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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [19v] (43/154)
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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26
Aqiam ford is about 3 miles above Gunbad-i-Qabus.
There is a bridge here which is reported to be in good
repair. The ford is an easy one.
Gunbad-i-Qabus ford .—Opposite Persian Customs Office.
Reported good and easy. There are three bridges at Ak-
kala, Aba-i-Anna, Khan Jafarbai, and Aba-i-Haji Muham
mad Khan. The two latter are slight wooden structures
built on piles, but there is no recent information regarding
them.
The water though not clear is fit for drinking.
The Hari Bud Biver or Ab-i-Herat.—Forms the frontier
between Persia and Afghanistan from Islam Kaleh (Kafir
Kala) to Kushut Kala. From Islam Kaleh to Kaman-i-
Bahisht the river flows between low banks through marshy
country. The hills on the right bank are lower than those
on the left and stretch down to the water’s edge. They are
covered with tamarisk. The river is about 20 to 30 yards
wide but on the melting of the snows swells to a width of
2—3 miles. Where the Jam river flows into it from the east
is a reedy marsh, which is called Dehan-i-Du-Ab. There is
an unimportant ford four miles above the junction which
is commanded by Khaki Kala.
From the Jam to the Istui the river is very tortuous
and is flanked by mountains. There is no vegetation, and
even single horseman cannot pass down its banks when the
river is in flood.
Below the Istui the Hari Rud valley again broadens out
and is covered with tamarisk. Further to the north the
Zulfikar hills come down to the river from the east and,
forming a perpendicular wall, stretch as far down as the
ruins of Haji Samitdni. From here down to Pul-i-Khatun
the river winds from one side of the valley to the other.
Hear the ruins of Garmab the valley opens out, contracting
again near Pul-i-Khatun where it makes a sharp bend to
the west.
The normal current is 2f miles an hour (or 4/ per
second), and in flood 4| miles an hour (or 7 1 a second).
There are fords at Pul-i-Khatun, Haji Samitdni, Zulfi
kar, Khaki Kala and Pish Robat. The last is only suitable
,for cavalry.
At Pul-i-Khatun there is a bridge about 50 yards long
.and 8 to ,9 feet high. It has three arches and is made of
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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.
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- 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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