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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [17v] (39/154)
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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lower but its cliffs are absolutely precipitous. In conse
quence of the opening formed by the Duringan stream
debouching into the Northern plain, the real rampart is
further to the south along the crest line Ak-kamar, Kuh-i-
Imarat, Allah-ho-Akbar, Hazar Masjid up to Kalat-i-Nadiri.
It is penetrated only by bridle paths over rocky ascents,
some of which the agile Kurdish camel has no great diffi
culty in negotiating. The more important of these are : —
Muhammadabad to Kuchan via the Allah-ho-Akbar.
Kaakha to Meshed via Robat-i-Khakistar and Lain.
Kaakha to Meshed via Kalat-i-Nadiri and Qardeh.
The next sector is from Kalat-i-Nadiri to near Sarakhs,
and is very characteristic. The crest line is not more than
3,500 feet above the plain but on the inner (or Persian)
side the top which is 500 feet high is a perpendicular cliff,
and the range itself runs in straight lines from point to
point. The outer or Russian slopes are easy and in places
negotiable by a mounted man, but the range is only pass
able by defiles, or Darbands, formed by the gorges -where
streams break through, at Darband-i-Nafta (a part of
Kalat-i-Nadiri), Darband-i-Haji Bulan, Qaratigan, Cheh-
eheh, and Chil Kaman ravine. The portion from Chil
Kaman to Sarakhs is as yet unmapped. Here the range
becomes lower, splits up and loses its distinctive character
as it approaches the Han Rud. A rough track goes from
Sarakhs to Mazdaran, which is in places just passable for
wheels.
The inner range of hills starts north-east of Bujnurd
as a series of rolling downs including Khushkhaneh and the
Julga-i-Takmiran, and rises to the massif of Potlagao (lat.
37° 40' N. long. 58° 4' E.). From here eastward it conti
nues as the Allah-ho-Akbar and Hazar Masjid, described
above.
From the jumble of bilk: south of Kalat-i-Nadiri the
Kara Dagh range runs to the sputh-east forming the
northern wall of the Kashaf Rud valley. This .range is also
rough and rocky but can be traversed by several passes
which are negotiable by Kurdish camels in good weather.
(a) t rom Haji Bulan via the Gau Kotal Khaur valley,
and the Sanduq Shikan pass to Meshed.
(b) From Haji Bulan via Chehcheh, Amirabad and the
i Ghif Kotal to Meshed.
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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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