Abstract: This file contains correspondence mostly concerning the island of Sirri [Sirrī], as well as other Persian Gulf islands, including Tanb [Ṭanb] and Lesser Tanb, Farur [Farūr] and Lesser Farur, Dalmah [Dalmā], Halul island [Ḥālūl], Sir Abu Nu'ayr [Ṣīr Abū Nu‘ayr], and Sir Bani Yas [Ṣīr Banī Yās]. These papers contain details concerning the status of these islands, as well as geographical and topographical information, including details of mineral deposits.The correspondence in this file is between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; ‘Abd al-Laṭīf, Residency Agent at Sharjah; ‘Īsá bin ‘Abd al-Laṭīf, acting Residency Agent at Sharjah; Āghā Muḥammad Amīn Badr, Residency Agent at Lingah; Ṣaqr bin Khālid Āl Qāsimī, ruler of Sharjah; T J Malcolm, Bushire; and various British officials in the Foreign Department of the Government of India.There is a file index on folio 2. Subjects include: Muin's [Moin-ut-Tujjar] claims to Sirri (folios 103, 121); connection of Sirri question with that of fisheries (folio 15); Hajji Ali Akbar [Ḥājjī ‘Alī Akbār]'s attitude oxide at Sirri (folios 39-47, 79, 84, 124); Strick's enquiries on oxide at Sirri (folios 90-91); Abdullah bin Hassan Galadari [‘Abdullāh bin Ḥassan Jaladārī] (folio 55-56); German visits to Sirri (folio 73); status of Nabiyu Tanb island (folios 92, 100); status Farur and Nabiya Farur islands (folios 88, 100, 121); oxide on Dalmah island (folio 100); oxide on Sir Abu Nu'air island (folios 100, 130-131); oxide on Halul islands (folios 100, 115); manganese on Halul island (folios 130-131); Sir Bani Yas island (folios 130-131); note on Sirri island (folios 25-27); situation at Sirri Island in 1904 (folios 8-15); the Jowasimis [Āl Qawāsim] occupation of Sirri (folio 62).Physical description: Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A second incomplete mixed foliation/pagination sequence runs in parallel between ff. 4-143; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio, along with the corresponding top left (sometimes) of the verso side. The file contains the following foliation amendments: 109, and 109A; 114, and 114A; 116, and 116A.
Abstract: Report of a journey through Persia, written and illustrated by Lieutenant Henry Bathurst Vaughan of the Seventh (D.C.O.) Bengal Infantry for the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General’s Department in India, and printed by the Superintendent of Government Printing in Calcutta [Kolkata] in 1890. The contents of the report trace the route taken by Vaughan during the period December 1887 to September 1888, as follows:Part I, Section 1. Linga [Bandar-e Lengeh] to Bastak; 2. Bastak to Yezd [Yazd]; Section 3. Yezd to Samnan [Semnān], Anarak, Anarak to Samnan, and a general report;Part II, Section 1: Samnan to Nagenou, Turut, the rivers Kal Mura and Kal Lada, Nagenou, and the branch route to Doruna; 2. Nagenou to Bajistan [Bajestān], Bajistan; 3. Bajistan to Jumain, Jumain; 4. Jumain to Karat, and a general report from Samnan to Nagenou and the remaining route; 4. Miandasht [Mīān Dasht] to Bandar Ghez [Bandar-e-Gaz] via Astarabad [Gorgān]. A diary across the Caspian Sea is appended to the report.The appendices are as follows: I. Niris to Beshna; II. Samnan to the Kuh-I-Gugird Range; III. To accompany the sketch of the Dasht-I-Kavir; IV. Notes on the road from Hashtadan to Meshed [Mashad]; V. Route from Meshed to Miandasht; VI. Notes on transport; VII. Means of obtaining water.The report also includes twenty-six large illustrations, many of which are topographical views of the landscapes and villages encountered by Vaughan. There are numerous other small illustrations included within the text. Most of these are diagrams with measurements, showing the cross-sections of streams and ponds encountered by Vaughan.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; 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 volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.