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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of The Route for The Central Persia Telegraph Line from Quetta to Bam and Pahra' [‎22r] (48/162)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (77 folios). It was created in 1901. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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INDEX TO REPORT.
Paragraph—
1. Introduction.
2. Estimate, part I. Quetta to Ladis.
3. Estimate, part II. Quetta to Koh-i-Malik Seah.
4. Alignment and marking out.
5. Water.
6. Sand.
7. Supplies.
8. Telegraph Offices for local business.
9. Maintenance. Position of observation offices.
10. Cost of observation offices.
11. Shelter huts for linestaff.
12. Maintenance staff.
13. Estimate, "part III. Ladis to Pahra.
14. Estimate, part III. Telegraph offices for local business.
15. Estimate, part III. Maintenance. Observation offices.
16. Estimate, part III. Shelter huts for linestaff.
17. Estimate, part III. Maintenance staff.
18. Route west of Koh-i-Malik Seah.
19. Climate.
20. The Quetta-Nushki-Siestan trade route.
21. The Quetta-Nushki-Siestan trade route. Its desert character.
22. The Quetta-Nushki-Siestan trade route. An inferior means of communication.
23. The Quetta-Nushki-Siestan trade route. Its success doubtful, and its existence
precarious.
24. The Quetta-Nushki-Siestan trade route. Its present success.
25. The Quetta-Nushki-Siestan trade route. Its local requirements for telegraph
26. The Quetta-Nushki-Siestan trade route. A Political matter.
27. The Quetta-Nushki-Siestan trade route. Newspaper references.
28. The Quetta-Nushki-Siestan trade route. General remarks.
29. Conclusion.
Appendix I.—Description of the route from Koh-i-Malik Seah to Bam, via Hyderabad.
Appendix II.—An explanatory note.
Appendix III.—Narrative of Journey from Quetta to Gwadur.
Abstract of Estimate part I, Quetta to Ladis.
Do. do. part II, Quetta to Koh-i-Malik Seah.
Do. do. part III, Ladis to Pahra.
List of halting places on the trade route between Quetta and Koh-i-Malik Seah.
List of halting places on the route between Ladis and Pahra.
detailed estimates are re-
! tained in the Office of
l* the Director-General of
J Telegraphs.

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A report by Mr H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department. Printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1901. The report is a survey of a potential route for extending a telegraph line from India to Persia, running from Quetta to Bam, with an alternative route going to Pahra. The volume contains a description of the routes taken, estimates of cost, and notes on alignment, marking out, location of offices, shelter huts for linestaff, maintenance, water, sand, supplies, climate, and the Quetta-Siestan [Sistan] trade route.

Throughout the report are black and white photographs of the route that accompany the descriptions (folios 26,28, 30, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41, 46, 49, 51, 52, 63, 67, 70, and 71). Folio 23 is a map showing the route taken. Enclosed at the front of the volume is a copy of the 'Convention between The United Kingdom and Persia extending the System of Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India Through Persia', 1902 (folios 2-6), and twelve loose sheets of manuscript notes on the report written by George Curzon (folios 7-18).

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1 volume (77 folios)
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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 79; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of The Route for The Central Persia Telegraph Line from Quetta to Bam and Pahra'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 7r:22v, 24r:25v, 26v:27v, 28v:30r, 31r:32r, 33r:34r, 35r:37r, 38r:39r, 40r:41r, 42r:45v, 46v:48v, 49v:50v, 51v:52r, 53r:63r, 64r:66v, 67v:69v, 70v:71r, 72r:78v, back-i
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