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'Report on Sistan and the Country Between It and Mashad' [3v] (11/118)
The record is made up of 1 volume (55 folios). It was created in 1894. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Intel^ genee Branch Diary No.
18 of 1894.
Persia.
Custody and Disposal op Secret Books, Reports, &c., issued dy the Intelligence
Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department in India.
THp attention oE His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief having been called to the want of
system in the Ztody use, and disposal of secret works, &c., Bis Excellency des.res that m future
the following regulations may be strictly adhered to :
(a)
(5)
Officials to whom works of a secret nature are issued will be held personally p
their safe custody, and they must be very careful to keep them under ^k and k y
and under no circumstances to leave them where they are likely to be observe y
people who should have no access to them. They will submit annually (on the 1st
January) to the Intelligence Branch a return showing that such matter is still m then
When an official to whom a secret work has been issued vacates his appointment or is
transferred or proceeds on duty or leave (out of India for any period, or in India for
any period exceeding three months), all secret works in his possession, if he ^ >
official capacity, must he personally made over to his successor (be he temporary
permanent, and a report submitted to the Intelligence Branch by the officer handing
over the issues showing that this has been done. The following is the form of repor
to be made
the following
Certified that I have this day delivered over to
secret works issued to me by the Intelligence Branch :■
No.
Full title of work.
No. of
vois.
No of
copies.
Remarks:
Explaining reason of
handing over.
•Place and date.
Signature
Signature of receiving officer
In the case of officers of the District Staff, these reports must he sent through the G. O. C.
(c) In the case of an official leaving his station under circumstances other than above stated,
W it is optional for him to hand over the secret works in his charge to another officer with
the above prescribed formalities ; but, if he does not do so, he is as responsible for
them during his absence as he is during his presence at his station.
(d) Personal or complimentary issues of secret works will be held by the recipient until his
V departure from India, when the secret matter will be returned to the Intelligence Branch
for safe custody, or special permission obtained for its retention.
Army Head Quarters ; ^ JAMES BROWNE, Major-General,
Simla, 1st October 1891.) Quarter Master General in India.
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The volume is Report on Sistan and the Country Between it and Mashad [Mashhad], by Lieutenant H D Napier, Staff Lieutenant, Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department in India. It was printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1894. It consists of two parts, political and military.
The report is largely based on a journey from Mashad to Sistan and back undertaken between 1 November 1892 and 18 March 1893 by the author; his munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. and a native of Mashad, Haji Jawad [Haji Javād]; a sub-surveyor of the Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Sher Ali Khan [Shīr ʿAlī Khan]; a 'gholam' [young servant] from the Governor of Khorasan (unnamed); and a Turkoman [Turkmen] 'postal sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. ' [mounted orderly or guard] (unnamed). It provides information and statistics (often tabulated) on the history, geography, economy, population, resources, roads, and meteorology of the region. The information in the military section reflects concerns with supplies, transport, and development possibilities.
Throughout the volume there are numerous photographs, plans, and sketches. These are of fortifications, landscape features, sites of historical or cultural interest, and notable people. In a pocket at the rear of the volume is a map that illustrates the report.
Near the beginning of the report there is a preface (folio 4) written by Lieutenant-Colonel George Hand More-Molyneux, Assistant Quarter Master General, Intelligence Branch, on 7 May 1894, and guidance for the 'Custody and Disposal of Secret Books, Reports, &c., Issued by the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department in India' (folio 3).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (55 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is divided into two parts (Political and Military) and each part then further divided into several chapters on different subjects. At the beginning of the volume (folio 5) is a contents page, with reference to the original pagination.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 57; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: An additional printed pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-53.
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- Title
- 'Report on Sistan and the Country Between It and Mashad'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:9r, 10r:10v, 11v:12v, 13v:14v, 15v:18r, 19r:20r, 21r:22r, 23r, 24r:29r, 30r:35r, 36r, 37r:37v, 38v:39r, 40r:41r, 42r, 43r:43v, 44v:45r, 46r:54v, 56r:56v, 58r
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