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References
- ↑ "Skrine Collection: Views of Kashgar, Khotan, Yarkand and Chinese Turkestan". British Library: India Office Select Materials. British Library. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ↑ Jonathan Westaway (6 February 2018). "British Empire's hidden workings in India and Iran revealed in remarkable new film footage". Theconversation.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ↑ "Persia. General situation in Meshed following the Russian occupation". searcharchives.bl.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- 1 2 Wheeler, G. E. (1975). "Sir Clarmont Skrine OBE". Asian Affairs. 6 (1): 119. doi:10.1080/03068377508729746.
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- Cook, Chris (2012). The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives. Routledge. p. 182. ISBN 9781136509612.
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