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1904259905British India Simla and elsewhere 1904. Various paginations with numerous genealogical appendices some folding. Many works in blue or red editorial pencil or with marginal notes. 1 vols. Small folio. Contemporary Indian cloth-covered boards. Boards scuffed and rubbed; text with some staining and occasional old repairs; some folding tables shaved with loss. Various paginations with numerous genealogical appendices some folding. Many works in blue or red editorial pencil or with marginal notes. 1 vols. Small folio. A sequence of reports and first hand accounts of local conditions in Mekran Kalat Baluchistan Northwest India now Pakistan and relations with with the Khan of Kalat and his family. An uncommon glimpse of politics of and life in a frontier state of British India. This is a series of eleven internal reports many of them from the pen of Herbert Showers 1862-1916 whose career as a Political Officer took him to Kalat Quetta Jaipur Alwar Katmandu Udaipur. He died relatively young at 54 in 1916. The reports are candid: "As recent events show important events seriously affecting the peace and well-being of the country may be passing and no information of them reach the Political Agent except accidentally from an unofficial source. And as can readily be understood the difficulties are greatly enhanced by our having such a man as Pasand Khan for the Jhallawan Sirdar." A marginal note in pencil indicates "resigned in favour of his son in 1911".<br /> <br /> Comprising:<br /> <br /> a No. 371. From Lieutenant E. Le Mesurier Officiating Political Agent in Kalat To Major-General Sir James Browne . Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan. 15th May 1896 . report on the recent tour made by His Highness the Khan of Kalat in the Mekran sic. country. 1-41 pp.<br /> <br /> b No. 280. From Lieutenant E. Le Mesurier Officiating Political Agent in Kalat To Major-General Sir James Browne . Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan. Dated Camp Mustung the 24th April 1896. report on the recent tour of His Highness the Khan of Kalat through Kech-Mekran and the arrangements made by His Highness for the future administration of the country. 1-25 pp. "Vara 2." in manuscript at head of p.1.<br /> <br /> c No. 93. Dated Camp Quetta the 15th May 1897. From Lieut. R.A.E. Benn Military Adviser and Assistant His Highness the Khan of Kalat To the Political Agent Kalat . report in connection with the relief of the detachments of the Kalat State troops which was carried out by me . during my recent visit to Mekran. 1-25 pp.<br /> <br /> d Baluchistan. D. No. 308. No. 3389 dated Quetta the 17th May 1898. From- Colonel Henry Wylie C.S.I Officiating Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan To-The Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department Simla . the following report with its enclosures regarding the recent disturbances in Makran for the information of the Government of India. 1-38 pp. "Corrected copy" in manuscript at head of p.1 and some other small notes and underlining. Imprint: G.C. Press Simla - No 286 F.D. - 4-6-98 - 95. <br /> <br /> e No. 4126 dated Quetta the 26th May 1899. From - Colonel Heny Wylie G.L.I. C.S.I . To - The Sectretary to the Government of India Foreign Department . refers to your letter No. 1548-E.A. dated the 1st November 1898 conveying the orders of the Governor-General in Council regarding the future of Mekran. 1-39 pp. Imprint: G.C. Press Simla. - No. 24F. D. - 6.6.99.-80. <br /> <br /> f No. 1367 of 1900. Dated Camp Quetta the 17th April 1900. From the Political Agent S.G.Knox Kalat To the Agent to the Governor General in Baluchistan Quetta . report on my tour in the Jhalawan hills and my visit to Mashkai. 1-34 pp. <br /> <br /> g Showers Col. Herbert Lionel. No. 5926 dated Quetta the 31st May 1901. From - The Hon'ble Lieutenant-Colonel C.E. Yate C.S.I. C.M.G. Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan. To - H.S. Barnes Esq. C.S.I. I.C.S. Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department . the report of Captain H.L. Showers Political Agent Kalat on his tour in Mekran together with a subsequent letter from him to my address. 1-49 pp. "11/ Makran. 50 A / 1901". Imprint: G.C. Press Simla. - No. 364 F. D. - 28 6 1901 - 80.<br /> <br /> h Showers Col. Herbert Lionel. Major Showers' report . Part I. Confidential. No. 217 Confidential dated Camp Ziarat the 14th June 1902. From - The Hon'ble Colonel C.E. Yate C.S.I. C.M.G. Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan To - The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. .I. forward herewith Major Showers's report . on his recent tour in Makran and Mashkel.1-43 pp. Imprint: G.I.C.P.O. - No. 123 F.D. - 5-7-1902 - 114 - Exd. B.M.<br /> <br /> i Showers Col. Herbert Lionel. Major Showers' report . Part II. No. 400-C. dated Camp Ziarat the 17th June 1902. From - The Hon'ble Colonel C.E. Yate C.S.I. C.M.G. Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan To - The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. .I. submit herewith Major Showers's report on his operations in Persia in co-operation with the Governor-General of Kerman for the purpose of obtaining compensation for the losses caused to Kej in the raids committed by Muhammad Umar Nausherwani and his Persian confederates. 1-78 pp. Imprint: G.I.C.P.O. - No. 129 F.D. - 11-7-1902 - 114 - P.K.B. <br /> <br /> j Showers Col. Herbert Lionel. No. 907-Z. dated Ziarat the 19th June 1903. From - The Hon'ble Colonel C.E. Yate C.S.I. C.M.G. Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan To - L.W . Dane Esq. Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department. . re. the desirability or not of appointing a Native Assistant for the Jhallawan country .I have now the honour to submit Major Showers's report on his late tour. 1-68 pp. Imprint: G.C. Press Simla. - No. 773 F.D. - 31-7-03. - 62. - E. A.deS.<br /> <br /> k Showers Col. Herbert Lionel. No. 2655 dated Quetta. The 6th May 1904. From - The Hon'ble Colonel C.E. Yate C.S.I. C.M.G. Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan To - The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. . I have now the honour to forward . Major Showers's report . on his recent tour in Makran between October 1903 and January 1904 1-20 pp. At head: "P.olitical A.gent Kalat / 7.6.04" and in a different hand "11/6/04" Imprint: Foreign Office Press - No. 297 - 27-5-04. - 59. Provenance: Herbert Lionel Showers 1862-1916 political agent Kalat see note in item k with signature at head "P. A. Kalat / 7.6.04" unknown
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a23948Karachi n.d 1950. 3 items. 1The text of Ordinance No. XV The Pakistan Refugees Rehabilation Finance Corporation PRRFC Ordinance as published in The Gazette of Pakistan Extraordinary Karachi Friday April 9 1948. Tall 4to. 4pp. mimeographed and dated Sept. 28 1950. There is a carbon overlay on Section 2a of the Ordinance defining 'refugee.'; 2 A report of the activities of the PRRFC. Although undated from the context of the three items this report seem to cover the period through mid 1950. The report covers locations such as Multan Gujranwala Hyderabad Sind Belali Camp Baluchistan Karachi. Tall 4to. 7pp. carbon typescript; 3 A short summary of the activities of the PRRFC with 3 appended financial statements dated Nov. 16 1950. Tall 4to. 2pp 1pp. 1pp. 1pp. foldout. The three items are in loose in a binder issued by the PRRFC and are each VG folded once with the final page of item 2 splitting along the fold. Set of three related items: . unknown
1967L2SFGIMNES3FPakistan 1967. Original black half morocco album green cloth sides with title and emblem of the United Bank Limited Pakistan on the front board. An archive of 183 photographs: 133 loose black and white photographic prints ca. 30 x 25 cm 30 smaller ones ca. 5 x 6 cm numbered and mounted together on a single sheet of paper and 20 additional prints in the album. Further with numerous rolls of original medium format negatives. A trove of unpublished photographs depicting two official visits to Pakistan by HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. The earlier visit in 1967 is documented by a separate photo album containing images of the visit to Lahore the second largest city of Pakistan from 16 to 28 November 1967. The album opens with a picture of HH Sheikh Zayed arriving in his car; later pictures show him being honoured and presented with an album very similar to the present one and in the company of officials representing Pakistans United Bank Limited UBL. Almost 20 years later in 1986 Sheikh Zayed would donate a hospital to the city now the "Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex" one of the leading medical institutions in Pakistan.The 30 small photographs show an audience with Sheikh Zayed as well as a banquet in his honour attended by various Pakistani dignitaries including Agha Hasan Abedi 1922-1995 the illustrious founder of UBL. These photos apparently clipped from a set of medium format contact prints are mounted on a sheet of coated black photographic paper.The largest set in size and number shows the state visit that took place on 20-22 January 1970 at the invitation of President Yahya Khan 1917-1980. It provides extensive documentation of the large Abu Dhabi delegation being formally received by Yahya Khan who served as president of Pakistan from March 1969 to December 1971. Many show HH Sheikh Zayed shaking hands with and speaking to President Yahya; others show the airport reception formal dinners speeches but also informal conversations members of the delegation handling falcons and numerous high-ranking Abu Dhabi retainers. Among the persons depicted is again Agha Hasan Abedi but there are also several pictures of Butti bin Bishr secretary to Sheikh Zayed and Ahmed bin Khalifa Al Suwaidi the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE and personal representative of Sheikh Zayed. President Yahya Khan had been "one of the very first international leaders to reach out to Sheikh Zayed after the UAE had been founded and had prior to this in July 1970 been instrumental in creating an agreement to provide technical assistance to the then Trucial