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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [49v] (103/154)
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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of flying 140 hours without complete overhaul. This
machine has no bomb-racks. The normal radius of action
of a D. H. 9. is approximately 200 miles at a cruising
speed of 80 m. p. h. and it can be assumed that these
aircrafts have a similar perfermance.
. 'There are no machine guns in any of the machines,
though some have mountings for Colt machine guns and
one of the Junkers is fitted for Lewis guns.
It is said that machine guns will be fitted when neces
sary.
With the exception of the 3D. H. 9s mentioned above
none of the machines are fitted with bomb dropping
apparatus. It is possible that all war material comes
from the U. S. S. R. On the other hand it is said that
there is a munition
factory
An East India Company trading post.
15 miles from Tehran, the
engineers in which are German.
All machines are bought from abroad.
Personnel —
Pilots—9 Persians (trained in the U. S. S. R. and
France).
2 Germans—pilot-mechanics.
15 Foreign—mechanics.
All Persian pilots and mechanics are trained either in
the U. S. S. R. or in France.
Workshops. —There is a general workshop near Tehran.
The foremen are either Soviet subjects or Frenchmen. The
hands ore with few exceptions Persians.
Civil Aviation .—The Junkers Company has a monopoly
of civil air service in Persia and, under their agreement,
they are obliged to participate in internal military opera
tions by lending both machines and personnel.
None- of the Junkers machines, normally attached to
the Persian Air Force, have been sold to the Persian Gov
ernment. They are on loan and the Persian Government
has to pay for any losses which occur. The Company is
responsible for keeping all machines in repair. At the end
of 1929, the engines of the Company’s machines were being
changed.
Formerly the engines were 310 H. P. petrol engines.
The new engines have crude oil, and a 70 litre C. C. engine
burning crude oil will develop 1000 H. P.
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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’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:61v, 64r:67v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence