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IOR/L/PS/20/33
- Record Id:
- 040-000565325
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x0003a3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044159807.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/33
- Title:
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‘REPORT ON THE MISSION TO SEISTAN, 1897’
- Scope & Content:
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The volume consists of a report by Surgeon-Major George Washington Brazier-Creagh on his mission to Seistan [Sīstān] on ‘plague duty’ to investigate the closure of the Perso-Afghan-Baluch trade routes under the ‘mantle of plague’ from April to October 1897. The report is divided into five sections:
- The Outward Journey: A general account of the journey across the Baluchistan Desert – folios 5-7.
- A general history of the Mission and condition of affairs in Seistan – folios 8-13r.
- An account of influential chiefs and material connected with the administration of Seistan – folios 13v-15r.
- The Return Journey: A review of road infrastructure and trade prospects – folios 16-17.
- A review of the strategic and political outlook – folios 17-18.
The remainder of the volume (folios 20-58) consists of appendices. A pocket on the inside back cover contains five folded maps (folios 60-64).
On the front cover, it bears two stamps reading ‘War Office. Library. 14 Dec 1889’ and ‘Intelligence Division. 14 Dec 1889’ respectively.
Published in Calcutta by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (1898).
- 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
040-000565325 - 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/20/33 : ‘REPORT ON THE MISSION TO SEISTAN, 1897’ - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/20/33, f 60 : Map No 1: Map showing border region between Afghanistan and Sīstān
IOR/L/PS/20/33, f 61 : Map No 2: Map showing the region around Nusratabad
IOR/L/PS/20/33, f 62 : Plan No 3 ‘Route Plan of Robat Nala’
IOR/L/PS/20/33, f 63 : Map No 4 ‘PLAN SHOWING THE WATERWAYS & DISTRIBUTION OF HELMUND DELTA’
IOR/L/PS/20/33, f 64 : Plan No 5 ‘NASRATABAD FORT’
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/20/33 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0009]/037-000565294[0029]/040-000565325
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (63 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x0003a3
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1898
- End Date:
- 1898
- Date Range:
- 1898
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 65; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The report is divided into five sections with appendices at the back of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)