Abstract: The volume, marked 'Strictly Confidential', is
Collection of journals and reports received from Captain the Hon. G C Napier, Bengal Staff Corps, on special duty in Persia. 1874.It was printed in London by George E Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1876.The volume contains ten documents written by George Campbell Napier, and compiled by the Political and Secret Department of the India Office. The documents included are as follows:1. Report of the proceedings in regard to the Khaff [Khvāf] raid (folios 5-9);2. Diary kept during tour in Khorassan [Razavi Khorasan] (folios 10-59);3. Observations on the topography of the Eastern Alburz tract, with notices on a few places of interest on the Persian Border (folios 60-80);4. Memorandum on the condition and external relations of the Turkoman tribes of Merve [Mary] (folios 80-92);5. Reports on events in Herat and Turkistan. Diary for March 1875 (folios 92-97);6. Report on the present situation in Seistan [Sīstān] in relation to late arbitration (folios 97-103);7. Report on the Perso-Afghan border (folios 103-125);8. Notes on the political condition of the population of Eastern Khorassan (folios 125-132);9. Notes on the condition of the districts, chiefships, and tribes of the north-eastern frontier of Persia (folios 133-172);10. Memorandum on the relations of Russia and Persia with the Turkoman tribes of the Attrek Frontier (folios 172-178).At the back of the volume (folio 194) is a fold-out map of the northern frontier of Khorassan, with parts of Irak [Iraq] and Mazandaran [Māzandarān].On the inside front cover and title page are hand-written notes, each reading 'Turkish Dept'.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio (except for the front cover where the folio number is on the verso).Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Reprint of
Collection of journals and reports received from Captain the Hon. G C Napier, Bengal Staff Corps, on special duty in Persia. 1874,with a revised index at pp 348-355 (folios 181-185). A copy of the original index is present at folios 186-200.A letter from the Under Secretary of State for India to the Under Secretary of State for War has been pasted into the front of the volume (folios 2-3), noting that two copies of the revised version have been forwarded for the use of the Intelligence Department.The volume contains ten documents written by George Campbell Napier, and compiled by the Political and Secret Department of the India Office. The documents included are as follows:1. Report of the proceedings in regard to the Khaff [Khvāf] raid;2. Diary kept during tour in Khorassan [Razavi Khorasan];3. Observations on the topography of the Eastern Alburz tract, with notices on a few places of interest on the Persian Border;4. Memorandum on the condition and external relations of the Turkoman tribes of Merve [Mary];5. Reports on events in Herat and Turkistan. Diary for March 1875;6. Report on the present situation in Seistan [Sīstān] in relation to late arbitration;7. Report on the Perso-Afghan border;8. Notes on the political condition of the population of Eastern Khorassan;9. Notes on the condition of the districts, chiefships, and tribes of the north-eastern frontier of Persia;10. Memorandum on the relations of Russia and Persia with the Turkoman tribes of the Attrek Frontier.At the back of the volume (folio 201) is a fold-out map of the northern frontier of Khorassan, with parts of Irak [Iraq] and Mazandaran [Māzandarān].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 203; 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 letter is a report by Captain George Campbell Napier on his journey to the Turkoman [Turcoman] frontier of Persia in 1878. It outlines his attempts to facilitate the submission of the Merve [Mary] and the Akhal [Ahal] Turkomans to Persia, as an alternative to their annexation by Russia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 126 and terminates at f 131, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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.