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Mss Eur F111/299
- Record Id:
- 040-002307629
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002307428
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002fd
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109272764.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F111/299
- Title:
- Report on The Mission to Seistan, by Surgeon-Major G. W. Brazier-Creagh, A.M.S [Army Medical Services] 1897.
- Scope & Content:
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The volume is Report on The Mission to Seistan by Surgeon-Major George Washington Brazier-Creagh, 1897. The report is based on a return journey to, and tours of, the Seistan [Sistan] region of eastern Persia [Iran] between April and October 1897. The report, marked confidential, was printed at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, in 1898.
The objective of the mission was ostensibly to investigate the risk of the plague spreading into Seistan from Baluchistan, but this was largely a cover for intelligence gathering, particularly with regard to Russian activity in the region.
The first part of the report consists of five chapters that cover the following matters:
- Their journey from Quetta to Nasratabad [Zabol], Seistan
- Their arrival in Nasratabad and reception by the Deputy Governor, Mir Mahsum Khan [Mīr Ma‘ṣūm? Khān]
- Local politics and administration
- The closing of the trade routes between Seistan and British India (now Pakistan) by the Persian Government under the suspected influence of Russia
- Russian influence and propaganda in the region more generally
- Criticism of elements of the Perso-Baluch Boundary Commission
- Raids on merchants along the Quetta-Seistan trade route
- The postal system along the Quetta-Seistan route
- British treatment of refugees of regional conflicts
- British strategical policy in the region, particularly in light of Russian activities and with reference to railway construction.
The second part of the volume consists of eleven appendices containing the following information (often tabulated):
- Genealogical charts of the region’s tribes and powerful families
- Meteorological data
- Topographical data
- Details of water sources
- Lists of villages.
The appendices section also contains copies of some of Brazier-Creagh’s diary entries and correspondence written during the mission, as well as letters from local officials and leaders.
At the back of the volume are the following plans:
- ‘Plan Showing the Waterways & Distribution of Helmund Delta’ (folio 62)
- ‘Nasratabad Fort’ (folio 63).
- 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
040-002307629 - 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 F111/299 : Report on The Mission to Seistan, by Surgeon-Major G. W. Brazier-Creagh, A.M.S [Army Medical Services] 1897. - Contains:
- Mss Eur F111/299, f 62 : Plan showing the waterways & distribution of Helmund Delta
Mss Eur F111/299, f 63 : Nasratabad Fort
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- 032-002307428[0013]/036-002307577[0055]/040-002307629
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (62 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100133632591.0x000002
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1897
- End Date:
- 1898
- Date Range:
- 1897-1898
- 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 202; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: An additional printed pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-64.
- Arrangement:
- The report is arranged in chapters, each dealing with a different theme or subject, followed by a section of appendices.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)