Author
John Richard Preece
Publication Date
1884 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
eng,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
26
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/L/PS/20/122
Record ID
vdc_100000000912.0x00003a
Library Location
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.
Date
1884 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Confidential notes of a journey made through Persia [Iran] from Shiraz to Jashk [Jāsk], via Fassa [Fasā], Dārāb, Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and Mīnāb, by John Richard Preece, Assistant Superintendent of the Telegraph Department, Persia. The report was published by the Intelligence Branch, Office of the Quarter Master General in India, and printed by the Superintendent of Government Printing, India in Calcutta [Kolkata] in 1884.
The report is diaristic in form, running from Preece’s departure from Shiraz on 29 January 1884, through to his arrival in Jashk on 19 March 1884. The report records: topography; settlements, including some descriptions of their size, population, condition; weather conditions on the route; the condition of roads; agricultural and industrial activity, including livestock numbers; water sources. Two tables of statistics follow the report, both dated 15 August 1884. The first contains temperature and barometer measurements taken by Preece throughout the course of his journey, the second is a list of stations along the route, and the distances between them in miles.
Places referred to in the text are given their names in Persian script in the margin throughout.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
5 C 2
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
‘Map showing road from Shiraz to Jashk’
8 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/122, ff 2-5