States. With the December 1971 union agreement approaching Pakistan was quick to forge even closer ties and Khan had been one of the first foreign leaders to offer his congratulations and reiterate his countrys support when the UAE was born. Full diplomatic ties were then quickly established and Pakistan became one of the first to extend recognition to the new country . All his life Sheikh Zayed had held a personal affinity for Pakistan. He had hunted there extensively came to know the people its culture and lands and enjoyed close ties with leaders" Wilson.From the estate of Azhar Abbas Hashmi 1940-2016 Pakistani financial manager and eminent literary patron with close ties to Karachi University. Hashmi served the UBL for many years becoming its vice-president before founding several important cultural organisations and becoming known as a man of letters in his own right. Thanks to his close connections with the Gulf states Abu Dhabi provided funds to build Karachi Universitys faculty of Islamic studies as well as its Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre and it mosque Jamiya Masjid Ibrahim.The majority of the photographs are entirely unmarked but they occasionally show an Arabic inscription or stamp on the reverse. Some of the loose photographs slightly scuffed along the edges with an occasional nick or small tear but otherwise in fine condition. Binding of the album slightly rubbed. An important collection of at least largely unpublished photographs concerning the Sheikh of Abu Dhabis visits to Pakistan in the last years before the formation of the UAE entirely unknown and without counterparts in the UAEhistory Keystone or Hulton/Getty press photo archives.l Cf. G.H. Wilson Zayed: man who built a nation pp. 111-112. hardcover
189947161New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1899. 8vo. x 2 368 pp. Frontisp. photo numerous photo plates 5 maps 1 large folding. Dark-red cloth gilt illustration of fort on front cover gilt lettering on spine t.e.g. minor chipping at head & foot of spine minor shelfwear slight bumping to couple corners still a VG- copy. Second edition of this rousing first-hand account of the siege and relief of the fort at Chitral during the last phase of the Great Game as Britain and Russia struggled to maintain control over routes into India. During a particularly vicious succession fight Major Robertson brought a force of 400 British soldiers under command of Captain Townshend from Gilgit to oversee the transfer of power and took substantial losses and finally retreated to the castle where they endured a month-long siege from assorted factions. Colonel James Kelly arrived with 400 Sikh Pioneers 40 Kasmiri sappers with 2 mountain guns and 900 Hunza irregulars in April 1895 to raise the siege. Charles Scribner’s Sons, hardcover
1965List3236Lahore Pakistan 1965. Ninety-four photographs measuring 5 x 3 ½ inches to 2 x 2 inches. Many with manuscript captions verso and some marked recto. Overall excellent to Near Fine. Photos taken by Denverite Lyman R. Flook Jr. and his family with many captioned by his wife Dorothy documenting their time living in Lahore from 1960 to 1965. Lyman Flook 1921–1993 worked at the engineering firm of Tipton & Kalmach which in 1960 won a contract to design and construct a link canal system in Pakistan. This was likely related to the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty which determined which Indus Basin rivers would supply water to India and which to Pakistan and allowed a ten year transition period in which India would supply some of Pakistan’s water while Pakistan built its canal system. While Lyman Flook worked on the canal Dorothy 1921–2020 taught at the Lahore American School. They and the other American families in Lahore with Tipton & Kalmach left in 1965 after the outbreak of the Indo-Pakistani War.<br /> <br /> The Flooks lived in a large stylish house likely in the upscale WAPDA i.e. Water And Power Development Authority Town neighborhood of Lahore. The shots include many of the other American engineers’ families typically identified by full or at least last name including the Thiel Troxler and Rockwell families. There are Christmas events with Santa and even a child’s birthday party featuring a dancing bear. Most interesting though are those of local people and life in Lahore—some portraits of the locals are quite competently and compellingly shot. Most of the Pakistani subjects depicted are servants of the American families: chowkidars watchmen ayahs nursemaids dhobis washers sweepers and groundskeepers. They are identified by first name in Dorothy Flook’s extensive captions which also illustrate the relationship between the Americans and their hired labor. For instance she writes:<br /> <br /> “Our New Chowkidar. He was sent over by the Rockwells who wanted to save money doing without one. As soon as it was known they had no chowkidar things started disappearing from their garage. The locals are always trying to create jobs for each other.â€<br /> <br /> Of the ayahs she relates:<br /> <br /> “Norma said her ayah asked for overtime pay saying ‘Mrs Flook her boss’s wife was giving it’ — a dead lie. She and Edie told me to be plenty mean so they won’t be always getting that club for their servants.â€<br /> <br /> And in one of the most unfriendly captions she describes their washerman:<br /> <br /> “Our Dhobi Boksh. He used to come every day; now he comes every other day. Dumbest looking character you ever saw but he’s surprisingly faithful.â€<br /> <br /> Others are described as “always underfoot†“doing nothing†and “Stealing yet!â€.<br /> <br /> Of interest to historians of US activities in Pakistan in the 1960s and relationships between Americans and Pakistanis on the ground. unknown
