The volume consists of published copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the Government of India, British administrative and diplomatic staff in Persia, and the Persian Government. It was likely kept in the India Office for information. The volume contains the ...
Précis on naval arrangements in the Persian Gulf, 1862-1905
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Précis on naval arrangements in the Persian Gulf, 1862-1905, prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by Government Central Press, Simla, 23 March 1906, for the Government of India Foreign Department. The volume is organised into twelve chapters, as follows: Chapter I, The old Indian N...
Correspondence from 1864 to 1881, respecting the movements of Russia in Central Asia and her relations with Afghanistan. [Part I] A W Moore, Political and Secret Dept, India Office, 8 Feb 1882
Map No 1: Map showing border region between Afghanistan and Sīstān
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The map shows settlements and roadways along the Sīstān side of the border between Afghanistan, Persia [Iran], and British India. The scale is approximately 1 inch to 16 miles. It is signed ‘G. W. Brazier-Creagh, Surgeon Major, A. M. S., In charge Seistan Mission’. It bears a stamp which reads ...
The map shows the docks built on the south bank of the Shatt-Al Arab at Margil [Al Ma‘qil], near Basra, Mesopotamia. Features and facilities (some labelled I.W.T. [Inland Water Transport]) shown on the map include: dock infrastructure, including shipping berths, wharves, water channels, depots a...
The map shows a British cable station at Cape Jashk on the coast of south-eastern Persia, indicating principal buildings, wells, water tanks, the routes of a land telegraph and undersea cables, hydrology and topography. The map is Plate 1 in 'Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman' (Naval Intelligence D...
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...
‘SKELETON MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE LAYOUT OF THE TELEGRAPH LINES IN WESTERN KURDISTAN’.
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A sketch map displaying telegraph lines in an area roughly spanning between Egin [also known as Kemaliye], Mush [Muş], Mosul, and Birijik [Birecik]. The map also indicates telegraph lines leading to Aleppo, Sivas, and Erzinjan [Erzincan]. Notes on the map indicate disconnected sections of telegra...
‘Sketch of Route of Tour in South Persia made by Sir. H. M. Durand. September-December 1899’
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The map shows central Persia [Iran], including the coasts of the southern Caspian Sea and the head of the Persian Gulf, indicating the route taken by HM Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, during his tour of southern Persia from September to December 1899. The route in...