Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Title continues: ‘Zu C. Ritter’s Erdkunde, Buch III, West-Asien, Theil VIII, IX. Bearbeitet von H. Kiepert, herausgegeben von C. Ritter. Berlin, 1852 Verlag von D. Reimer’.Map of Iran showing territorial extent of the Ottoman, the Russian and the British sphere of influence in the region with borders outlined in colour and explained in a key in the bottom left-hand corner below title. Also shows the boundaries between provinces and various routes across the region.1 mapDimensions:462 x 490 mm, on sheet 478 x 584 mm
The volume contains lists of, and genealogical tables and biographies for, the notable families of Fars [Fārs] and Persian Officials at Shiraz [Shīrāz].The volume includes a 'Sketch Map of Boundaries of Districts of Fars', found in a pocket at the rear of the volume (folio 53).1 volume (52 folios)A table of contents can be found at folio 4.An index to the biographies arranged by name can be found at folios 45-48.An index to the biographies arranged by title (and some family names) can be found at folios 49-51.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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Routes indicated by dotted lines.Inscriptions:On the recto in the bottom right-hand corner signature ‘John Garstin Surveyor Genls. Office Fort William 1811’.Labels:On the recto in the lower centre black ink oval stamp ‘E.I. COMP’S LIBRARY’.1 map sheetMaterials:Pen and ink on paperDimensions:501 x 400 mm, on sheet 545 x 450 mm
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the British Embassy at Tehran and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, concerning allegations of illegal trade between Bahrain and Iran by a merchant from Bushire, who was responsible for smuggling sugar, tea and opium into Bahrain, and who is believed to be employed by the Agency as an 'informer'.1 file (16 folios)The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are file notes at the end, on folios 15-17. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 18; 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 3-13; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Genre/Subject MatterThis pencil sketch on paper depicts a man reclining against a pillow on a chaise-longue while reading. It is drawn in the style of a caricature, which is in keeping with other figural sketches in this volume and, more broadly, in the related files Mss Eur F140/232 and Mss Eur F140/233, which, together with this volume, complete the trio of journals created by Jeffrey C. Amherst.The man depicted is likely Captain Chamberlain, who Amherst cites as being ‘in command’ of B & D Companies upon his arrival at Aden on 30 November 1870. He is wearing at least one brace and holding the papers he is reading above his torso.The latter part of the inscription – ‘Marshag’ – refers to Ras Marshag, a promontory to the south of the Crater, upon which a lighthouse (built in 1861 to facilitate the navigation of increasing numbers of steamers passing through) was situated as well as the quarters for a detachment of infantry.InscriptionsUpper left corner: ‘Capt C at Marshag May 22nd 71’Temporal ContextThe drawing was made during the period Amherst was based at Aden, between 30 November 1870 and 1871/1872; on 5 February 1871, Amherst notes that he was in command of D Company and that he was based at the Isthmus Position, where two companies of British and two companies of Native Infantry were regularly based according to an 1877 publication (F. M. Hunter, An Account of the British Settlement at Aden, (London: Trübner & Co., 1877)). It seems Amherst moved about frequently between Crater, Isthmus, Ras Marshag and elsewhere during his time at Aden.1 drawing; pencil on paper, pasted into volumeDimensions:107 x 182 mm [landscape]Materials:Pencil on paperCondition:The paper is slightly foxed, but otherwise in good condition with adhesive still sturdy.Foliation:The image has been assigned a sequential number, 4, which is written in pencil in the lower right corner of the page onto which the image is pasted.
The statement gives the following information for each tribe listed:Name of the tribeName of its ChiefIts place of headquartersNumber of subdivisionsPopulationAmount of tribute paid to Amir Faisul ibn Turki al-Sa'udNumber of horses procurable by each tribeRemarksThe remarks relate to the expectation that the Chief of each tribe would each year give horses to Amir Faisul. The amount of horses is determined by the number of Jama (subdivisions) the tribe had; in return the chief would receive clothes, weapons and dates from the Amir. A further remark notes that those tribes who pay no tribute are expected to protect the Nejd [Najd] frontiers and to go on any expeditions that the Amir wishes them to.1 folioThe folio has to be folded out in order to be read.
