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IOR/L/PS/20/21
- Record Id:
- 040-000565314
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000398
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035458614.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/21
- Title:
- Seistan. Irrigation Report of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume I. Report and Appendices.
- Scope & Content:
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The first volume of reports produced by the Irrigation Officer of 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 irrigation report contains observations on the hydrology, meteorology, soils and drainage of the Seistan area, and proposes irrigation and excavation schemes.
- 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
040-000565314 - 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/20/21 : Seistan. Irrigation Report of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume I. Report and Appendices. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0009]/037-000565294[0018]/040-000565314
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (124 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000398
- 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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- 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 126; 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 (ix, 231pp).
- Former External References:
- C 644 FD
- Arrangement:
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The Irrigation Report of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission consists of two volumes (IOR/L/PS/20/21-22).
A synopsis of contents can be found at folios 7-8 (pp i - iii).
Appendices are found at folios 74-124 (pp 131-231).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)