Reproduction of an illustration of the port of Makalla [Al-Mukallā], as seen from the seaward side. The map is signed Lieutenant A L Paris, of the Royal Engineers, and dated 14 July 1902. A number of key buildings and other sites in the town (forts, towers, landing place) are highlighted.
‘Trākun, where a celebrated Fire-temple once existed.’
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A landscape photograph of a fort. The photograph was taken in Trakun [west of Bandar-e Wasati, Afghanistan]. ‘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 th...
‘Kala-i-Timur, the extra-mural palace-Zahidan; from the north’
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View of the Kala-i-Timur ruins [north of present day Zehak] from the north. A figure with a camel can be seen in the foreground. ‘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] Bo...
A view of Noken-Kalat, a fort Southeast of Chakansur [Nimroz]. ‘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 p...
'Charon, the Mission-camp Ferryman and his craft.’
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A photograph of the ‘Mission-camp Ferryman’ named Charon [Chārūn]. Photographed holding an oar, he is standing on top of his ferry on a body of water. The ferry appears to be made out of straw. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed und...
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...
‘BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF PERSIAN STATESMEN AND NOTABLES, SEPTEMBER 1909’
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The volume contains biographical notices on ‘important members of the Persian [Iranian] Government, principal members of the clergy, and the notables of all classes, as well as a number of minor officials and persons of a lesser degree’. Genealogical information for some families has been includ...
A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of Arabistan
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The volume is Lieutenant A T Wilson, IA, Acting Consul for Arabistan, A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of Arabistan (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1912). The volume is a compilation of historical, economic and political infor...
‘Military report on Persia. Vol IV, part I. Persian Baluchistan, Kerman and Bandar Abbas.’
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Military report on Persia (volume IV, part I, covering Persian Baluchistan, Kermān and Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]), dated 1922, and published by the Central Government Press at Simla in 1923. The report’s chapters cover: History, including: Persia’s recent political history; a recent history...