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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [46v] (97/154)
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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80
Bujnurd Composite Regiment is organised in 3
Rifle Companies as above.
• NoTE-^ere are now (January 1930) no Lewis Guns
m the 8tl1 an d 9th Companies of the Shahpur Regi
ment, the 2 Lewis Guns previously in the 7th Company
having been lent to the Seistan Brigade.
(b) Cavalry: The 21st Bahrami Cavalry Regiment con
sists of 4 Squadrons (107 men each) of 3 Troops each.
Nos. 1 and 2 Squadrons form the 1st “Division” and
Nos. 3 and 4 Squadrons form the 2nd “ Divizion ” The
4 Lewis Guns are distributed in the Regiment as follows: —
Lewis Guns to each of the 2 “ Divizions ”.
(e) Artillery: The 19th Artillery Regiment consists of
2 Batteries One of these is a 4 gun Horse Artillery
Battery, sub-divided into 2 Sections of 2 Field Guns each
Ihe second is a Mountain Pack Battery consisting of 4
10 Pr. British Mountain Pack Guns.
(d) Divisional Signals exist, but not as a combatant
unit, since they are employed only in Meshed as telephone
operators, etc of the military exchange. All signallers
employed in the field, either as telephone operators or with
helms are found from the units themselves. The distribu-
tion of field telephones and helms among the units of the
Division is as follows : —
(?) In 25th Shahpur 5 new German field telephones
Regiment. with 15 Kilometres of wire and
8 Helios.
GO In 21st Bahrami 5 new German Field telephones
Regiment. w ith 15 Kilometres of wire and
6 Helios.
<.m) In 19th Artillery 6 new German Field telephones
Regiment. with 18 Kilometres of wire.
(e) Divisional transport as a permanent unit is negli-
gible, but when required is provided by requisitioning
motor lorries and country carts.
<f) Sappers: Nil.
5. Armament.-(i) 25th Shahpur Infantry Regiment:
(a) Rifles: The 9 Rifle Companies of this Regi-
ment are armed with the Long Lee Enfield
Rifle, while the men of the Machine Gun
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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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- 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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