‘BAKHTIARI HUT BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF THE HILL AT CHARDEH, in which Major Bruce and Lieutenant W. D. McSwiney were snowed up in December 1890.’
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One of two printed drawings on one sheet (the other is Mss Eur F112 397, f 38 2). This drawing is a depiction of a Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] hut built into the side of a hill at Chardeh, where it is written that Major Bruce and Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney were ‘snowed up’ in December 1890. S...
One of two printed drawings on one sheet (the other is Mss Eur F112 397, f 38 1). This drawing is a depiction of the doorway of a Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] hut built into the side of a hill at Chardeh, where it is written that Major Bruce and Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney were ‘snowed up’ in D...
Plan of Dizful [Dezful], showing the river Ab-i-Diz [Rudkhaneh-ye Dez] alongside the city, with a bridge and roads leading from it. The location of mosques, a telegraph office, and the Khushi Khana are also noted. The plan is signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards, Nove...
‘PERSIA. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, NOTABLES, MERCHANTS, AND CLERGY, COMPILED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. PICOT, Military Attaché at Teheran.’
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Printed collection of biographical notices, as well as comments on élite dynasties and tribes of Persia [Iran], written over a period of twelve months and completed in December 1897 by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot (Military Attaché, Teheran [Tehran]), then Acting Oriental Secretary in H...
This volume is comprised of printed telegrams between Viceroy of India Lord Curzon, the Secretary of State for India, and other British officials, concerning the Muscat (also spelled Maskat in places) question. This revolved around the issue of the leasing by the Sultan of Muscat of a bay at Bun...
Correspondence relating to the completion and despatch to me of the various summaries of my Indian Administration made by the For Dept of the Govt of India - 1905-1908
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The file contains correspondence concerning summaries for Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, Tibet, the Northwest Frontier, the Northeast Frontier, Baluchistan, Persia, Aden, and the Native States of India. These summaries were being brought up to date following the end of Curzon's time as Viceroy o...
