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1. IOR/L/PS/7/232

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232
Title:
Political and Secret Letters and enclosures received from India, Vol 232
Scope & Content:
Register Nos. 1471-1550. Includes: Reg.No.1500 (27p; ill.)Report by Major P M Sykes on a tour to Bujnurd, the Gurgan Valley, Astrabad, Shahrud, Sabzawar and Nishapur in Persia; with photographs. 7 Oct 1909
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 volume

2. IOR/L/PS/7/232(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(1)
Title:
Washing turquoises at Madan. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'Returning to the village [after inspecting a turquoise mine], we witnessed the next operation of sorting the turquoises. The bags of rock were poured into shallow circular pans, into which water was run. The fragments were then worked by the feet of six boys w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

3. IOR/L/PS/7/232(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(1)
Title:
Washing turquoises at Madan. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'Returning to the village [after inspecting a turquoise mine], we witnessed the next operation of sorting the turquoises. The bags of rock were poured into shallow circular pans, into which water was run. The fragments were then worked by the feet of six boys w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

4. IOR/L/PS/7/232(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(10)
Title:
Astrabad — Inside the city [Gorgan]. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards houses of the town. 'Astrabad, when approached from the east, appears to be well set up and from a considerable distance, a clump of very lofty chinars are most conspicuous. Upon passing through the city gate the contrast between Astrabad and to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

5. IOR/L/PS/7/232(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(10)
Title:
Astrabad — Inside the city [Gorgan]. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards houses of the town. 'Astrabad, when approached from the east, appears to be well set up and from a considerable distance, a clump of very lofty chinars are most conspicuous. Upon passing through the city gate the contrast between Astrabad and to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

6. IOR/L/PS/7/232(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(11)
Title:
The Kuzluk Pass looking north. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

7. IOR/L/PS/7/232(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(11)
Title:
The Kuzluk Pass looking north. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

8. IOR/L/PS/7/232(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(4)
Title:
The Dahana Gurgan looking east. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the wooded gorge, with a mounted figure in the foreground. 'At Dasht, where the houses of the village have been gutted, we parted with regret from our Kurds and marched down the Dahan-i-Gurgan...The scenery of the Dahan-i-Gurgan is extremely fine....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

9. IOR/L/PS/7/232(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(4)
Title:
The Dahana Gurgan looking east. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the wooded gorge, with a mounted figure in the foreground. 'At Dasht, where the houses of the village have been gutted, we parted with regret from our Kurds and marched down the Dahan-i-Gurgan...The scenery of the Dahan-i-Gurgan is extremely fine....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

10. IOR/L/PS/7/232(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(3)
Title:
Kurds in the Samalgan Valley. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of seven men on horseback, posed in a line for the photographer.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item