'Report on Fars by Captain A T Wilson, Indian Political Department'

Content

This volume consists of a report on Fars (a province of Persia) was written by Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson, Deputy Civil Commissioner in the Indian Political Department (General Staff Branch), and was published in Simla at the Government Monotype Press. The volume is divided into subject sections.

Within the report, there are genealogical trees for some tribes and families, including: the Kashkuli Khans (folio 41), the Qashqai Ilkhanis (folio 42) and the Hashimieh family of Shiraz (folio 51).

Following the main report, there are two appendices: one relating to the approximate population of Fars and one relating to the mineral resources of Fars. The volume ends with an alphabetical index for the entire report and a map showing 'Routes in Persia'.

Extent and format

1 volume (196 folios)

It is grouped into

'Routes in Persia, Vol. III'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/7, f 196

Arrangement

The volume opens with a contents page (folio 4). The report is then divided into subject sections (folios 5-301). Following the main report, there are two appendices (folios157-160) and an alphabetical index for the entire report (folios 161-194). The last folio is a map which is enclosed in a pocket at the back of the volume (folios 194-195). The contents and index pages use the report’s pagination system.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at a map, at the inside back cover, with 196; 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. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/20/7

History of this record

Date(s)

1916 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

GenealogyGeographyReportsTribesMilitary intelligenceMineral resources

Places

FarsPersiaShiraz

People & organisations

Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson

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