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Mss Eur F111/70
- Record Id:
- 040-002307596
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002307428
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002e2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100079542693.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F111/70
- Title:
- Persia 1888. From Rishir to Bunder Abbas.
- Scope & Content:
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This volume is a report by Samuel Butcher, a superintendent and clerk in the Indo-European Telegraph Department, documenting the route from Rishir, a village near Bushire, to Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The report describes the different cities that Butcher went through on his way to Bunder Abbas. Each description contains information on supplies, water, fuel, cultivation, grazing and camping grounds.
Folio 2 of the volume contains a dedication from the author, Samuel Butcher, to George Curzon. The report was the property of Curzon.
The volume contains five lithographic prints of drawings (folios 13, 16, 19, 21, and 25) and one map in a pocket at the end of the book (f 33).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002307428
036-002307577
040-002307596 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F111-112 : Papers of the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India 1898-1905; Lord Privy Seal 1915-19; Foreign Secretary 1919-24
Mss Eur F111-112 Series 13 : Lord Curzon (1859-1925): early life: various printed Government papers and publications in his collection
Mss Eur F111/70 : Persia 1888. From Rishir to Bunder Abbas. - Contains:
- Mss Eur F111/70, f 13 : SHAH GIRAN, LOOKING SOUTH-WEST
Mss Eur F111/70, f 16 : ZANGU MAMELAY, LOOKING NORTH IN THE MARZ HAFTAWAN VALLEY
Mss Eur F111/70, f 19 : TOWN AND FORT OF GIRASH
Mss Eur F111/70, f 21 : KUH KALA LAR, LOOKING N.-N. -W.
Mss Eur F111/70, f 25 : NORTH OF PAS PAR DALUN CARAVANSARAI LOOKING E.-N.-E.
Mss Eur F111/70, f 33 : SKETCH MAP TO ILLUSTRATE REPORT OF MR. BUTCHER'S SURVEY FROM BUSHIRE TO BANDAR-ABBAS DURING 1888.
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Mss Eur F111/70 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002307428[0013]/036-002307577[0020]/040-002307596
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F111-112
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (32 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002e2
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1888
- End Date:
- 1894
- Date Range:
- 6 April 1888- 8 Jan 1894
- 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 on map with 33, 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:
- P15 S.A. No 6
- Arrangement:
- The papers in the volume proceed in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)