Abstract: A black and white photograph some ruined buildings. In front of the buildings is an expanse of floodwater. The photographer is unknown.Physical description: Dimensions: 102 x 156mm
Abstract: Report by Lieutenant Frank Cooke Webb Ware, Political Assistant, Chagai. Printed in Karachi at The Commissioner's Press, 1897. The report concerns the proposal to secure the trade route between Nushki, in what was at the time British territory, and Nasirabad [Nosratabad] in the Seistan [Sistan] region of Persia. The report is partly the result of a journey along the route undertaken by Ware himself between 27 January and 18 March 1897.The report opens with a letter from Ware to the Agent to the Governor General in Baluchistan, Quetta, dated 15 July 1897, in which the main points of the report are summarised. The report itself consists of three appendices, as follows: I Administration and local Trade of Nushki, Chagai, and Western Sinjerani country (folios 5-9); II Quetta-Seistan Trade Route (folios 10-13); III Nushki Trade Returns for months February to June 1897 (folios 15-35). Information on the history, government, economy, geography, and tribes of the region is given.Folio 14 is a map of the area where the Afghan-Persian, Afghan-British, and Baluch-Persian boundaries converge.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 36; 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: A line drawing depicting distant fortifications and an empty, semi-arid landscape in the foreground. Beneath the sketch is the following information: 'Exd. J. A. A. April 1894.; Topo. Dy. No. 777.; No. 461-I., 94.' The artist is unknown.Physical description: Dimensions: 147 x 228mm
Abstract: A black and white photograph of 'Zahidan Pillar', in the vicinity of Nasirabad [Zabol, Iran]. The photographer is unknown.Physical description: Dimensions: 157 x 113mm
Abstract: A black and white photograph of a ruined building in a semi-arid landscape. The photograph was taken near Nasirabad [Zabol, Iran]. The photographer is unknown.Physical description: Dimensions: 113 x 159mm
Abstract: An architectural plan of the fort at Nasiribad [Zabol], Sistan Province, Persia [Iran]. Included is a cross-section of the fort's outer defensive structures. Beneath the plan is the following information: Exd. J. A. A. March 1894; Topo. Dy. No. 731.; No. 426-I., 94.'Physical description: Dimensions: 93 x 93mm (fort plan); 120 x 47mm (wall diagram)