'Report on The Mission to Seistan, by Surgeon-Major G. W. Brazier-Creagh, A.M.S [Army Medical Services] 1897.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Report on The Mission to Seistan, by Surgeon-Major G. W. Brazier-Creagh, A.M.S [Army Medical Services] 1897.'
- Creator:
- Author: George Washington Creagh
- Date:
- 1897/1898
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume is Report on The Mission to Seistanby Surgeon-Major George Washington Brazier-Creagh, 1897. The report is based on a return journey to, and tours of, the Seistan [Sistan] region of eastern Persia [Iran] between April and October 1897. The report, marked confidential, was printed at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, in 1898.The objective of the mission was ostensibly to investigate the risk of the plague spreading into Seistan from Baluchistan, but this was largely a cover for intelligence gathering, particularly with regard to Russian activity in the region.The first part of the report consists of five chapters that cover the following matters:Their journey from Quetta to Nasratabad [Zabol], SeistanTheir arrival in Nasratabad and reception by the Deputy Governor, Mir Mahsum Khan [Mīr Ma‘ṣūm? Khān]Local politics and administrationThe closing of the trade routes between Seistan and British India (now Pakistan) by the Persian Government under the suspected influence of RussiaRussian influence and propaganda in the region more generallyCriticism of elements of the Perso-Baluch Boundary CommissionRaids on merchants along the Quetta-Seistan trade routeThe postal system along the Quetta-Seistan routeBritish treatment of refugees of regional conflictsBritish strategical policy in the region, particularly in light of Russian activities and with reference to railway construction.The second part of the volume consists of eleven appendices containing the following information (often tabulated):Genealogical charts of the region’s tribes and powerful familiesMeteorological dataTopographical dataDetails of water sourcesLists of villages.The appendices section also contains copies of some of Brazier-Creagh’s diary entries and correspondence written during the mission, as well as letters from local officials and leaders.At the back of the volume are the following plans:‘Plan Showing the Waterways & Distribution of Helmund Delta’ (folio 62)‘Nasratabad Fort’ (folio 63).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 202; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: An additional printed pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-64.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Plague
Bubonic plague
Trade routes
Reports - Geographic region:
- Seistan
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002fd_ar
81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002fd_en
Mss Eur F111/299
Mss Eur F111/299