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Photographs Album details for shelfmark Photo 1053/
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India Office Records: IOR/L/P&S/7/232 (1500): Report of a Tour to Bujnurd, the Gurgan Valley, Astrabad, Shahrud, Sabzawar and Nishapur...November and December 1908, by Major P.M. Sykes. |
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| Photographers: |
John Williams Watson |
| Contents: |
15 prints 165x110mm Gelatin Silver prints |
| Provenance: |
India Office Records Collection |
| Notes: |
See also Photo 851/1-5 |
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| Description: |
Fifteen prints pasted into a printed report by (Sir) Percy Molesworth Sykes, describing a tour along the northern border province of Iran (Persia) in 1908. In the introduction to the report, Sykes notes that 'the party included Captain Watson, who, in addition to his other duties, collected specimens of the various animals, birds and plants: he also took a large number of photographs, some of which accompany this report.' This was John Williams Watson (b. 1874), I.M.S. 1898-1929, who was at this time civil surgeon at the consulate at Turbat-i-Haidari, 75 miles S.S.W. of Meshed.
For other photographs by Watson, see his collection at Photo 851/1-5. Photo 851/3 contains a number of additional photographs taken during this tour but not used in the report. |
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