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281. Mss Eur F112/376

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/376
Title:
‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’
Scope & Content:
This volume is Volume I of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1886 edition). It was compiled for political and military reference by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Metcalfe MacGregor, Assistant Quarter Master General, in 1871, and brought up to 31 July 1885 by the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Mast...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886-1895
Extent:

1 volume (354 folios)

282. 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

283. 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

284. Mss Eur F112/376, f 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/376, f 24
Title:
‘ROUGH SKETCH OF ASTARÁBÁD, FROM AN EYE-SKETCH BY LT.-COL. BERESFORD LOVETT, R. E., 1881.’
Scope & Content:
This black and white printed sketch map of the city of Astarabad [Gorgan] in Persia [Iran] shows the following features: the crenelated walls of the city; the garden of Abbas Khan; government buildings, the telegraph office, and the magazine; the Russian consulate; the British consulate; the Mas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886
Extent:

1 map

285. Mss Eur F112/376, f 40v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/376, f 40v
Title:
‘ROUGH PLAN OF BASHRÚGAH’
Scope & Content:
This black and white printed plan of the village of Bashrugah in Khurasan [Khorāsān], in Persia [Iran] shows the walls of the village, the ‘Arg’ (citadel) and the ‘Bagh-i-Khan’.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 drawing

286. Mss Eur F112/376, f 48

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/376, f 48
Title:
‘ROUGH PLAN OF BÚJNÚRD’
Scope & Content:
This black and white printed plan of the town of Bujnurd [Bojnourd] in Northern Khurasan [Khorāsān], in Persia [Iran] shows the walls of the town, and the Bagh-i-Khan, the citadel, the tower, houses, trees, and vacant space inside the walls, as well as the north Kibla Gate, the west Gurgan gate, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 drawing

287. Mss Eur F112/376, f 49v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/376, f 49v
Title:
‘BUJNURD, FROM THE S. W.’
Scope & Content:
This black and white print of a drawing shows the town of Bujnurd [Bojnourd] in Northern Khurasan [Khorāsān], in Persia [Iran]. It depicts farm fields in the foreground, in front of the buildings of the town, and mountains in the background behind the town, including the Takht-y-Baba Musa, which ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 print of a drawing

288. Mss Eur F112/377

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/377
Title:
Additions and Corrections to the Gazetteer of Persia, Volumes I and IV
Scope & Content:
The file consists of printed papers containing additions and corrections to the Gazetteer of Persia. These papers include cuttings and extracts from the camp diaries of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Yate, 1894, compiled by Lieutenant D R Adye, 6th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent, in the for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1896-1904
Extent:

1 file (335 folios)

289. Mss Eur F112/384

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/384
Title:
Turkish Arabia: Being an Account of an Official Tour in Babylonia, Assyria, and Mesopotamia, 1886-87
Scope & Content:
This volume is a printed account of the official winter tour of 1886-87 in Babylonia, Assyria and Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) undertaken by Colonel William Tweedie, Bengal Staff Corps, Political Resident in Turkish Arabia (Iraq) and His Majesty's Consul-General at Baghdad. The purpose of the t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1888
Extent:

1 volume (35 folios)

290. 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)