Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding the deportation of three Polish men (Oligierd Stolyho, Adam Backer and Josef Bekerman), one Lithuanian man (Bronistew Bogussewier), one Ukrainian man (Iwan Basileffsk) and one Russian woman (Tatiana Chinnova) from the Persian Border to British Indian territory at the beginning of the Second World War.The main correspondence is between:• the Government of India, External Affairs Department to Tehran• the Secretary of State for India• the Senior Assistant Director, Intelligence, Government of India, Quetta• the Director, Intelligence Bureau (Home Department), Government of India, Simla• the Secretary to the Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, Ziarat• the Polish Consulate General in India• the Additional Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs DepartmentDetailed are the British Indian Government’s concerns regarding national security leading to the arrest and detention of the group. Attributed to this is a belief that Bekerman is German and Jewish, and conflicting reports from Vernon Smith, an American woman who came in contact with the refugees. Also detailed is the Polish Consulate General in India’s wish to facilitate their release, and his assessment of their legitimacy once they had arrived in Bombay, India.Included are statements from the five men; preliminary (folios 3 to 7) and revised (folios 9 to 15) following alleged inconsistencies in the former, and a statement from Chinnova (folios 19 to 21). These contain personal information and include the motivations and circumstances which led to their arrival at the Persian border, and a description of items in their possession.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-49; these numbers are also written in pencil, and are not circled.
Title from f. 4r.Written in one column, from 8 to 17 lines per page, in black and red ink, framed within triple red, black and yellow lines.Illuminated title page and about 350 colored paintings in the text.Cream laid paper. 24.6 x 13.8 cm. (17.8 x 8 cm.).Includes tipped-in 1904 Dec. 5 autograph letter from MHM (Harvard Professor Morris Hicky Morgan) to Daniel B. Fearing concerning future translation of this text by Professor Leo Wiener.MS Persian 63. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Persian.
Abstract: Distinctive Features:This is a photograph of the original manuscript which is held at IOR/X/3126/1. Reduced version of this map was lithographed and published in 1872 to accompany the Journal of Captain C. Bean Euan Smith. Printed copies at IOR/X/3126/3/1 and IOR/X/3126/3/2.Relief shown by hachures.Route of mission indicated in line with sextan observations points shown by dots. Boundaries of provinces coloured for reference on the original map.Inscriptions:Legends and annotations concerning the place names obscured via the reproduction process.On recto place names illegible or obscured through the reproduction process added in ink and pencil.Physical description: Materials:Photographic print with additions in pen and ink and pencilDimensions:260 x 968 mm
min taʼlīfāt al-ʻālim al-fāḍil al-kāmil nukhbat al-ʻulamāʼ wa-al-mujtahidīn al-Mīrzā Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Tunukābunī.Date taken from colophon on p. 350.
az talʼīfāt-i Iʻtimād al-Salṭanah Muḥammad Ḥasan Khān.Lithographed.Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation. December 2002. http:purl.oclc.orgDLFbenchrepro0212 MHIn Persian.
az talʼīfāt-i Iʻtimād al-Salṭanah Muḥammad Ḥasan Khān.Lithographed.Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation. December 2002. http:purl.oclc.orgDLFbenchrepro0212 MHIn Persian.