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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [31r] (66/154)
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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49
Arab origin are to be found in Turshiz, Gain, Tun
(Firdausi) and Tabas.
(1) Turkomans—Goklan—Habitat—-the pasture lands of
the Sumbar and Chandli valleys. They are a nomadic tribe
consisting of about 2,000 families. Their fighting men are
well mounted but have little reputation for bravery. They
are generally dirty and lazy, and live in constant strife with
their neighbours and in fear of the Yamuts. It is estimated
that they could turn out about 1,000 men armed with
magazine rifles. They are divided into two main sections,
the Karakul and Nakhuli, and in 1929 the habitat of some
of the main subsections was as follows: —
(i) Karakul. —Jargalan valley, 15 miles from Aq Darra.
Chief—Jan Muhammad. About 200 families.
40 families in “ Bachha Darra ” and “ Ashk ,f
mountains close to the Soviet frontier. Head
man—Mullah Isa.
40 families in Amand under Shadi Khan and
Isa Khan.
50 families in Agri Kaba, near the frontier of
Soviet Russia, opposite the Red Army post of
Chakan. Headman—Quli Khan.
70 families in Hissarcha and its area under Jan
Muhammad himself.
(ii) Nakhuli. —Northern and Eastern Jargalan valley.
About 100 families.
Sub-sections—
Inhabit Gunbad Ali,
34 miles East of
Hissarcha, at the
farthest end of the
Jargalan valley.
The Yamuts.—Habitat: banks of the Gurgan and Atrek
rivers and as far north as Balkan and Krasnovodsk. There
are in all about 30,000 families, of which some 7,000 live in
Khurasan.
The characteristic peculiar to this tribe is their aver
sion tc? co-operate among themselves. Thus although every
sub-section may have its own chief, no central tribal
authority is acknowledged, and consequently tribal fends
Begi tribe.
Mullah Mohd. tribe.
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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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