Abstract: Report compiled by Captain Albany Robert Savile of the 18th Royal Irish Regiment, in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department, Horse Guards. The report was published and printed in London under the superintendence of HM’s Stationery Office in 1878. The report contains fourteen chapters, labelled I to XIV, as follows:I: a history of Cyprus, from ancient times to the occuption of the island by Britain in 1878II: geography and topographyIII: towns, villages, and antiquitiesIV: communications (inland, maritime, and telegraphic)V: coast, harboursVI: climateVII: natural historyVIII: agricultural productionIX: geology and mineralogyX: population and inhabitants, including their character, language, religion and educationXI: internal administration (civil, ecclesiastical, military)XII: manufacture and industryXIII: trade and revenueXIV: currency, weights and measures, list of authorities on Cyprus, cartography of CyprusThe volume includes a sketch map of Cyprus at the rear (f 91).Physical description: 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 side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file contains a preface outlining the context of the document, which appears to form part of a scheme drawn up by the Russian General Staff for future military action in Persia.The fragment itself contains observations and conclusions for military operations in Persia including: selecting Kum [Qom] as the Base of Operations; and an assessment of the first, second and third line of operations in terms of route, supplies, resources, and inhabitants. Notes from the Intelligence Branch of the Government of India sit alongside the text.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the outside 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 side of each folio.
Abstract: Confidential notes of a journey made through Persia [Iran] from Shiraz to Jashk [Jāsk], via Fassa [Fasā], Dārāb, Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and Mīnāb, by John Richard Preece, Assistant Superintendent of the Telegraph Department, Persia. The report was published by the Intelligence Branch, Office of the Quarter Master General in India, and printed by the Superintendent of Government Printing, India in Calcutta [Kolkata] in 1884.The report is diaristic in form, running from Preece’s departure from Shiraz on 29 January 1884, through to his arrival in Jashk on 19 March 1884. The report records: topography; settlements, including some descriptions of their size, population, condition; weather conditions on the route; the condition of roads; agricultural and industrial activity, including livestock numbers; water sources. Two tables of statistics follow the report, both dated 15 August 1884. The first contains temperature and barometer measurements taken by Preece throughout the course of his journey, the second is a list of stations along the route, and the distances between them in miles.Places referred to in the text are given their names in Persian script in the margin throughout.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.