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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [14v] (33/154)
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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eluded by saying “ You have proved to foreigners that W©
are unable to organize our military power
He left for Bujnurd on the 8 th, where he court-
martialled and shot 11 soldiers for complicity in the mutiny.
He returned to Meshed on the 11th and ordered the in
stitution of various reforms in the Shrine, such as reduc
tion of pay of Shrine officials, etcw
He left Meshed for Tehran on the 14th August. He
then ordered the Headquarters of the Seistan and Kainat
Brigade to be transferred from Birjand to Duzdap, where
a Brigade was to be stationed. These orders were can
celled in October and in their place orders were issued for
a full strength Infantry Brigade to be stationed at Meshed
and a mixed force composed of one regiment of cavalry one
battalion Infantry and one battery artillery at Bujnurd.
Colonel Iraj Khan was appointed to command the
Meshed garrison.
On the 27th September, the wireless station which had
been in the process of construction since 1928 was officially
opened.
In August and September, the unrest, which had been
brewing in Baluchistan since 1925, came^ to a head when
the Rekis refused to allow troops to entrain at Mirjawa for
Duzdap with a view to their concentration at Birjand, where
they were to be inspected by the Shah. The orders for
this inspection were however cancelled at the last minute
as trouble was anticipated.
Dost Muhammand of BampUr (nominally Persian Gov
ernor of Duzdap) hearing of the evacuation of Khwash the
garrison of which had left for the inspection at Birjand
and having heard highly exaggerated stories of the mutinies
in Khurasan and Azarbaijan, advanced towards Khwash
with the intention of occupying it. Khwash however, had
already been occupied by a party of Persian levies, under
their tribal chiefs who were at that time due 6 months’
arrears of pay.
Finding that the Persian troops were still at Duzdap
that there was no indication of the dissolution of the Shah’s
Government^, and hearing exaggerated stories of British
aeroplanes at Taftan and of troops at Dalbandin, Dost
Muhammad realised that his advance on Khwash had been
ill-advised and declared that his sole object had been
to. protect the Shah’s intrests. He ■ then returned to
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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.
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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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