Abstract: Report by Khan Bahadur Maula Bakhsh on his journey from Meshed to Quetta in 1898. The report starts with a description of the circumstances that gave rise to the journey and the preparations before departure (folios 12-17). The main body of the report consists of his account of the journey, written in diary form (folios 17-66). The last part of the report is formed of tables of data gathered during the journey (folios 67-72). The report contains information on distances, water, supplies, trade, human and physical geography, road conditions, and revenues.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 76; 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 confidential report on Central Asia, compiled by Captain H H Dowding, Captain of the General Staff, War Office, 1905.Contained within the report are chapters on the history, geography, administration, communications, resources, ethnography, and military of the region. Also included is a preface by Major-General J M Grierson, General Staff, War Office (folio 3), appendices (folios 63-78), including detailed information on the railways of the region, and a colour map of Central Asia (folio 81).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 81; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file has one foliation anomaly, f 34a.
Abstract: A report, marked as secret, on the area of Nushki, Chagai, and Western Sinjarani. The report was compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department. The report was commenced in 1897 by Captain R E Roome, 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob's Horse), and revised and completed by Major W C Walton, 104th Wellesley's Rifles, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General in 1903. It was printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, in 1904.The report includes a preface by Colonel John E Nixon, Assistant Quarter Master General, Intelligence Branch (folio 5) and a glossary of vernacular terms used (folio 6). The main body of the report contains chapters on geography, communications, fortified posts and forts, climate, sanitation, resources, ethnography, history, administration, and military strength.The second part of the report includes a gazetteer of topographical and ethnographic information (folios 36-127) and appendices covering wells, canals, and meteorology, and including a report on the signalling stations of the Dalbandin-Robat line, with sketches (folios 131-147).The volume includes the following maps:Map of Southern Baluchistan (folio 2)Sketch Map of Signalling Line from Dalbandin to Robat (folio 148)Map of Persian Seistan [Sistan] Cultivated Area (folio 149).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 149; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Luristan [Lorestān], created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled by Lieutenant A T Wilson, Indian Army, Political Department. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1912.It is divided into the following sections:general – geographical boundaries and divisions, inhabitants, general description, mountain ranges, rivers, and geology;system of government – revenue;tribal – manners and customs of Lurs, numbers, divisions, and habitat;communications – railways, military considerations, and telegraphs;climate;strategical considerations;hints to travellers;notes on notables of Luristān;Gazetteer notes on Luristān;commerce;routes – broken down into stages and incorporating comments on: the road, climate, supplies, water, fuel, transport, physical obstacles, and alternative routes;appendices – including a list of entries in 'Gazetteer of Persia, Volume III' superseded by this report, a glossary of common Lur words, Lur songs, and a translation of the Luristān road concession (1890).Also includes one map on folio 73: 'LURISTĀN'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; 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 confidential report on Persia, compiled by Major A D Geddes, Captain of the General Staff, War Office, 1905.Contained within the report are chapters on the history, ethnography, geography, ports and harbours, communications, trade and resources, military, and administration of Persia. Also included is a preface by Major-General J M Grierson, General Staff, War Office (folio 4), a glossary of geographical and topographical terms (folios 8-9), appendices (folios 58-60), and a colour map of Persia and Afghanistan (folio 64).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 63; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Bakhtiari Garmsir [Bakhtīārī], created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1909.It includes: a preface by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quarter-Master General, Intelligence Branch; an account of the tribal and political aspect of the district by the British Consul for Arabistan [Khūzestān], David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer; and a note on medical matters by Dr M Y Young of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited.It is divided into the following sections:general – geographical, geological, zoological, tribal, strategical, archaeological, and linguistic;military – climate, supplies, transport, communications, and medical;route reports - compiled in 1908 covering the whole area with a network of known tracks;Gazetteer notes – geographical information;appendices – including a statement of resources in the district, traffic returns, reports on the carrying capacity of steamers on the Kārūn and the tramway at Nasiri, genealogical trees, and a note on the operations of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.Also includes one map on folio 81: 'MAP to illustrate Military Report on S.W. PERSIA'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 82; 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: It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn River, created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India by Lieutenant A T Wilson, 32nd Sikh Pioneers. