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'Military Report on Persian Seistan' [3r] (10/188)
The record is made up of 1 volume (90 folios). It was created in 1902. 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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PREFACE.
rjlIIE following Report is divided into two parts. Part I deals
with Seistan from the general military point of view,
being sub-divided for this purpose into various chapters. Part
TI coiitains several Appendices, the main one being extracts from
Route Books giving the various routes in detail and a Gazetteer
giving topographical and other information alphabetically.
The authorities consulted in the compilation of the Report
were:—
1. Persia and the Persian Question, by the Hon. G. N. Curzon, M. P.
2. Report on Seistan and the country between it and Meshed, by
Lieutenant Hon'ble H. D. Napier.
8. The Mission to Seistan, and a Reconnaissance through Baluchistan
and Seistan, both by Major Brazier-Creagh, R. A.M. C.
4. Report by Khan Bahadur Maula Bakhsh on his journey from
Meshed to Quetta.
5. Record of the march of the Mission to Seistan, by Surgeon H. TV.
Bellew.
6. Meshed, Seisian and Chagai —political diaries of the last few year-!.
7. Report on a journey through Western Baluchistan, by Captain
Jennings, R. E.
Khorasan and Seistan by Colonel C. E. Yate.
9. A fourth Journey in Persia, by Major P. M. Sykes, and various
reports by same author.
10. Afghan Boundary Commission Routes and Diaries.
11. Routes in Southern Baluchistan.
12. Routes in Persia, Sections I and III.
13. Report on Southern Persia, by Captain G. S. F. Napier.
14. Report on Nushki-Chagai, Western Sinjarani country, by Major
Walton.
15. Gazetteers of Persia and Afghanistan.
16. Various Intelligence Branch and Foreign Office files and reports.
17. Reports and information supplied by Captains Roome, Smyth,
Webb Ware, Lieutenant Orton and others.
18. Reports supplied by Colonel Showers,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Kalat, from
information collected during his recent tour on the Perso-Baluck
Frontier.
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A military report on the Seistan [Sistan] region of Persia, written by Captain J M Home. Printed at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, India, 1902. The report contains a preface (folio 3), a glossary (folio 5), and chapters on geography, communications, fortresses, climate, resources, ethnography, history, administration, naval and military, politics, and strategical positions. Also included (folios 51-90) is a gazetteer of Seistan, arranged in alphabetical order. At the back of the report is a map showing the routes described in Appendix A (folio 91).
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- 1 volume (90 folios)
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The volume contains a table of contents (folio 4) that refers to the original pagination.
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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 92; 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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