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‘Seistan’ [‎15v] (30/98)

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The record is made up of 1 file (49 folios). It was created in 25 Oct 1900-Dec 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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Letters only should be addressed to me as follows :
Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General,
Meshed, Persia,
vid Tran seas pia and Ashkabad.
AU samples should be addressed to me through ageats in Karachi or Bom-
bay to the following address :
Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General, Meshed,
Quetta,
India.
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a it 4.-1 cant- m bv narcel cost must be addressed in a similar
Sample Label.
1. Trade name cf article with trade mark, if possible.
2. Price in Bombay per maund, roll or gross*.
3. Weight, number of yards and width of roll.
4 Name cf original makers with address.
5. Name of agents in Bombay selling article at price quoted in Bombay.
6 Cost of article landed and packed for camel transport at Quetta.
7 . Name of bank to whom drafts should be made payable by merchant
ordering.
8. Minimum amount of order executed at price quoted.
9. Remarks.
10
G. C. Press Simla,-No. 10 x 4 F. D.-2 S*io- 190 o.- 8 x;

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The file contains papers mainly concerning Persia [Iran], largely relating to the province of Seistan [Sistan].

The file includes:

  • Printed copies of diaries of HM Consul for Seistan (Major George Chenevix-Trench) from 16 September 1900 to 8 February 1901 (not complete)
  • Printed copies of the Camp Diary of the Agent to the Governor-General of India and HM Consul-General for Khorassan and Seistan (Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Martindale Temple), for the periods 1 to 6 November 1900, and 6 November to 5 December 1900
  • A printed copy of the Camp Diary of Captain Robert Arthur Edward Benn, HM Vice-Consul for Seistan and Kain, for the period 17 January 1901 to 5 February 1901, forwarded through the Agent to the Governor General in Baluchistan (Charles Edward Yate)
  • A printed copy of a letter from Chenevix-Trench to the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department (Captain Hugh Daly), enclosing copies of letters addressed to various trading centres and manufacturers in India, relating to the new trade route via Quetta to Persia through Nushki and Seistan
  • A letter to George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India, from the Earl of Ronaldshay (Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, later the second Marquess of Zetland), regarding Ronaldshay’s journey from Quetta to Nasratabad in Seistan
  • A newspaper cutting entitled ‘The Province of Seistan’ from the Times of India , dated 7 February 1901.

The file also includes a printed copy of a memorandum by Clive Bigham on the Upper Valley of the Yang-tsze Kiang [Yangtze] and the provinces immediately beyond its northern watershed, in China.

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1 file (49 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 49; 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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English in Latin script
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