'Military Report on Russian Turkistan or Central Asia'

Mss Eur F111/388

Download PDF (60 MB)

Search within this record

The record is made up of 1 volume (80 folios). It was created in 1905. 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. .

About this record

Content

A confidential report on Central Asia, compiled by Captain H H Dowding, Captain of the General Staff, War Office, 1905.

Contained within the report are chapters on the history, geography, administration, communications, resources, ethnography, and military of the region. Also included is a preface by Major-General J M Grierson, General Staff, War Office (folio 3), appendices (folios 63-78), including detailed information on the railways of the region, and a colour map of Central Asia (folio 81).

Extent and format
1 volume (80 folios)
Arrangement

The volume contains a table of contents (folios 4-6) which refers to the original pagination.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 81; 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. The file has one foliation anomaly, f 34a.

Written in
English in Latin script
Type
Archival file

Archive information for this record

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
Mss Eur F111/388

History of this record

Date(s)
1905 (CE, Gregorian)
Subjects
Military intelligenceReports
Places
Central Asia
People & organisations
War Office

Use and share this record

Share this record
Cite this record in your research

'Military Report on Russian Turkistan or Central Asia', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/388, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000128> [accessed 29 March 2024]

Link to this record
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000128/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images