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IOR/L/PS/20/228
- Record Id:
- 040-000565517
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000096
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023939583.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/228
- Title:
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'Collection of journals and reports received from Captain the Hon G C Napier, Bengal Staff Corps, on special duty in Persia, 1874'
- Scope & Content:
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The volume, marked 'Strictly Confidential', is Collection of journals and reports received from Captain the Hon. G C Napier, Bengal Staff Corps, on special duty in Persia. 1874. It was printed in London by George E Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1876.
The volume contains ten documents written by George Campbell Napier, and compiled by the Political and Secret Department of the India Office. The documents included are as follows:
1. Report of the proceedings in regard to the Khaff [Khvāf] raid (folios 5-9);
2. Diary kept during tour in Khorassan [Razavi Khorasan] (folios 10-59);
3. Observations on the topography of the Eastern Alburz tract, with notices on a few places of interest on the Persian Border (folios 60-80);
4. Memorandum on the condition and external relations of the Turkoman tribes of Merve [Mary] (folios 80-92);
5. Reports on events in Herat and Turkistan. Diary for March 1875 (folios 92-97);
6. Report on the present situation in Seistan [Sīstān] in relation to late arbitration (folios 97-103);
7. Report on the Perso-Afghan border (folios 103-125);
8. Notes on the political condition of the population of Eastern Khorassan (folios 125-132);
9. Notes on the condition of the districts, chiefships, and tribes of the north-eastern frontier of Persia (folios 133-172);
10. Memorandum on the relations of Russia and Persia with the Turkoman tribes of the Attrek Frontier (folios 172-178).
At the back of the volume (folio 194) is a fold-out map of the northern frontier of Khorassan, with parts of Irak [Iraq] and Mazandaran [Māzandarān].
On the inside front cover and title page are hand-written notes, each reading 'Turkish Dept'.
- 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
040-000565517 - 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/20/228 : Collection of journals and reports received from Captain the Hon G C Napier, Bengal Staff Corps, on special duty in Persia, 1874 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0009]/037-000565294[0200]/040-000565517
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (194 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000096
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1876
- End Date:
- 1876
- Date Range:
- 1876
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio (except for the front cover where the folio number is on the verso).
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
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The documents in the volume are arranged chronologically.
There is a table of contents (folio 3v) that refers to the page number.
At the back of the volume (folios 179-192) is an index, arranged alphabetically and referring to page numbers.
- Administrative Context:
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Captain George Campbell Napier was sent by the Government of India on an intelligence mission to the Afghan-Persian frontier following a raid on Herat territory by the Persian Governor of Khaff [Khvāf]. His duty was primarily to report on the circumstances of the raid, but he was also instructed to gather information on the frontier region. The British were sensitive to events and feelings in this area due to fear of encroaching Russian influence.
The documents in this volume were originally sent to the Government of India by Napier, both when he was in the field and when he had returned to Tehran.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)