Accompaniment to Report by Mr H A Armstrong on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for a Telegraph Line from Quetta to the Persian Frontier, 1901
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A map showing the proposed route for a telegraph line through Baluchistan and Persia. Alternative routes are also depicted. Along the route details of human settlement and topography are given. Beyond the route only political boundaries and some major towns are shown. The sheet contains a key a...
Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 1. Sandhills east of Yadgar
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The photograph shows an arid landscape with some sandy hills and light vegetation. In the near distance are figures on camel- and horseback, or walking alongside the animals. Yadgar (sometimes referred to as Yadgar Chauki) is located between Nushki and Dalbandin in western Pakistan. The photograp...
Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 2. Sandhills west of Yadgar
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The photograph shows an arid landscape with some sandy hills and light vegetation. In the near distance are figures on camel- and horseback, or walking alongside the animals. In the foreground is the blurred image of two dogs. Yadgar (sometimes referred to as Yadgar Chauki) is located between Nus...
'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 3.'
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The photograph shows an arid landscape with some sandy hills and light vegetation. A main feature is a body of water, like a lake. In the foreground of the top photograph stands an unidentified man holding the reins of two horses. The man is wearing the traditional clothes of the region. Yadgar (...
'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 4. Water collected after rain in pat plains surrounded by Sandhills, west of Yadgar'
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The photograph shows an arid landscape with some sandy hills and light vegetation. A main feature is a body of water, like a lake. In the background, on the far side of the lake are four camels, some of which appear to have riders. Yadgar (sometimes referred to as Yadgar Chauki) is located betwee...
'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 5. View of Sandhills near trade route, west of Yadgar'
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The photograph shows a semi-arid landscape with some sandy hills and light vegetation. There is a body of water, a result of recent rains. In the background on the far side of the water are two camels being led by a man. Yadgar (sometimes referred to as Yadgar Chauki) is located between Nushki an...
'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 6. View of Sandhills near trade route, west of Yadgar'
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The photograph shows a semi-arid landscape with some sandy hills and light vegetation. In the middle ground of the other photograph are three men on horseback. Yadgar (sometimes referred to as Yadgar Chauki) is located between Nushki and Dalbandin in western Pakistan. The photograph was probably ...
'View on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 7. Panorama view of a sandbelt taken from the Quetta-Nushki-Siestan trade route, west of Chahsundan'
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The photograph shows an arid landscape with very light vegetation. The picture is formed of two smaller photographs placed together. Chahsundan is in western Pakistan, possibly where Nok Kundi is today. The photographs were probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegra...
'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 8. View of Sandhill recently deposited on trade route about 1 1/2 miles south-south-east from Mushki Chah'
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The photograph shows sand hills in an arid landscape. Two laden camels and two dogs feature in the photograph. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 9. View of Sandhill recently deposited on an old camel track west of Chahsundan'
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The photograph shows sand hills in an arid landscape. An unidentified man wearing typical khaki colonial clothing is walking in the middle distance. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
