‘Seistan’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Seistan’
- Creator:
- Author: British Consul-General, Khorasan
Author: British Consul, Seistan and Kain - Date:
- 1900/1901
- Description:
- Abstract: 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 1900A 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 SeistanA 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 SeistanA 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.Physical description: 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 side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Trade routes
- Geographic region:
- Persia
Seistan
China - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0003bf_ar
81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0003bf_en
Mss Eur F111/355
Mss Eur F111/355