'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 13. Mirui Thana'
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The photograph shows Mirui [Merui] Thana, a fortified post in an arid landscape. In the left middle ground of the picture stands an unidentified man. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
'Views on Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] Trade Route: No. 14. Chahsundan Thana'
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The photograph shows Chahsundan Thana, a fortified post in an arid landscape. Outside of the fort's walls stand men, camels, and dogs. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
Government House Walk in Barrackpore Park. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the walk, which runs along the bank of the Hugli (visible in left background). The railings in the right foreground are those surrounding Lady Canning's Tomb. [Platinum print made c. 1900, signed 'Bourne 1744' in the negative, 317x182mm] Subjec...
'Anatolia. Disposition of Turkish Western Army so far as is known from sources up to 29th. Sept[ember]. 1922.'
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Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2931, sheet 'Anatolia', comprising a base map with overprints. The base map bears the imprint 'War Office, August, 1919' and portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, railways, settlements, place names, and internal and international boundaries. A conto...
Photograph of Sultan Massoud Mirza Qajar Zelle Soltan [Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan]
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Photograph of Sultan Massoud Mirza Qajar Zelle Soltan [Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan] a Persian prince of the Qajar Dynasty and Governor of Esfahan [Isfahan]. A seal is inscribed below the photograph, and the subject's name is written below the photograph in Persian and on the reverse of the phot...
Lithograph of a drawing by Samuel Butcher. The drawing shows the town and fort of Girash, looking southwest, after emerging from Tang-i-Masjidu pass. In addition to the town and fort it shows hills, watercourses and roads. Also shown is a date plantation surrounded by Gar trees and water cistern...
Lithograph of a drawing by Samuel Butcher. The drawing depicts ancient ruins, as well as fortifications on the crest of hills, including the Fort of Lar. Also shown are a tomb with a dome, a Mohammidan [Muslim] shrine, and an irrigation trench.
‘Accompaniment to Report by Mr. H. Armstrong on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for a Telegraph Line from Quetta to the Persian Frontier.’
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The map shows parts of countries including Iraq, Persia [Iran], and Afghanistan, the region of Baluchistan [Balochistan], the Persian Gulf, and the Northern coastline of the Arabian Sea. The route of a proposed telegraph line from Quetta to Ladis and Koh-i-Malik Seah is indicated with a red line...
This volume is a report by Samuel Butcher, a superintendent and clerk in the Indo-European Telegraph Department, documenting the route from Rishir, a village near Bushire, to Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The report describes the different cities that Butcher went through on his way to Bunder ...
Miscellaneous correspondence, reports, maps and other papers concerning the Middle East
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, and other papers relating to Middle Eastern affairs and a few other miscellaneous matters. The majority of the file concerns discussions of and proposals for the post-war settlement of Near Eastern territories, including Turkey, Armenia, Georgia...