within what looks like the parade grounds of a fortress. Three other men stand behind observing. In the background is a fortified wall and some date palm trees. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent,...
'No. 30. Sub-Inspector Ainuddin Khan, Indian Telegraph Department'
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A photograph of Sub-Inspector Ainuddin Khan, Indian Telegraph Department. The man is posing in a studio set up, in front of a screen with props such as a tree stump beside him. He is standing and in uniform.
A military report on the Seistan [Sistan] region of Persia, written by Captain J M Home. Printed at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, India, 1902. The report contains a preface (folio 3), a glossary (folio 5), and chapters on geography, communications, fortresses...
A short book on Russia and India by the Conservative Member of Parliament, Sir Charles Edward Howard Vincent. The volume includes sections on the Russian Army, the Indian Frontier Question, the Indian Army, Indian Princes and the Empire, British Trade in India, and Fighting Plague at Bombay. The...
