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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [35v] (75/154)
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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58
Fighting men 2,000; Rifles 2,000, old, but servW
able. The Nauri would be invaluable in the
event of having to swim horses across the Rud-h
Seistan, Helmand, or Rud-i-Rarian. He is fear
less and, irrespective of the current flowing, is
able to swim the most stubborn horse across in a
few minutes. The Nauri is of fine build and
would make an excellent soldier.
Taulchi. All the other Baluchis of Seistan belong to
sections of this tribe. The principal are Saruni
450 families, Jamalzai 300, Gurgich 400.
Hrahui. Two sections of the Muhammad Hasani branch
of the tribe are found round about Lutak. They
are the Yaghizai and Zerkari, whose headmen
are respectively named Juma Khan and Nuzar
'Jan. They number 800 families.
Sarbandi. 3,000 families scattered all over the country.
The principal Farsiwan (Shiah) tribe of Seistan'
The
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
, Purdil Khan, and his son Ali Khan
possess great local influence. The Brahui and
Sarbandi tribes together could raise 4,000 fight-
ing men, and have about 3,000 old, but service
able rifles.
Shakraki. Farsi wans, about 1,000 families. 200 fight
ing men and few rifles.
Rhimar. —Farsiwans, 250 families.
Zarakzni, Baluch, 300 families. A somewhat lawless
nomad tribe, who graze their camels along the
frontier between the Hamun and Duruh. They
raided convoys and travellers several times ’n
1916, but subsequently enlisted freely in the
Seistan Levy Corps. 150 fighting men and 50—
100 rifles.
Shebak .—A Shiah nomad tribe, one branch of whom
(100 families) wander between Neh and Safedawa,
while another lives in north Qainat. Their head
men cultivate a little land in Seistan. 70—100
fighting men and few rifles.
Murrai.—A small Baluch tribe (100 families) who pro
fess to be subject to
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Khudadad Khan
Nauri. Habitat, the Palagan Kuh lowlands.
Practically no fighting men or rifles.
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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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- ‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’
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