1888218964London.: The Graphic. December 81888. Double page engraving 30.5 x 50.7cms image only; 40.5 x 59cms sheet including caption and full margins central fold browned from original glue residue but overall in good condition text on the verso. Vivid panorama published in "The Graphic" newspaper depicting conflict in the Black Mountain Expedition of October-November 1888 also known as the Hazara Expedition a military campaign by the British against Swati and Yousafzai tribes of Kala Dhaka and Battagram District then known as the Black Mountains of Hazara and northern areas around it in the Hazara region of what is now Pakistan. 400 tribal fighters and 2 British officers perished. The text on the verso whilst not specifically relating to this conflict records the British Viceroy Lord Lansdowne's address on a visit to Bengal: <br>".some intelligent well-meaning men were desirous of taking into the unknown by the application to India of democratic methods of government and the adoption of Parliamentary systems which England herself only reached by slow degrees through the discipline of many centuries of discipline." <br> <br>The engraving has full margins not shown. . The Graphic. unknown
1958207758Dacca Pakistan.: Asiatic Society of Pakistan. First Edition. 1958. Folding map two folding charts tables black and white photographic illustrations 109 pages errata 24.5 x 16.1 cms title wrappers spine shipped and edgewear but in very good clean condition. Scarce ethnographic study. In 1956 the author Pierre Bessaignet 1914-1989 under the auspices of UNESCO had created the sociology department at the University of Dhaka Bangladesh where he continued to teach for a few years. This publication is illustrated with 18 pages of black and white photographs chiefly of tribespeople and dwellings; charts relating to genealogy and village social structure and economic life; line drawings that provide floor plans of various dwellings and storage facilities; plus chapters relating to specific villages and families in these villages. There is a final chapter pointedly titled "The Future of the Tribesmen." Bibliography at rear of volume. . . Asiatic Society of Pakistan. unknown
64353c.1870. . Albumen print. Very good tonal range and in good condition pasted on original mount photographers title and number in negative.<br /> <br /> [c.1870]. unknown
1923ABC_45756Waziristan/Pakistan 1923. Contemporary cloth. 4to album 22.5 x 17.5 cm. With 97 black & white photographs each ca. 11 x 6.5 cm inserted in frames on 24 paperboard leaves with 2 "frames" on each page 1 frame has 2 photos in it. Unique album with 97 photographs compiled in Rawalpindi Islamabad by British Corporal G.W. Curtis during his service as "no. 2 wireless boy" in Waziristan Pakistan from at least 1923 to around the time of Pinks War March to May 1925.In the 1920s the British and Indians conducted military campaigns against tribesmen in and around Waziristan. At one point a permanent garrison of British troops was maintained in the region at Razmak. Pinks War was a bombardment campaign carried out by the RAF against the Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan in the spring of 1925. Images include pack stations military transports wireless equipment tented military camps soldiers crossing the River Indus a ferry crossing in 1923 soldiers posed in deep snow barracks and other soldiers quarters aircraft transport by horse camel elephant and cart; as well as soldiers at leisure - riding bicycles at a beach and at a zoo. One image depicts an airplane crash at Razmak. Only one aircraft was lost during Pinks War so this may well be a rare photo of it. Some of the places shown include Tauda China Pakistan; Rawalpindi Pakistan; Bannu City Waziristan; and Murree a hill station in Pakistan. Military stations were positioned at Damdil Bannu and Razmak. Many images of local scenes including people grinding corn and washing clothes a bazaar soldiers home dairy farm football field city scenes of Rawalpindi Murree and Bannu and more.Owner's inscription on the front pastedown: "Corporal. G.W. Curtis no. 2 wireless boy Rawalpindi". With manuscript captions below most photographs describing the scene. 22 of the photographs are somewhat faded otherwise all in very good condition. Back cover spotted corners rubbed. hardcover
