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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [39r] (82/154)
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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65
tity of opium. The country is very fertile and very
productive. In years when the rainfall is good crops o£
all cereals are trebled.
There are several water mills in the district. Their
average amount of output is about 12 maunds daily.
(e) Qain .—Crops which consist principally of wheat and
barley, are sown in October and March respectively and
are harvested in June and July. Vegetables such as tur
nips potatoes and beet are also grown in small quantities.
(f) The most productive areas of the Qainat are: —
Produce.
Julgeh Sunni Khaneh .
Julgeh Majan
Zirkuh
Julgeh Khusf
Nimbulak (Qain
Khidri).
(g) Shusp Area.—The principal cereals grown are
wheat, barley, and arzan. Half the land lies fallow each
year. Wheat and barley are sown m October and
December respectively, and reaped in June or July accord
ing to the nature of the season. Arzan is sown m June
and reaped after three months. Vegetables are also grown
of which the principal crop is turnips.
Wheat, barley, khasil, cotton seed
and millet.
Wheat, barley, beet, cotton seed
and millet.
Wheat, barley, grapes and
raisins.
Cotton, wheat, fruit and millet.
Wheat, barley, cotton and opium.
(Seistan.)
The harvest is about 15th May to 15th June.
Crons in Seistan are of two classes, (o) spring (b)
immer and autumn. Spring crops ^msist of wheat,
arlev adas (pulse), mushukeh (pulse) ad <
ummer and autumn crops consist of water melons, melons,
lillet, maize, mash (pulse), cotton and sesame.
Spring Crops—Wheat, adas and mushukeh are sown
tom the^middle of September, till the middle of h>ecem-
er- barley from the middle of December till the end of
Jarch, and arzan (millet) is sown towards the end of
darch. The barley harvest begins about 1st May a
iheat, adas, mushukeh and arzan harvests a fortm^t
ater Some barley is also sown m November. This is cut
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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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