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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [36r] (76/154)
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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.Ee/rati .—Farsiwan noir.ad tribe (100 families), who
monopolize almost all the camel transport work
in Seistan, working between Kuh-i-Malik Si ah
and Birjand. They claim to have originally come
from Herat. Practically no fighting men or
rifles.
Arabs. -Mir Arabs. Shiahs, 40 families. Their head-
man, Mir Ali Akbar of Bunjar, is a very influen
tial Kadkhuda. Untrustworthy.
JSaiyqd .—Saiyad (the name is the Arabic for hunter) are
a race of fisherman and wiidfowlers who live on
the edge of the Hamun. They speak a peculiar
dialect and are regarded as aboriginals. They
are small, dark, poor, mean and timid. They
know the Hamun to perfection, are useful ferry
men (tutinchi) and guides on the waters. They
have an official headman or Kadkhuda who keeps
in touch with authorities, Persian and Consular.
There are about 700 families.
fiHaiyid .—A family claiming descent from the Prophet
Muhammad through his grandson Husain. There
are about 300 such families in Seistan scattered
generally through the chief -villages, where the
heads officiate as Mullahs. The leading Mullah,
Haji Mir S&iyfd Ali, owns considerable property
at AKabad. Other influential men are Iftikhar-
Tish-Sharia of Daudi, Rais ul Islam of Chilling,
Haji Mir Saiyid Ali of Gauri, and Saiyid
Abdullah of Burj-i-Mir-GuL
Daulatabad
Khwaja Ahmad
Seh Kuha
Xala-i-Nau
Kala-i-Kuhneh .
Deh SuMiteh
IBunjar
Hbamak
NOTABLES.
Sabdars.
.
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, Sarbandi.
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.
.
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.
Ali Khan, Sarbandi.
.
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.
Muhd. Amin Khan, Nauri.
.
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.
Uaji Amir Khan, Nauri.
.
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.
Haji Ali Khan, Nauri.
. Mir Ali Akbar.
.. Mir Medhi Khan, .Shakraki.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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