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IOR/L/PS/20/20
- Record Id:
- 040-000565313
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000397
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100042232566.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/20
- Title:
- Seistan. Revenue Report and Notes of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume I.
- Scope & Content:
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The first volume of reports produced by the Perso-Afghan Boundary Commission, Seistan [Sīstān], and submitted to the Government of India, Foreign Department. Publication statement: Simla: Government of India Foreign Department, 1906.
The commission, under the direction of Colonel Arthur Henry McMahon, was to redefine the frontier between Persia and Afghanistan in the south, and develop a formula for the division of the Helmand waters. The report consists of a general description of the region, and specific notes on ethnography, meteorology, agriculture, industry, and hydrology.
Contents:
- Part I - Persian Seistan.
- Part II - Afghan Seistan.
- Part III - Herd and Flock-owners, Saiyads, Weavers and Potters.
- Part IV - General information concerning the River and Inundated area; the Fords, Roads across the Naizar; the Floods; the Rand, Etc.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000564257
037-000565294
040-000565313 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/20 : Political and Secret Department Library
IOR/L/PS/20/1-289C : Political and Secret Department Library: Works received later, through official channels, plus miscellaneous items
IOR/L/PS/20/20 : Seistan. Revenue Report and Notes of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume I. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0009]/037-000565294[0017]/040-000565313
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (176 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000397
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1906
- End Date:
- 1906
- Date Range:
- 1906
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 179; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence (xvi, 328pp).
Condition: the binding structure has partially broken down, and many folios are loose. Please handle carefully.
- Former External References:
- C639 FD
- Arrangement:
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The Revenue Report of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission consists of three volumes (IOR/L/PS/20, 23 and 24). The volumes are divided into six parts, with parts 1-4 comprising one volume, part 5 comprising the second, and part 6 comprising the third.
A synopsis of contents is given at folios 5-6 (pp i-iv).
An index to some of the vernacular words (transliterated Persian) in the volume can be found at folios 7-11 (pp v-ix).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)