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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [51v] (107/154)
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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(It) Governors of Districts .—Formerly Governors of all
the districts were appointed by the Governor General,
They received no pay, yet notwithstanding this, they
would often bribe the Governor General in order to secure
their appointments. The inhabitants of the Districts were
therefore, practically speaking, sold by auction by the
Governor General to the highest bidders who w T ere then
appointed Governors. Under the old system District
Governors controlled all judicial matters in their districts.
This custom has now been abolished and all jurisdiction
throughout all districts, is now in the hands of the Adlieh
(Justice) Department. In 1927, when Amad-us-Saltaneh
b atemi was Minister of the Interior, a law was passed to
the effect that Governor's of districts should receive
salaries.
Nowadays (February 1930) Khurasan is subdivided into
a number of districts, each administered by a Governor w’ho
is appointed on the recommendation of the Governor
General and confirmed in his appointment by the Ministry
of the Interior. There are, however, still tw r o categories of
District Governors, paid and unpaid. The total number
of District Governors in Khurasan is 31, including Seistan
and Duzdap.
The following Districts are administered by Governors
in receipt of salaries, which vary from 31 to 124
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
a month : —
Duzdap, Sabzevar, Nishapur, Kuchan, Bujnurd,
Turbat-i-Haidari, Tun (Firdusi), Tabas,
Turshiz, Sarakhs and Darreh Jaz.
Eight other districts are administered by Governors
who are unpaid. The latter are all responsible to the
Governor General, and perform the same duties as those
who draw salaries.
2. Seistan.
Seistan is only nominally under the Governor General
of Khurasan, as the real Governor is the Amir-Shaukat-ul-
Mulk, the semi-feudal lord of Qainat and Seistan, who is a
man of considerable authority and influence, and is also very
popular. He has nominated his two nephews, Hisam-ud-
Dauleh as Governor of Birjand and Qain, and Samsam-ud-
Dauleh as Governor of Seistan. They are directly under
the Central Government at Tehran.
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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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