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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [28v] (61/154)
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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44
Very large-sized aluminium or other metal vessels are re*
quired, and every member of the force should have a
canvas chagal.
On the Helmand and especially in Seistan, boats are
invaluable. The Helmand is navigable, even in winter, by
boats of draught not exceeding 2 feet. A military force
should be liberally supplied with Berthan or .collapsable
boats, and with light, strong pontoons of shallow draught
for carrying heavy loads. Experienced boatmen should be
brought. A large supply of ropes is most necessary for
water work, 3" for bridging, and l" manilla for ferrying
work. Very long ropes are necessary, owing to the width
of the Helmand and its branches. Long bamboo poles are
required for working rafts (of timber or reeds). Light
portable bridging material would be useful for the narrow
deep canals and water-cuts in Seistan.
Light axes or hukris are most necessary for clearing
jungle, cutting tamarisk for bridging, etc.
Climate of Seistan.
The climate of Seistan is one of great variety and
sudden changes.
There are practically only two seasons, for spring and
autumn hardly exist.
In some years the transition from winter to summer and
vice versa is so rapid that it may be said to be a matter
of a few hours. Summer sets in at any date between the
end of March and the middle of April, and winter sets in
with equal suddenness at any time in November. May and
the first half of June are very hot and trying the tempera
ture rising to 116°. Mosquitoes and other winged insects
are a veritable scourge.
The Winds of Seistan.
From the end of May or the middle of June, the famous
“ bad-i-sad-o-bist roz ”, (i.e., the wind of 120 days) sets in,
which blows continuously till the middle- or end of Sep
tember.
This wind has its origin in a district on the Russian
Bide of the Afghan frontier, which is called “ bad girz ”
(the birth place of the wind). Starting from this point
this wind blows across Herat and southwards to Lash
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:61v, 64r:67v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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