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11. 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)

12. Mss Eur F111/694

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/694
Title:
Report on the Persian Army compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by Lieutenant J.A. Douglas 2nd Bengal Lancers
Scope & Content:
This file is a report on the structure of the Persian Army. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by Lieutenant James Archibald Douglas, the report gives the British perspective of the strength and weaknesses of the Persian Army. The report is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

13. Mss Eur F112/400

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/400
Title:
‘PERSIA. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, NOTABLES, MERCHANTS, AND CLERGY, COMPILED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. PICOT, Military Attaché at Teheran.’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1897-8 Jul 1898
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)

14. Mss Eur F112/397, f 38 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/397, f 38 2
Title:
‘DOORWAY OF ABOVE HUT’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1890-Oct 1891
Extent:
1 print of 2 drawings (1 sheet)

15. Mss Eur F112/397, f 42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/397, f 42
Title:
‘PLAN OF DIZFUL’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1891
Extent:
1 plan

16. Mss Eur F111/298, f 20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/298, f 20
Title:
'Nasirabad.'
Scope & Content:
An architectural plan of the fort at Nasiribad [Zabol], Sistan Province, Persia [Iran]. Included is a cross-section of the fort's outer defensive structures. Beneath the plan is the following information: Exd. J. A. A. March 1894; Topo. Dy. No. 731.; No. 426-I., 94.'
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1894
Extent:
1 plan

17. Mss Eur F112/397, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/397, f 14
Title:
‘RECONNAISSANCE SKETCH OF THE KUSHI KHANA’
Scope & Content:
Representation of Khushi Khana on the right bank of the Ab-i-Diz, near the town of Dizful [Dezful]. The drawing is signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1891
Extent:
1 print of a drawing

18. Mss Eur F111/298, f 9 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/298, f 9 1
Title:
The Kuh-i-Khwaja
Scope & Content:
A black and white photograph of the 'Kuhi-Khwaja' [Mount Khvajah], a basalt hill in Sistan province of Persia [Iran]. The photographer is unknown.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
1 photograph

19. Mss Eur F112/397, f 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/397, f 16
Title:
‘DISTANT VIEW OF THE SNOW COVERED BAKHTIARI MOUNTAINS’
Scope & Content:
Representation of Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] Mountains, central part of the Zargros Mountains, looking east, from Dizful [Dezful], in November 1890. The drawing is signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1891
Extent:
1 print of a drawing

20. Mss Eur F112/397, f 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/397, f 18
Title:
‘VIEW OF THE RIVER AB-I-DIZ’
Scope & Content:
Depiction of the river Ab-i-Diz [Rudkhaneh-ye Dez] ‘as it flows into the “Gorge” on the north side of the Kilah Shahid.’ Signed by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1891
Extent:
1 print of a drawing