197054789circa1970. Collection of 20 black and white photographic plates with their accompanying negatives of maps showing patterns of land use and land forms throughout Pakistan. These photographs are of two sets of maps prepared by the Canadian government covering the whole of Pakistan. A very useful set. From the collection of Professor Basil Johnson Emeritius Professor of Geography at the Australian National University Canberra. From the collection of geographer Professor Basil Johnson who was the author of a number of works on South Asia including "India Resources and Development" and "Geographical Dictionary of India". . unknown
1929ABC_46121India and Pakistan especially their border region 1929. A collection of photographic silver-gelatin prints of aircraft the squadron aerial reconnaissance etc. made and compiled by Thomas William George Eady flying officer of the no. 28 Squadron of the RAF. It comprises 3 photo albums contemporary with the photos 53 loose photos 20 x 15 cm some with manuscript comments on the back 5 related documents dated 1928-1932 and a separate photographic portrait of Eady in total nearly 2000 prints. The first and largest album covers 1929 oblong folio 30 x 39.5 cm in blue cloth with brown cord ties contains 183 prints in various sizes mounted on 16 brown paper leaves with India ink captions by Eady in English. The second album oblong 4to 33.5 x 24 cm in green cloth with brown cord ties contains 72 prints made during the Afridi Redshirt Rebellion in various sizes and mounted on 20 brown paper leaves with neat India ink captions in English by Eady. The small third album oblong small 4to 19 x 27 cm consisting of 4 brown paper leaves tied together with black cord ties contains 33 prints in various sizes mounted on the leaves some duplicating prints in the largest album with larger captions in black ink probably not by Eady. A collection of photographs made and compiled by Thomas William George Eady flying officer in the no. 28 squadron of the British Royal Air Force. The squadron was at that moment based at Risalpur an aerodrome near Peshawar in Northern Pakistan. The collection contains silver-gelatin prints photographic snapshots and aerial reconnaissance photographs he made in 1929-1930 during his stay in the North West Frontier region on the India-Pakistan border. They show the men in their daily activities and the places they visited in their leisure such as a music saloon in Narkunda and Eadys family while staying at "Uncle Joey" in Madras. It further includes many views of the region especially of Attock and Risalpur but also of Bombay Madras The Malakand Pass Bara Valley snow at Drosh etc. and shows glimpses of Indian culture. The collection therefore gives many insights into the life of a British Royal Air Force officer in the Indian North West Frontier.Also interesting are the five related documents in the collection including a letter from the Air Ministry in London addressed to Eady and dated 25 May 1928 informing him about practical matters such as his luggage the amount of money he should take with him and whether he needs a passport.Eadys extensive photographic archive coming from a flying officer for the British Royal Air Force not only provides highly interesting insights into the Afridi Redshirt Rebellion but also a detailed record in images and captions of the courageous pilots of the no. 28 squadron of the British Royal Air Force their aircrafts activities and pastimes on the Indian North West Frontier.Cloth of the blue album worn around the edges head and foot of the spine of the green album slightly damaged some edges of the paper documents a little frayed and some documents slightly foxed and stained but otherwise a highly interesting collection of photographs in good condition. hardcover
19502231301950s-60s. Five booklets and one brochure. <br>"Guide to Golconda Fort and Qutub Shahi Tombs": 32pp. 18.2 x 12cm. <br>"Bhubaneswar. Puri. Konarak" brochure: Published by the Government of India. Some colour illustrations. 22.8 x 10.2cm. <br>"Sanchi" by Debala Mitra: Second Edition published by the Director General of Archaeology in India 1965. 67pp bibliography. 20.2 x 13.5cm. <br>"The Gupta Temple at Deogarh" by Madhuri Desai: Published by Bhulabhai Memorial Institute 1958. 5pp 24 full page black and white photographic plates. 21.5 x 14.2cm. Small annotation in pen two leaves and along spine. <br>"The Brahmapurisvara Temple at Pullamangai" by James Ce. Harle: Published by Bhulabhai Memorial Institute 1958. 11pp 24 full page black and white photographic plates. 21.5 x 14.2cm. <br>"Pushkalavati" by Ahmad Hasan Dani: Published by University of Peshawar 1963. 16pp. 24.7 x 16cm. Author's inscription title page to Professor A.L. Basham title and author handwritten by the Professor along the spine. <br>All copies: Maps including some large folding at rear black and white illustrations. Original stapled wrappers a little browned overall in very good condition. . unknown
1965223258Karachi.: Department of Tourism Government of Pakistan. 1965. Accordion fold map with profuse colour illustrations. 48 x 66.5cm folded 24 x 11.3cm. Light creases at margins little chipped in one corner overall a very good copy. . Department of Tourism, Government of Pakistan. unknown
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