The interim amendments are comprised of a list of routes through Persia compiled by the mechanical transport (M T). For each route the start and end destinations are given along with following: the total distance; references to maps showing the route; general notes and a report which breaks down the route into smaller parts; details of the route's suitability in various weather conditions; surface, gradient, character of adjacent country; climate, local features, condition of the roads, and available facilities and supplies such as camping locations and water.The routes described in the amendments are:M T Route No. 8 Kangavar [Kangāvar] - Jokar [Jowkār] via Tuisarkan [Tūyserkān]M T Route No. 9 Kangavar [Kangāvar] to mile 272 on route IV C via Nehavend [Nahāvand]M T Route No. 11 Hamadan [Ostān-e Hamadān] - Senneh [Sanandaj]M T Route No. 11-A Qurveh [Qorveh] - Sunqur [Sonqor] and thence to join route 1-B near Sahneh [Şaḩneh]M T Route No. 14 Hamadan [Ostān-e Hamadān] to Zenjan [Zanjān] via Kabutarahang [Kabūdarāhang]M T Route No. 16 Rawan [Ravān] to Saveh [Sāveh] via Nubaran [Nowbarān]M T Route No. 17 Saveh [Sāveh] to Tehran [Tehrān]M T Route No. 17-A Saveh [Sāveh] to Qum [Qom] via Kardin [Kūh-e Kordīn] and Haveh Āveh]M T Route No. 17-B Saveh [Sāveh] to Qum [Qom] via Anjilavand [Anjīlāvand]M T Route No. 32 Ahwaz [Ahvaz] to Ganaweh [Gonāveh] via Behbehan [Behbahān]M T Route No. 33 Behbehan [Behbahān] to Kazerun [Kāzerūn]M T Route No. 34 Bushire [Būshehr] to Ganoweh [Gonāveh]M T Route No. 42 Khumain [Khomeyn] to Isfahan [Isfahan] via Gulpaigan [Golpāyegān]M T Route No. 45 Nain [Nā’īn] to Qum [Qom] via Ardistan [Ardestān]M T Route No. 51 Bushire [Būshehr] - Lingeh [Lengeh]M T Route No. 55 Lar - Lingeh [Lengeh]M T Route No. 61 Lingeh [Lengeh] - Bandar Abbas Bandar ‘Abbās]M T Route No. 92 Meshed [Mashhad] - Sarakhs [Sarakhs]M T Route No. 93 Dughai [Dowghā’ī]- Sultanabad [Solţānābād]M T Route No. 94 Imam Quli [Emām Qolī] (Mile 122 on Route VIII-C) to Lutfabad [Loţfābād]M T Route No. 95 Quchan [Qūchān] - Bandar Shah [Bandar-e Torkaman]M T Route No. 98 Shahrud [Shāhrūd] - Shahpasand [Shāh Pasand]M T Route No. 101 Tehran [Tehrān] to Semnan [Semnān] via Aiwani-i-Kaif [Eyvānekey] and Garmsar [Garmsār]M T Route No. 102 Route 101, Mile 28.2, to Tehran [Tehrān] via Jalilabad [Jalīlābād] and Veramin [Varāmīn]M T Route No. 103 Rudian [Rūdehen] to Amol [Āmol] via Ab Ali [Āb‘alī]M T Route No. 104 Babul [Bābol] to Mahmudabad [Maḩmūdābād] via Amul [Āmol]M T Route No. 105 Arablar [Arablyar] to Maku [Mākū]Routes 8, 11, 42 and 101 also include appendices detailing alternative options to the principal route described.1 file (48 folios)The amendments are arranged in numerical order according to route number.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 48; 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 contains correspondence and reports from the Government of India, External Department, the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, the British Embassy at Tehran, the Minister of State in Cairo, the Ministry of Labour and National Service, and the British Consulates in Tabriz, Bandar Abbas, Zahidan [Zahedan, Iran], and Isfahan, on the subject of working conditions in Iran.The file also contains:a translation of the regulations drafted by the Iranian Ministry of Commerce & Industry (ff 95-97);details of arrangements for the welfare of workers, rates of pay, and cost of living figures for Iran in 1942;copies of the reports
Labour and industrial conditions in Farsand
Labour and trade union movements in Persia;extracts from
Iran,and
Journal de Tehran, in English and French.1 file (109 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 109; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Imprint:London, Trel. Saunders lith.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Route of mission indicated in red line.Boundaries of provinces labelled and shown by pecked line.Original manuscript at IOR/X/3126/1.1 map sheetDimensions:193 x 945 mm, on sheet 317 x 994 mm
Imprint:London, Trel. Saunders lith.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Route of mission shown in line.Boundaries of provinces labelled and indicated by pecked line.Inscriptions:On recto correction in pen and ink to a place name ‘Sir-i-Yezd’ reads: ‘alter i to e’. Amended in print to ‘Ser-i-Yezd’, copy with amendment at IOR/X/3126/3/1.Original manuscript at IOR/X/3126/1.1 map sheetDimensions:193 x 945 mm, on sheet 315 x 989 mm
Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Grid lines added in pencil between Kerman and Yezd (Yazd).Route of mission indicated in red line with sextan observations points shown by red dots. Boundaries of provinces coloured for reference.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.Inscriptions:On recto across face of the map place names added in pencil.1 map sheetMaterials:Pen and ink with wash on paper with additions in pencilDimensions:656 x 2766 mm
Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures with grid lines added in pencil which do not feature on another copy of this map held at IOR/X/3122/1.Routes indicated by red lines.Places of interest including ruins, camps and mounds shown in red.Inscriptions:In the lower left-hand corner an annotation on the original map in red faded ink and partially illegible.1 map sheetMaterials:Pen and ink with grey wash on paperDimensions:735 x 1300 mm, on sheet 760 x 1300 mm
Distinctive Features:Relief shown by shading.Route indicated by dotted line.Inscriptions:Signed in the bottom right-hand corner ‘John Garstin Surveyor General. Surveys. Genls Office Fort Willm. 1811.’Labels:On the recto in the centre black ink oval stamp ‘E.I. COMP’S LIBRARY’.1 map sheetMaterials:Pen and ink on paperDimensions:262 x 368 mm, on sheet 325 x 430 mm
