These images are from a Swiss geological expedition to Iran in 1950. All photographs were taken by Arnold Heim. The descriptions were written by him, some of them shortened but otherwise unaltered.
Iranian Baluchistan is in the southeast of Iran, bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Baluch (Baloch) people number around 15 million, and are divided between Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
Camel caravan of the geological expedition with Arnold Heim, Jowan Stöcklin, Ing. Fakhroi and Elisabeth Heim - 25.03.1950 - Creative Commons - the source
Typical desert erosion - 23.03.1950 - Creative Commons - the source
Glory in the date palm forest, with young rice field, Qasrqand Oasis, Iranian Baluchistan - 09.04.1950 - Creative Commons - the source
Iranian Baluchistan, oasis village Disak NE Iranshar. Typical construction of the houses in the desert villages: the walls are made of a mixture of clay and finely chopped straw, the roofs are flat, there are no windows facing the street, only into the inner courtyard. The tall house in the background has a superstructure with an opening for ventilation. Each oasis has a palm grove, because the date palms also grow on salty soil where no grain grows - 16.04.1950 - Creative Commons - the source
Baluchi woman in Bahu Kalat on the Dashtiari River, Iranian Baluchistan near the border to Pakistan - 03.04.1950 - Creative Commons - the source
Qasrqand. The people in this water-rich, large oasis make a good living from the rice fields and fodder for their goats and a forest of date palms - 09.04.1950 - Creative Commons - the source
Woman with nose ring and water bag made of goat skin, in Qasrqand one of the largest and most interesting oases in Iranian Baluchistan - 09.04.1950 - Creative Commons - the source
Source: ETH Zürich archive