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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [50v] (105/154)
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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Landing grounds exist at Maiamai, Birjand, Duzdap
places 10 gr ° Und organisation whatever exists at these
Note -Following the line of the Duzdap-Meshed road
it may be generally said that the surface in its immediate
vicinity is both level and firm, and therefore forced land-
befow°- d b6 mad6 without mnch danger > ™cept as shown
(i) Between Duzdap and Hormuk (road follows a
stoney river bed through a number of narrow
defiles).
(ii) At Khunik, Shusp and Mud—these three villages
being situated on crests of low-lying hills
though in the case of Khunik and Shusp, it
would be possible to land immediately to the
south of these villages where the surface is flat
(iti) Between Birjand and Khanaq (12 miles S. of
countr Wier6 the road runs through hilly
(iv) Qam-Khidri area, which is intersected by many
winter rlVer ’ SPateS being «
(v) Amrani Desert—soft sandy soil.
(vi) B 88 W Sm c: x Turb ^ t ' i - Haidari an d Meshed (distance
wPi u w a d pas f es aver 3 ranges of mountains
vhich afford no landing possibilities except in
r® ^tervemug spaces. No landing facilities
fiom Sharifabad northwards till the Meshed
aerodrome is reached.
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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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- Title
- ‘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