A view of a ferry at Burj-i-Sarband [Borj Sarband] on the Rud-i-Seistan Canal. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sistan] Boundary Commission that took place between 1903 and...
‘Ruins in the area, near Jalālabad, subject to annual inundation.’
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A view of a set of ruins near Jalalabad [location unknown]. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sistan] Boundary Commission that took place between 1903 and 1905, and the prin...
‘Nād’ Ali of the Helmand near Burj-i-Ās; showing causeway of tamarisk fascines.’
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A photograph of a group of people standing on a causeway over the Nad Ali channel [Nad-e Ali] of the Helmand River near Burj-i-As [location unknown]. The causeway is made of tamarisk fascines. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed under...
‘THE DELTA OF THE HELMAND (Copied from the Geographical Journal 1906)’
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The map sheet is one of five maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, published in ‘Seistan [Sistan]. A Memoir on the History, Topography, Ruins and People of the Country. In four parts. Parts I to III’, (Calcutta [Kolkata]: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1910) by George Passman Tate. Th...
‘Plate illustrating approximately, the oscillations of the Helmand in the Northern Delta’
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The map sheet is one of five maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, published in ‘Seistan [Sistan]. A Memoir on the History, Topography, Ruins and People of the Country. In four parts. Parts I to III’, (Calcutta [Kolkata]: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1910) by George Passman Tate. Th...
‘Masjid in Peshawarān, district of Juwein: materials baked brick & clay mortār (17th century A.D.)’
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A view of 17th century ruins of a masjid in Peshawaran in the district of Juwein [Lash-e Juwayn]. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sistan] Boundary Commission that took pla...
‘Ruined minaret, of the great masjid of Zaranj – Nād Ali.’
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A view of a ruined minaret in Nad Ali [Nad-e Ali]. A group of figures can be seen standing at the bottom and on top of the minaret. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sistan]...
A view of a ruined bridge in Takht-i-Pul [Takhteh Pol], built using baked brick and ancient lime mortar known as ‘saruj’. The bridge is from the 9th-10th century. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was ta...
A view of the ruins of an ancient building at Karku Shah [located northeast of present-day Zabol]. Figures are pictured sitting and standing on top of it. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken duri...
A view of a set of ruins, said to have been the bower of Malik Kutb-ud-din’s [Malik Quṭb al-Dīn III bin Shāh 'Alī Mihrabānī] daughter. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sist...