True copy of a royal order from Rānī Sakwār Bāī of the Pawār ruling house confirming the gift of land formerly made to the shrine incumbent 'Abd al-Ghanī. Extent: 1 paper document. Condition of original material: folded, stained, torn, repaired. Custodial history: By descent to the present in...
Legal note of settlement regarding a haveli in Dhār and land in the district inherited by Ziā' al-Dīn, heir of Najīb al-Dīn Baqā'ullāh Pīrzāda and the passing of the said properties to the latter's grandson. Extent: 1 paper document. Condition of original material: folded, stained, torn. Cust...
Letter witnessing the mortage of a house by Faizuddīn, son of Amīruddīn, the shrine custodian. Extent: 1 paper document. Condition of original material: folded, torn. Custodial history: By descent to the present incumbent. Arrangement: No formal arrangement.
‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’
Scope & Content:
The third of four volumes comprising a Gazetteer of Persia. The volume, which is marked Confidential, covers Fārs, Lūristān [Lorestān], Arabistān, Khūzistān [Khūzestān], Yazd, Karmānshāh [Kermānshāh], Ardalān, and Kurdistān. The frontispiece states that the volume was revised and updated in Apri...
Gazetteer of the province of Kermanshah, Persia [Iran], compiled by Hyacinth Louis Rabino, Vice-Consul at Resht [Rasht] at the time of the gazetteer’s publication in 1907, and who had been Acting Consul at Kermanshah during 1904 and 1905. The gazetteer, which is marked for official use only, was...
Confidential report compiled by Hyacinth Louis Rabino. The report was printed in Simla at the Government Monotype Press, 1911. The report is divided into three parts (I-III), as follows: Part I: Geographical and Commercial Notes (folios 6-39) with sections on the province of Kurdistan (includi...
A booklet, subtitled ‘Based on a tour of this Island carried out by Colonel G [George] Craster, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Indian Army (Retired), with the object of assessing its suitability for settlement by officers of the Indian Army affected by the War Block Scheme’. The report was printed by the ...
‘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...