‘Amir Chah showing W end of valley. Closed by sand drifts. Also Amir Chah thana’
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Genre/Subject Matter: Black and white photograph showing a plain with tents, what appears to be a fort, and several people in the foreground, and hills in the background. Inscriptions: Upper right, above image, in pen: ‘No 3.’ Centre, below image, in pen: ‘Amir Chah showing W end of valley. ...
‘Shewing track leading westwards towards Leh, or to Ladis, looking northwards.’
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Genre/Subject Matter: Black and white photograph showing a hill in the centre ground, and sandy ground and the Amir Chah stream in the foreground. Inscriptions: Upper right, above image, in pen: ‘No 3.’ Centre, above image, in pen: ‘Low isolated hill partially covered by drifting sand – Har...
Genre/Subject Matter: Black and white photograph showing a pile of branches, twigs and rocks on a sandy plain in the foreground, with sand dunes and hills in the background. Inscriptions: Upper right, above image, in pen: ‘No 5.’ Left, alongside image, in pen: ‘Sand’, with an arrow pointing...
Black and white photograph. Inscriptions: Upper right, above image, in pen: ‘No 6.’ Centre, below image, in pen: ‘Robat Koh shewing view of Robat Killa camping ground (Kohi-Malik Seah)' Right, alongside image, in pen: ‘Robat Killa Thana behind this small rock’.
‘Accompaniment to Report by Mr. H. Armstrong on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for a Telegraph Line from Quetta to the Persian Frontier.’
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The map shows parts of countries including Iraq, Persia [Iran], and Afghanistan, the region of Baluchistan [Balochistan], the Persian Gulf, and the Northern coastline of the Arabian Sea. The route of a proposed telegraph line from Quetta to Ladis and Koh-i-Malik Seah is indicated with a red line...
The map shows the cultivated area of Persian [Iranian] Seistan [Sistan]. The five districts of Miankangi, Pusht-i-Ab, Sheb-i-Ab, Mahal-i-Sharaki, and Mahal-i-Nahrui are indicated. The map also includes hydrology, tracks, and some indication of relief. The map is signed by Captain Edward Abad...
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Notes, and Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Persia
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The file contains miscellaneous papers, mostly correspondence, notes, and newspaper cuttings, mainly relating to Persia [Iran]. The papers largely relate to Russian influence in Persia, and include papers concerning railway construction in Persia. The correspondence consists of letters address...
Letters and a Manuscript Regarding Railways in Persia, and Letters and Photographs from Commander H A Phillips
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The file contains a letter from Cecil Spring Rice, British Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran, to George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India, dated 20 October 1900, forwarding a letter in French addressed to Curzon from Fabius Boital, dated 16 October 1900, regarding a concession for railways in Persia, a...
Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows a group of men in uniform (most probably crew of the Royal Navy ship HMS Sphinx) aiming rifles, and two men in uniform next to them aiming a Maxim gun, observed by a child and group of four men in Arab costume, and five other men. In...
‘Ruins of mess house Basidu H M S “Sphinx” at anchor’
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Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows the ruins of the mess house at Basidu, with the Royal Navy ship HMS Sphinx in the background. Inscriptions: On reverse of image, in pen: ‘Ruins of mess house Basidu H M S “Sphinx” at anchor. 1901’.
