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IOR/L/PS/20/122
- Record Id:
- 040-000565404
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x00003a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100050152534.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/122
- Title:
- ‘Notes of a journey made between Shiraz and Jashk, via Fassa, Darab, Bandar Abbas, and Minab.’
- Scope & Content:
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Confidential notes of a journey made through Persia [Iran] from Shiraz to Jashk [Jāsk], via Fassa [Fasā], Dārāb, Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and Mīnāb, by John Richard Preece, Assistant Superintendent of the Telegraph Department, Persia. The report was published by the Intelligence Branch, Office of the Quarter Master General in India, and printed by the Superintendent of Government Printing, India in Calcutta [Kolkata] in 1884.
The report is diaristic in form, running from Preece’s departure from Shiraz on 29 January 1884, through to his arrival in Jashk on 19 March 1884. The report records: topography; settlements, including some descriptions of their size, population, condition; weather conditions on the route; the condition of roads; agricultural and industrial activity, including livestock numbers; water sources. Two tables of statistics follow the report, both dated 15 August 1884. The first contains temperature and barometer measurements taken by Preece throughout the course of his journey, the second is a list of stations along the route, and the distances between them in miles.
Places referred to in the text are given their names in Persian script in the margin throughout.
- 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
040-000565404 - 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/20/122 : ‘Notes of a journey made between Shiraz and Jashk, via Fassa, Darab, Bandar Abbas, and Minab.’ - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/20/122, ff 2-5 : ‘Map showing road from Shiraz to Jashk’
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/20/122 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0009]/037-000565294[0108]/040-000565404
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (26 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x00003a
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1884
- End Date:
- 1884
- Date Range:
- 1884
- 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 28; 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.
- Former External References:
- 5 C 2
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)