The account gives details of the route taken through Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], Kishm [Qeshm] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] , and provides geographic information on the areas travelled through, information on the peoples inhabiting the areas and information on local trades with particular focus on mining for Salt, Nahptha, Sulphur and Red Ochre.7 folios
Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Routes indicated by thin and dotted lines.Inscriptions:On the recto in the bottom right-hand corner signed by the Surveyor General and ‘C.G. Nicholls’ in the bottom left-hand corner below the neat line.1 map sheetMaterials:Pen and ink on paperDimensions:462 x 656 mm, on sheet 505 x 702 mm
Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Routes indicated in red.Inscriptions:On the recto in the bottom right-hand corner signature ‘John Garstin Colonel of Engr. Surveyor General Fort William 7th of January 1811’. 'Recd. 13th J'Labels:On the recto in the lower left below title black ink oval stamp ‘E.I. COMP’S LIBRARY’.1 map sheetMaterials:Pen and ink with wash on paperDimensions:460 x 479 mm, on sheet 662 x 684 mm
The statements were originally intended to form Appendix 12 of Colonel Pelly's Riyadh report No.57 dated 15 May 1866 and were produced following a request from the British Government for Pelly to go through William Gifford Palgrave's book and verify the truth, or otherwise, of accusations, assertions and claims made by Palgrave about the places he visited and people he met.The principal statements that Pelly addressed were as follows:That the native agent at Shargah [Sharjah], an Armenian named Hajee Yacoob, was encouraging the slave trade whilst operating as a representative of the British Government. This claim was refuted by Pelly firstly as Hajee Yacoob was a musselman, secondly as he had recovered more slaves than 'any other man in the Gulf' and thirdly as succesive residents considered him to be a most energetic and reliable man who was not as Palgrave supposed responsible for the suppression of slavery in Shargeh but was in fact the arbitrator of the maritime truce there.That Palgrave and his companion had travelled openly as Christians and been welcomed as such. Whereas Pelly had witness testimonies, including from his agent at Muscat, that Palgrave had disguised himself as a mussulman and used assumed names in order to travel and had even been seen worshipping in mosques.Claims as to the extent of the territories of Oman, that Bahrein and Qatar (amongst other places) paid tribute to Oman, that Said Saeed [Thuwaini bin Said] divided his territories up between his three sons in his will, alleged tensions between these sons and claims relating to Said Soulem [Salim II bin Thuwaini], son of Said Saeed, being a young boy. Several of these claims such as the extent of Oman's territories and the way in which they were divided up following Said Saeed's death were refuted through treaties and agreements that already existed such as Lord Canning's of 1861 which separated Muscat and Zanzibar, and a loan agreement of 1856 in which Persia agreed to lease some places to Oman. The remaining claims were refuted by Pelly's personal and detailed knowledge of Muscat and through Said Torki [Turki bin Said],son of Said Saeed who was a guest of Pelly's in Bushire at the time of his writing the responses to the statements, including that Said Soulem was actually a grown man, not a young boy, and had recently been accused of murdering his father,Also included in the file are a draft version of the statements and a copy of the witness statement of Mr Rozario, agent at Muscat, regarding Mr Palgrave passing himself off there as a mussulman called Aboo Mahmood and that he had observed him attending mosques and outwardly observing the fast.1 file (22 folios)Foliation: The file has been foliated in the front top right corner of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.
This volume was produced by the General Staff in India and was printed by the Government of India Press in Simla.The purpose of the volume was to provide Government of India officials with useful information about the Iranian Army. The information is arranged into subject chapters, the headings of which are listed in the contents pages (folios 6-7), and include: historical background, military geography, personnel, administration, artillery and uniform. There are two appendices which detail Iranian coinage, weights and measures (folio 28), and a list of aerodromes and landing grounds in Iran (folios 29-31). The volume also includes two illustrative plates which contain images of the ranks of shoulder straps worn by different officers (folio 32) and aircraft markings (folio 33). There is an index to the volume on folio 34.1 volume (68 folios)The contents of this volume are arranged by subject.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 35; 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 also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
The file consists of three issues of
Appreciation of the Conditions in the Bandar Abbas Consulate Area, for the periods 1 January-31 May 1945, 1 June-1 December 1945, and 1 January-30 June 1946. Each report is written by the British Consul at Bandar Abbas and distributed to the Foreign Office, various departments of the Government of India, and numerous military and political offices in the Middle East, including the Political Agency at Bahrain.The reports contain summarised information on the following local and regional matters:politics and administration;trade and industry;social and economic conditions;tribal affairs;internal security;British interests;Russian influence.1 file (14 folios)The file is arranged chronologically.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 16; 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 1-15; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.