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1910.It includes a preface by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quarter Master General, Intelligence Branch.It is divided into the following sections:geographical – boundaries, mountain ranges, rivers, lakes, and geology;general – Bakhtiāri levies, bridge constructions, and revenue;tribal – history, organisation, numbers, customs, land ownership, and taxation;communications – via various routes, condition of tracks, and construction of a cart road;climate;strategical - possibility of collision with Russia and intervention by Great Britain, comparison of routes, recommendations, and composition of force;routes – broken down into stages and incorporating comments on the road, climate, transport, fuel, supplies, water, grazing, and physical obstacles;appendices – including documents relating to the Ahwāz-Isfahān road, tables of tribal sub-divisions and strength of the Haft Lang and the Chehār Lang, and biographical notices of certain Bakhtiāri Khāns by David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, British Consul, Ahwāz [Ahvāz].Also includes five maps:folio 65: 'SKELETON MAP OF BAKHTIĀRI COUNTRY Showing routes and chief rivers';folio 66: 'SECTION FROM 'ALWĀNĪYEH ('ARABISTĀN) TO KHARĀJĪ THE LYNCH ROAD, ROUTE NO. I. AHWĀZ TO ISFAHĀN';folio 67: 'ISFAHĀN—DEH KURD—'ALĪ KŪH—CHARĪ—BĀZUFT—CHILAU' and 'ISFAHĀN—URŪJĀN—ARDAL—GURĀB—BĀZUFT—CHILAU';folio 68: 'FARAIDAN—TANG-I-GAZĪ—GIL-I-SHĀH—BĀZUFT—CHILAU' and 'FARAIDAN—TANG-I-GAZĪ—PAMBAKĀL—BĀZUFT—CHILAU';folio 69: 'BURBARŪD—KALEH HUMA—MAKHADĪ—BĀZNAWĪ—PUL-I-SHĪRAK—PUL-I-KUL—DIZFŪL' and 'FARAIDAN—TANG-I-GAZĪ—GALA GĀO—PĪR SAIYID—BĀZNAWĪ—PUL-I-KUL—DIZFŪL'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 70; 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: It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Arabistan [Khūzestān], created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1910.It includes a preface by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quarter-Master General, Intelligence Branch.It is divided into the following sections:general considerations – geographical, political, and commercial;military considerations – communications, supplies, transport, climate, military capacities of inhabitants, medical, and harbour reports;route reports – incorporating comments on the road, climate, supplies, grazing, fuel, water, transport and physical obstacles;appendices – including a table of principal tribes of Arabistan, a translation of Kārūn River Regulations, and abstracts of: the terms of an agreement between Sheikh Khaz'al and the Bakhtīārī Khāns; the Treaty of Erzeroum (1847), the Turko-Persian Boundary Agreement (England and Russia); the Boundary Agreement (Turkey and Persia); and the Nāsirī Company's Concession.Also includes one map on folio 45: 'MAP to illustrate Military Report on S.W. PERSIA'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 46; 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: It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Kuhgalu Country [Kūhgalū], created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India by Lieutenant A T Wilson, 32nd Sikh Pioneers. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1909.It includes a preface by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quarter Master General, Intelligence Branch.It is divided into the following sections:geographical – boundaries, river system, and mountain system;political – sub-divisions, relations with the Bakhtiāri and the British, genealogy;commercial;communications – possible routes;supplies;transport;climate;military capacity of inhabitants;routes – incorporating comments on the road, special obstacles, alternative stages and routes, and safety.Also includes one map on folio 18: 'MAP to illustrate Military Report on S.W. PERSIA'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 19; 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 military report on the Seistan [Sistan] region of Persia, written by Captain J M Home. Printed at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, India, 1902. The report contains a preface (folio 3), a glossary (folio 5), and chapters on geography, communications, fortresses, climate, resources, ethnography, history, administration, naval and military, politics, and strategical positions. Also included (folios 51-90) is a gazetteer of Seistan, arranged in alphabetical order. At the back of the report is a map showing the routes described in Appendix A (folio 91).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 92; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The volume is
Report on The Mission to Seistanby Surgeon-Major George Washington Brazier-Creagh, 1897. The report is based on a return journey to, and tours of, the Seistan [Sistan] region of eastern Persia [Iran] between April and October 1897. The report, marked confidential, was printed at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, in 1898.The objective of the mission was ostensibly to investigate the risk of the plague spreading into Seistan from Baluchistan, but this was largely a cover for intelligence gathering, particularly with regard to Russian activity in the region.The first part of the report consists of five chapters that cover the following matters:Their journey from Quetta to Nasratabad [Zabol], SeistanTheir arrival in Nasratabad and reception by the Deputy Governor, Mir Mahsum Khan [Mīr Ma‘ṣūm? Khān]Local politics and administrationThe closing of the trade routes between Seistan and British India (now Pakistan) by the Persian Government under the suspected influence of RussiaRussian influence and propaganda in the region more generallyCriticism of elements of the Perso-Baluch Boundary CommissionRaids on merchants along the Quetta-Seistan trade routeThe postal system along the Quetta-Seistan routeBritish treatment of refugees of regional conflictsBritish strategical policy in the region, particularly in light of Russian activities and with reference to railway construction.The second part of the volume consists of eleven appendices containing the following information (often tabulated):Genealogical charts of the region’s tribes and powerful familiesMeteorological dataTopographical dataDetails of water sourcesLists of villages.The appendices section also contains copies of some of Brazier-Creagh’s diary entries and correspondence written during the mission, as well as letters from local officials and leaders.At the back of the volume are the following plans:‘Plan Showing the Waterways & Distribution of Helmund Delta’ (folio 62)‘Nasratabad Fort’ (folio 63).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 202; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: An additional printed pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-64.
Abstract: This file is a report on the structure of the Persian Army. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by Lieutenant James Archibald Douglas, the report gives the British perspective of the strength and weaknesses of the Persian Army.The report is broken down into: infantry (organization, strength, method of recruiting, armament); semi-regular cavalry (Cossack brigade, Russian officers); irregular cavalry (General Gordon's opinion); artillery (mule batteries, artillery horses); micellaneous bodies (militia, camel artillery, the Austrian corps); recapitulation of strength distribution (breech-loading rifles, Werndl rifles; Berdan rifles, Chassepot rifles, Gobelin rifles, magazine rifles, and breech-loading ammunition); the army's pay; the army's uniforms; the state of the army; fighting campaigns against the Bakhtiaris, Lurs, and Arab tribes.Included is a slip regarding the custody and disposal of secret documents (f 108).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 106, and terminates at f 116, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.