'Persia 1888. From Rishir to Bunder Abbas.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Persia 1888. From Rishir to Bunder Abbas.'
- Creator:
- Author: Indo-European Telegraph Department
- Date:
- 1888/1894
- Description:
- Abstract: This volume is a report by Samuel Butcher, a superintendent and clerk in the Indo-European Telegraph Department, documenting the route from Rishir, a village near Bushire, to Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The report describes the different cities that Butcher went through on his way to Bunder Abbas. Each description contains information on supplies, water, fuel, cultivation, grazing and camping grounds.Folio 2 of the volume contains a dedication from the author, Samuel Butcher, to George Curzon. The report was the property of Curzon.The volume contains five lithographic prints of drawings (folios 13, 16, 19, 21, and 25) and one map in a pocket at the end of the book (f 33).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates on a map with 33, 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Travel writing
Reports
Iran--Description and travel - Geographic region:
- Bushire
Bunder Abbas - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002e2_ar
81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002e2_en
Mss Eur F111/70
Mss Eur F111/70