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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [21r] (46/154)
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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’bodies, they form an insurmountable obstacle for the move-
ment of armies across them. The lut is, however, now;
easily passable by M. T. which plies regularly between
Meshed and Duzdap. The road is kept in good repair.
In the autumn of 1928 troops were transported without
difficulty from Meshed to Duzdap in lorries for operations
in Baluchistan.
(4) Towns (in alphab'etical order).
Bujnurd .—Elevation 3,300 feet. Post and Telegraph
office. Headquarters of the District of the same name,
which is a fertile plain covered with gardens, trees, and
cultivation, and surrounded by mountains. The town is
quite open and has no fortifications. Its population num
bers about 10,000, the majority of which are Shadillu
Kurds, who speak Kurdish and are nearly all Shiahs with
a few Bahais.
Chinaran is a village of some importance as it is situ
ated on the main road about half way between Meshed
and Kuchan. The population is about 3,000 who are prin
cipally Za’afaranlu Kurds. The village is walled, and has
a small bazar. Outside and on the north side of the road
there is a large sarai with 50 rooms and stabling for a
large number of horses. Chinaran District, which is very
fertile and well cultivated, could be drawn on for largo
quantities of supplies.
Gunbad-i-Qabus is a fine example of Russian colonial
architecture in decay—a very straight street beginning and
ending in nothing with a line of shabby houses with red
tin roofs on either side. The. old Cossack quarters have
fallen into disrepair, and the whole place is moribund in
the extreme. Round the base of the Gunbad (dome) itself,
the Persians have constructed what they imagine to be a
defensive work. In 1929 it was garrisoned by Tabriz!
troops, which shows that it was considered a place of great
importance^
Gunabad (Jumin). Elevation 3,250 feet, Posts and Tele
graph office, population 3,000. A large unwalled village in
the Gunabad division of the Tabas District. Headquarters
of a local Governor. Abundant water supply and fertile
surroundings. A large cantonment was built during the
war on our Line of Communications about a mile from tbs,
s 2
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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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