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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [32v] (69/154)
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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(c) Za'afaranlu. —Habitat, Kuchan and Shirvan, in
which districts they number 50,000 and 12,000
respectively. A fine, robust, well-clothed and
well-housed race. Have the reputation of being
brave, hospitable, honest and of independent
bearing. Of their total 49,000 are settled and
13,000 nomads. Not of much fighting value.
Speak Kurdish, Turkish and Persian. Total
number of rifles, 1,700 magazine and 3,300
single loaders.
(d) Kaiwanlu, a Kurdish tribe expatriated by Shah
Abbas together with the Za’afaranlu (Kuchan
district) and Shahdillu (Bujnurd district) from
Kurdistan about the year 1600. Scattered ele
ments of this tribe are found in the Darrehjaz,
Kuchan, Juwain, and other areas, but its head
quarters may be said to be Radkan. Its Gov
ernment was, until recently, in the hands of its
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
. Formerly nomadic, like the other
Kurdish tribes brought to Khurasan, it has now
settled down to agriculture, and the nomads
form but a small proportion of the whole. 8,000
souls with about 150 rifles (modern single
loaders).
(3) Chadar Amah. — i.e. “tent dwellers”. This term is
loosely used and refers to nomadic tent dwellers. It is
especially applied to the Hazaras, and tribes along the
Persian-Herat border, viz., the Taimuris, and Baluchis.
Taimuris.—A warlike race of Sunnis, who are on bad
terms with the Berberis, though the ancient feud between
them may now (1930) be said to be at an end. They are
on none too good terms with the Persian Government. In
appearance darker than, but somewhat similar to, the
Arabs. The tribe, which is said to contain about 6,000
families, is scattered over the Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam,
Bakharz, and Rui Khaf districts. A number of the tribe
are tent-dwellers owning large flocks of goats and sheep.
The remainder are cultivators.
, The Mishmast section are Shiahs.
The Seistan Levy Corps enlisted two troops of Mounted
Infantry from this tribe. These were later transferred to
the Khurasan Levy Corps, which corps was disbanded in
January 1921. More could have been raised if they had
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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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