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61. Mss Eur F112/396/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/396/1
Title:
RECONNAISSANCES IN MESOPOTAMIA, KURDISTAN, NORTH-WEST PERSIA, AND LURISTAN FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER 1888.
Scope & Content:
Narrative report on surveys conducted in Mesopotamia [Iraq], north-west Persia [Iran] and Luristan [Lorestan]. The preface provides the following information: ‘The object was to explore various tracts of little known country through which roads lead north from the head of the Persian Gulf to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 volume (152 folios)

62. Mss Eur F112/397, f 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/397, f 10
Title:
‘RECONNAISSANCE SKETCH OF THE DIZFUL BRIDGE’
Scope & Content:
A drawing of the city of Dizful [Dezful], showing its bridge, part of the city beyond the bridge, and the road to Khushi Khana. Beneath the drawing is a note on the physical dimensions of the bridge. It is signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards, November 1890.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1890-Oct 1891
Extent:
1 print of a drawing

63. Mss Eur F112/397, f 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/397, f 29
Title:
‘BROKEN BRIDGE EAST END OF THE TUNGI BABA AHMAD.’
Scope & Content:
Drawing of the mountains around Tungi Baba Ahmad [Baba Tungi, Afghanistan]. Signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1891
Extent:
1 print of a drawing

64. Mss Eur F112/376, f 12v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/376, f 12v
Title:
‘VIEW OF AK-DARBAND.’
Scope & Content:
This black and white print of a drawing shows a view of Akdarband, a pass in the Tabut-Kah subdivision of Eastern Khurasan [Khorāsān], Persia [Iran], situated in the Mudaran mountains on the southernmost road from Mashhad to Sarakhs. The pass guarded both the mountain pass and the passage of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 print of a drawing

65. Mss Eur F112/397, f 20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/397, f 20
Title:
‘VIEW OF THE COUNTRY OVER THE PLAN OF DUMAKAIL’
Scope & Content:
A sketch of the landscape over the plan [plain?] of Dumakail, looking east from the highest point on Kilah Shahid, and showing the peak of Kuh-i-Sekeira. Signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1891
Extent:
1 print of a drawing

66. Mss Eur F112/376, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/376, f 14
Title:
‘PLAN OF AK-KALA.’
Scope & Content:
This black and white print of a plan shows Ak-Kala, a fort on the south side of the river Gurgan in Astarabad, Persia [Iran], 10.5 miles (16.9 kilometres) from the city of Astarabad [Gorgan], and about 35 miles (56.33 kilometres) from the Atrak river. The plan indicates the twelve roomed doubl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 drawing

67. Mss Eur F111/70, f 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/70, f 33
Title:
SKETCH MAP TO ILLUSTRATE REPORT OF MR. BUTCHER'S SURVEY FROM BUSHIRE TO BANDAR-ABBAS DURING 1888.
Scope & Content:
Map illustrating the expedition route that Samuel Butcher took during 1888 from Bushire to Bandar-Abbas. The map has the following references for certain lines and symbols: places at which latitudes were observed, barometric and boiling point heights, and the author's route. The map shows part o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1893
Extent:
1 map

68. Mss Eur F112/396/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/396/2
Title:
'RECONNAISSANCES IN MESOPOTAMIA, KURDISTAN, NORTH-WEST PERSIA, AND LURISTAN FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER 1888.'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of detailed descriptions of routes taken by Lieutenant Francis Richard Maunsell, Intelligence Branch, in Mesopotamia [Iraq], north-west Persia [Iran], and Luristan [Lorestan] between April and October 1888. A total of seventeen routes are described with details on: journey s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 volume (123 folios)

69. Mss Eur F111/70, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/70, f 13
Title:
SHAH GIRAN, LOOKING SOUTH-WEST
Scope & Content:
Lithograph of a drawing by Samuel Butcher. The drawing depicts mounds covering an ancient city about two miles southwest of Elseer in the Gillehdar valley. The drawing also indicates the site of a grave.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1893
Extent:
1 drawing

70. Mss Eur F112/397, f 36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/397, f 36
Title:
‘VIEW OF THE VALLEY OF MAL-I-MIR, December 1890.’
Scope & Content:
Drawing of the valley of Mal-i-Mir, December 1890. Signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragon Guards.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1890-Oct 1891
Extent:
1 print of a drawing