Abstract: The volume consists of a report by Surgeon-Major George Washington Brazier-Creagh on his mission to Seistan [Sīstān] on ‘plague duty’ to investigate the closure of the Perso-Afghan-Baluch trade routes under the ‘mantle of plague’ from April to October 1897. The report is divided into five sections:The Outward Journey: A general account of the journey across the Baluchistan Desert – folios 5-7.A general history of the Mission and condition of affairs in Seistan – folios 8-13r.An account of influential chiefs and material connected with the administration of Seistan – folios 13v-15r.The Return Journey: A review of road infrastructure and trade prospects – folios 16-17.A review of the strategic and political outlook – folios 17-18.The remainder of the volume (folios 20-58) consists of appendices. A pocket on the inside back cover contains five folded maps (folios 60-64).On the front cover, it bears two stamps reading ‘War Office. Library. 14 Dec 1889’ and ‘Intelligence Division. 14 Dec 1889’ respectively.Published in Calcutta by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (1898).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 65; 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 printed plan of Nasratabad [Zabol] Fort and surrounding buildings. The plan was printed at the Survey of India Office, Calcutta [Kolkata] and is based on a sketch by Surgeon Major George Washington Brazier-Creagh. It includes the printing statement ‘Reg. No. 162. Print., I. - July 98 - 123.’Physical description: Material: Printed on paperDimensions: 479 x 391mm
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports and accounts relating to a subsidy arranged for the Imperial Bank of Persia in May 1903. The subsidy was paid by the Government of India and related to the establishment of the Imperial Bank of Persia branch bank in Nasratabad in Seistan province.Correspondence discusses the terms of the granting of the subsidy, grounds for its discontuance, and the proposal of the Government of India to transfer the business of the Seistan branch from the Imperial Bank of Persia to the Punjab Banking Company, if the Imperial Bank of Persia was unable to operated as a combined banking and trade agency business.The correspondence includes (ff 158-165) the Proceedings at the 15th Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Imperial Bank of Persia, held at the Cannon Street Hotel, on the 12th December, 1904'.The principal correspondents in the volume include the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Manager, Imperial Bank of Persia (G Newell); the Secretary of State for India, JohnMorley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn; and the British Consul for Seistan and Kain (Major R L Kennion).The volume is part 1 of 1. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 169; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.