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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [30v] (65/154)
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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The leader of the sect at present is one Shauqi Effendi
who lives in Haifa in Palestine. Their numbers in Persia
are estimated at about 5,000 and there are some 500—600
Bahais of both sexes in Khurasan. In September 1929 they
were given full religious freedom. Several officers of the
Meshed garrison are now (1930) Bahais.
(iii) The Jadid-ul-Islam.—These are Jews who, to avoid
persecution, have outwardly adopted the faith of Islam.
They therefore call themselves the Jadid-ul-Islam, i.e.,
“ New converts to Islam ”. In actual practice, however,
they observe the tenets of the Jewish faith very stiictly.
Thus they keep Saturdays as holidays, and observe the 6th
October as New Year’s day, burn lights in their houses on
Friday nights and keep the Passover. In public, however,
they masquerade as Muhammadans. As a community they
are well off and compose about a quarter of the more
important mercants of Khurasan.
(b) The Z dr oast rio/ns .—These are the representatives of
the original fire-worshipping religion of Persia. In India
they are known as Parsis. There are very few Zoroastrians
in Khurasan.
(c) Christianity has made litle headway in Khurasan.
In Meshed there are about a hundred so-called Christians
who have been baptised by the American mission. It is
ve.ry doubtful, however, if any of these have been converted
jn the true meaning of the word.
(3) TRIBES.
• (a) Khueasan.
The population of Khurasan is very mixed and Persians
predominate only in the villages of the Meshed plain, and
the districts of Nishapur and the Qainat.
Turkomans of the Goklan and Yamut tribes inhabit the
frontier districts of the North East.
In Kuchan, Bujnurd and Darreh Jaz the predominant
tribes are Kurds. The Northern frontier, especially the
district of Kalat-i-Nadiri is inhabited by Turks, who are
found scattered all over the northern part of the province.
Their centre may be said to be the Jam valley where there
are also many Taimuris and Baluchis. These latter wander
far afield into Sarakhs and Soviet territory. Tribes 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.
- 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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