This black and white print of a drawing shows a view of Akdarband, a pass in the Tabut-Kah subdivision of Eastern Khurasan [Khorāsān], Persia [Iran], situated in the Mudaran mountains on the southernmost road from Mashhad to Sarakhs. The pass guarded both the mountain pass and the passage of the...
Lithograph depicting Rumania as neutral, with later watercolour wash to show her subsequent Allied allegiance
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Original printed sheet depicted Rumania [Romania] in yellow (neutral). On this copy Rumania has been painted over with a green watercolour wash to show her later Allied allegiance. Also shows population figures for Central Powers countries. Verso bears the annotation 'Berlin to Baghdad'. Anoth...
Throne hall of Palace at Bang-pa-in. Photographer: Lambert and Company, Gustave Richard
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across tank towards throne hall of the palace at the royal country residence at Bang Pa-in. [Albumen print, with photographer's blindstamp in bottom right-hand corner, 276x210mm]. Subjects = Curzon Collection; palaces; Thai architecture; throne r...
Blueprint map of the intersection of boundary lines at Koh-I-Malik Seah
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The blueprint map shows the point at which the Afghan Persian Boundary, the Afghan British Boundary, and the Baluch Persian Boundary meet at Koh-I-Malik Seah [Malik Siah Koh or Malek Sīāh Kōh] mountain. Relief is indicated by contours. It is headed ‘Confidential’ and is signed by Lieutenant Fr...
Map of the area south of the border between Afghanistan and Baluchistan
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The map shows the area south of the border between Afghanistan and Baluchistan, from Quetta in the East to the area around Nusratabad on the border between Afghanistan and Persia [Iran] in the West. It depicts hydrology, including the river Helmand, and includes some indication of relief. Th...
‘Amir Chah showing W end of valley. Closed by sand drifts. Also Amir Chah thana’
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Genre/Subject Matter: Black and white photograph showing a plain with tents, what appears to be a fort, and several people in the foreground, and hills in the background. Inscriptions: Upper right, above image, in pen: ‘No 3.’ Centre, below image, in pen: ‘Amir Chah showing W end of valley. ...
Government House, Barrackpore Park. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the stream in the park towards the north façade of the house. [Silver printing-out paper print made c. 1900, signed 'Bourne 1746' in the negative, 285x210mm]. Subjects = British colonial architecture; Curzon Collection; European architectu...
‘Convention between the United Kingdom and Russia relating to Persia, Afghanistan, and Thibet.’
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The file consists of a printed copy of the Convention between the United Kingdom and Russia relating to Persia [Iran], Afghanistan and Thibet [Tibet], signed at St. Petersburgh [St Petersburg] on 31 August 1907, and ratified at St. Petersburgh on 23 September 1907. The Convention was presented t...
A line drawing of the hilltop fort of Sihkuha [Se Kohe, Iran]. Below the fort is a cluster of buildings. Beneath the sketch is the following information: 'Exd. J. A. A. March 1894; Topo. Dy. No. 733.; No. 421-I., 94.' The artist is unknown.
A line drawing of the village of Bamrud in South Khorasan Province, Persia [Iran]. A range of mountains are depicted in the background. In the foreground are two human figures, one standing and the other sitting. Beneath the drawing is the information: 'Exd. J. A. A. March 1894; Topo. Dy. No. 73...