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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [53r] (110/154)
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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93
Safedava and Duzdap. ^ 2
8. Waqf Property—Auqaf (Church lands and religious
bequests).
(a) There is a special Department, under the Ministry
of Public Instruction, which deals with the Auqa .
Khurasan is the most important province m Persia from
the point of view of the Auqaf. One-third of the tota
area of the Province is Auqaf propery. The total annual
income of the Auqaf in Khurasan is over two million
Tum&ns
One-tenth of this income goes to the Government
Treasury and the rest is spent under the orders of the
Auqaf Department.
(a) The maiority of the Auqaf of Khurasan be ong o
the shrine o” Imam Reaa. These Auqaf have always been
controlled by the reigning Shah through the ^utava
Bashi who is his representative and deals with the att
of the shrine. . , . f
The other Auqaf are controlled by the Ulema (chief
9. Malieh (Revenue Department).
TbK Department is under the Ministry of Finance,
Tehran Genera! has no control ovmr .h
to send
“Mairis^ —^ Tthe “supply of grain
when called upon to do so.
10 Roads and Communications Department.
The duty of this department is to improve and repair
theW^f Khurasan "and to construct ",
There are ^^“Gunabad^Sna
Maiamai, Nishapur, Tu n f these districts is now
and Safedawa. Work on the roads of algo being
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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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