'Report by Mr G P Tate, Extra Assistant Superintendent, Survey of India, in charge of the survey detachment with the Seistan mission, 1903-05.'
IOR/L/PS/20/133
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The record is made up of 1 file (6 folios). It was created in 1906. 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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This file contains a report by Mr George Passman Tate, the Extra Assistant Superintendent for the Survey of India, about the Seistan [Sistan] Mission. Tate details the ways in which the fieldwork was undertaken, and difficulties that were encountered. He also provides notes on communications (roads, fords and ferries) in Sistan. On folio 10, Tate outlines technical terms which are particular to Sistan and used in surveys carried out there. Between folios 11-12, there is a list of latitudes, longitudes, and heights of trigonometrical stations and points in Sistan.
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- 1 file (6 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; 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.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/133
- Former external reference(s)
- 2B27
- Date(s)
- 1906 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Transport infrastructureSistan Arbitration Mission, 1903-1905Surveys
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- Seistan
- People & organisations
- Survey of IndiaGeorge Passman Tate
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- IOR/L/PS/20/133
- Title
- 'Report by Mr G P Tate, Extra Assistant Superintendent, Survey of India, in charge of the survey detachment with the Seistan mission, 1903-05.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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