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IOR/L/PS/18/C38
- Record Id:
- 040-000563681
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000075
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025538963.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/C38
- Title:
- Report on a journey to Shuster, Dizful, Behbehan, and Shiraz
- Scope & Content:
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The memorandum consists of a report of Walter Baring's journey from Ispahan [Eşfahān] to Shuster [Shūshtar], Dizful [Dezfūl], Behbehan [Behbehān], and Shiraz; he was accompanied on this journey by Captain H Wells, Royal Engineers, and the Assistant Superintendent of the Indian Government Telegraph. This journey took place between 27 October and 16 December 1881.
The report includes observations on local cultivation, the local economy, geography, water quality, and wild life. From time to time it also includes information on local history, political intrigues, and local tribes (especially the Bakhtyari [Bakhtiari] tribe). It also reports on the daily weather conditions and the quality of the roads being traversed.
The appendix which can be found on folios 152-153 contains the following:
- a tabular statement of the revenue of Fars (f 152);
- a list of the altitudes of principal points mentioned in the report (f 152);
- a list of the distances of the various stages between Ahwaz and Shiraz (f 152v);
- a memorandum concerning Mr Baring's observations on opium cultivation during the course of his journey (f 153).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563639
040-000563681 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/C : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section C
IOR/L/PS/18/C38 : Report on a journey to Shuster, Dizful, Behbehan, and Shiraz - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0003]/037-000563639[0042]/040-000563681
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
14 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000075
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1882
- End Date:
- 1882
- Date Range:
- 24 Jan 1882
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 140 and terminates at f 153, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the item also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)