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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [12v] (29/154)
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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The principle terms of the agreement arrived at between
Eeza Khan and the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
were :—
(a) The
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
to be reinstated as Governor of Bujnurd.
(b) The
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
to continue to make his own arrange
ments for guarding the frontier.
(c) The expenses claimed by the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
for preserva
tion of law and order to be deducted from the
sum claimed by the Revenue Department.
(d) The
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
to send 5 Turkoman chiefs to Tehran
as hostages for the conduct of the Turkomans.
(e) All loot, arms, etc., captured by Turkomans to be
restored.
The
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
arrived at Meshed from Tehran on the
14th November and left for Bujnurd on the 20th.
The Turkomans whose numbers had now increased to
some 2 , 000 , however, still continued their raids on the
Meshed-Tehran and Kuchan-Askhabad roads and in the
Jajarm and Samalqan districts. The most serious of these
raids took place on 16th November in the Milanlu District,
36 miles north-west of Kuchan, where 60 villages were
looted, 124 people killed, 18 women and children carried
off as well as many camels and sheep.
The detachment in Samalqan came into contact with
these Turkomans, but as they were in grave danger of
being cut off retired to their post at Samalqan without
having fired a shot.
On the 29th December, Colonel Haji Baqir Khan com
manding the garrison of Bujnurd proceeded to Shirvan
with reinforcements.
1925 .—During his absence, 200 men of his Regiment
mutinied and telegraphed to Divisional Headquarters com
plaining that they had not received their pay for 4 months.
The Colonel on his return ordered 20 ringleaders to be
flogged. Thereupon all the men mutinied and the Colonel
in a frantic endeavour to restore the situation then turned
a machine gun on them killing 22 and wounding 1.3.
He was consequently recalled to Meshed together with
the garrison of Bujnurd consisting of 700 men of all arms,
who arrived on 11 th January.
As a result of this mutiny afid his failure in dealing with
the Turkomans', Husain Aqa Khazai, the General Officer
Commanding, was recalled to Tehran on the 18th January.
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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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- Title
- ‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:61v, 64r:67v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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