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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Astarabad, Persia

1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/2/1
Title:
'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I'
Scope & Content:
The item is Volume I of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition). The volume covers the provinces of Astarabad, Shahrud-Bustam, and Khorasan, or such part of them as lies within the following boundaries: on the north the Russo-Persian boundary; on the east the Perso-Afghan boundary; o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 volume (396 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 1a-103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 1a-103
Title:
Persian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 16 of 1844, dated 18 February 1844. The enclosures are dated 15 December 1843-12 January 1844. The enclosures comprise copies of despatches addressed b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1844
Extent:
1 item (104 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 372-436

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 372-436
Title:
Persian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 25 of 1844, dated 25 March 1844. The enclosures are dated 20 February 1844. The enclosures chiefly comprise despatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1844
Extent:
1 item (65 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/472, f 412

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/472, f 412
Title:
Rough sketch showing the relative positions of the new chain of Forts near Asterabad
Scope & Content:
The map shows the area around Asterabad [Gorgon] and the positions of newly constructed forts, intended for the defence of the province against Turkoman incursions. The map was drawn by W[illia]m Taylour Thompson, HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1851
Extent:
1 map sheet

5. 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