A group portrait of Persian-speaking village elders from Seistan [Sistan]. The exact location of the photograph is unknown. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1912.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan Boundary Commis...
A group portrait with the caption ‘Tajiks of Kandahar’. The exact location of the photograph is unknown. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1912.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sistan] Boundary Commission that ...
A view of Seiād [Ṣayyād] dwellings, made out of bundles of reeds and bulrushes. A group of men, women and children are pictured sitting in front of them. The exact location of the photograph is unknown. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1912.’ is pr...
‘Seistani labourers at work on the Band-i-Seistan.’
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A photograph of Seistani [Sistani] labourers at work on the Band-i-Seistan plain [Dasht-e Koh Band-e Shelah-ye Kujk]. One man is pictured sitting on a horse. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1912.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken ...
A view of ‘Gaudār [Gwadar] dwellings’. A group of men, women and children are pictured sitting in front of them. The dwellings are made out of mats and rendered windproof by bundles of reeds. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1912.’ is printed under...
A photograph of a group of children and adults standing in a semi-arid landscape. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1912.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sistan] Boundary Commission that took place between 1903 ...
A portrait of Safar Khan [Ṣafar Khān] and his son. ‘Photo. Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1912.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sistan] Boundary Commission that took place between 1903 and 1905. The print is ...
A sketch of the tomb of the ‘Nikūdar’ or Chief of Guachig [Washuk]. Camels and men have been drawn either side of the tombs. ‘Photo. Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1912.’ is printed underneath. The sketch was made during the Seistan [Sistan] Boun...
A photograph of a woman making carpets. A group of men, women and children are pictured sitting around her. ‘Photo. Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1912.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sistan] Boundary Commis...
A group portrait of agriculturists with their cattle. ‘Photo. Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1912.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken during the Seistan [Sistan] Boundary Commission that took place between 1903-05. The print is pub...