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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [20r] (44/154)
The record is made up of 1 volume (73 folios). It was created in 1920-1931. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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goocl stone. Two G. S. wagons can cross it abreast. The
road leading from the bridge to Persia is suitable for horses
and mules but not passable for M. T. and heavy artillery.
There is no continuous road leading along the left bank
ffrom Islam K&la to Sarakhs, as offshoots of the Jam moun
tains stretch down to the river edge between the points
of junction ©f the rivers Jam and Ostin with the Hari Pud
and also between Haji Samitdni and Pul-i-Khatun, and
obstruct free communications, A road exists for the re
mainder of the distance which 'would require a certain
amount of labour between Islam Kala and the Jam river
to make it fit for wheeled traffic.
Other less important streams are: —
Durigtm —rises N.-E. of Kuchan and flows Into the desert
near Artik. Always fordable except in flood.
'Sumbar .—
Chandir ,—
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Little known,
country.
They drain the Goklan
A b-i-Belnnjan .—
A b-i-ltadlcan *—
-Mere brooks. Rise in Kuh-i-Imarat.
irrigate Radkan and flow into the
Kashaf Rud.
tShur Su .—A bitter stream. Always fordable except in
flood.
Amirabad .—Fresh water, rises from a hot spring and
irrigates Ohehcheh.
Ab-i-QaratigaM. —Fresh, always fordable.
Ab-i-Verd, or Budbar .—A brook. Irrigates some of the
Darreh Jaz villages.
Abs-i-Kalat .—Tainted with mineral oil and scarcely
drinkable. Flows through Kalat-i-Nadiri and irrigates its
crops.
Garma Khan .—Drains the plateau N. of Kuchan and
finally joins the Buringan. A rivulet. 3
(3) Deserts.
Dasht-i-Kavir.—This desert occupies the centre of Khura
san. It commences east of Qum, and stretches east to the
boundary of Turshiz, fully 400 miles. Its width varies
from 80 to 150 miles. It is absolutely destitute of all sign
of vegetation or of animal life.
MII/T KBPOBT
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Military report on the Khurasan [Khurāsān] and Seistan [Sīstān] regions of Persia [Iran], with maps and illustrations. Produced by the General Staff, India, and published in Calcutta [Kolkata] by the Government of India Press, 1931. Marked for official use only.
The report includes chapters on:
- a history of Khurasan and Seistan
- the geography of Khurasan and Seistan (mountains, rivers, deserts, an alphabetical listing of towns) and climate (including assessments of the health risks associated with both regions)
- population (religion, tribes)
- resources (including crops, grazing, fuel, transport, and a note on horses and mules in Khurasan)
- armed forces (including a description of the Eastern Division of the Persian military, an Order of Battle, organisation, armaments, equipment, clothing, rations, training)
- aviation (detailing the organisation, personnel, equipment, aerodromes, etc., of the Persian Air Force)
- administration (municipal, police, justice, department of public instruction, revenue, roads and communications, census, post and telegraphs, sanitation)
- communications (railways, roads, types of motor transport in use, principal routes used by travellers from Meshed [Mashad] to Russian territory, telegraphs, telephones, wireless)
An appendix includes a veterinary note on conditions in Khurasan and Seistan. The volume also includes four colour plates illustrating different badges associated with Persian army and police officers, and a number of maps and diagrammatic maps.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (73 folios)
- Arrangement
A contents page at the front of the volume (f 6) and index at the rear (ff 64-66) both reference the volume’s original printed pagination.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 75; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- ‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:61v, 64r:67v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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