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The record is made up of 1 volume (87 folios). It was created in 1921. 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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APPENDIX IV.
Statement showing particulars of Telegraph Lines erected by the Force in
East Persia, and to be handed over by the Assistant Director, Posts and
Telegraphs, to his relief'
. .48 mile?. Telescopic Field Service iron
posts A. B. C. D. 16 0 to the mile.
Wire iron 300 lbs, per mile. Insulators,
Seimen's, No. 68 on cap.
1, Girdhi-rSafedawa Section
It. Section Kain-Jumin
3. Section Jumin-Turbat
65 miles. Field Service bamboo posts. 25 to
the mile with 100 wooden posts at Qanderis-
uleman and Najimabad.
Wire iron 150 lbs. per mile. Insulators Field
Service button.
70 miles. 22 ft. wooden posts. 17*6 to the
mile. Wire iron 300 lbs. to the mile.
Brackets spike with Field Service insulators.
4. Loop from Meshed to Meshed butted 8 rniles. Wooden posts. 17‘6 per mile. Brac-
encampment. kets B.-6" with backs with Seimen's Insula
tors, No. 38. Wire iron 450 lbs. per mile.
5. Loop from Turbat butted encampment 4 miles. Posts wooden, 22 ft. 17‘6 to the
to the Persian Telegraph Office. mile. Wire iron 450 lbs. per mile. Brac
kets, wooden, 4 in a row. Insulators, Sei-
men J s, No. 38.
6. One wire erected from Jumin to Jumin 2 miles. 22 ft. wooden posts. IT'O per mile,
city, Wire iron 300 lbs. jer mile. Brackets spike
with Field Service Insulators.
7. Loop from Kain butted encampment 2 miles. Posts wooden 22 ft. 17‘6 per mile,
to Kain city. Brackets B.-6" in pairs with Seimen's insula
tors. Wire iron 450 lbs. per mile.
8. Loop from Amirabad to Birjand
P75 miles. Posts wooden. 24 ft. wire iron
450 lbs. per mile. Brackets, wooden, four in
a row. Insulators, Seimen's, No. 8.
9. Loop from Sbusp butted encampment Half a mile. Posts wooden. 22 ft. per
to line. mile. Wire iron 450 lbs. per mile. Brackets
B.-6" with backs and Seimen's insulators.
10. Loop from Seistan butted encampment 1’75 miles. Posts iron, Hamilton's standards
to line. A. B. 17 6 to the mile. Wire iron 450 lbs.
per mile. Brackets B.-6" in pairs. Insul-
tors, Seimen's, No. 38.
per mile. Brackets B -B" in pairs. Insula-

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The volume is titled Report on the Working of the Line of Communication and on the Withdrawal of the British Military Mission in East Persia, General Staff India . The volume is marked confidential and was printed in Delhi by Superintendent Government Printing, India, in 1921.

The report is from the General Officer Commanding, Baluchistan District to the Chief of the General Staff; the report contains preliminary remarks on 'The withdrawal of the troops of the British Military Mission at and beyond Meshed, and of the Lines of Communication'. There follows the substantive report from the Inspector-General of Communications, East Persia, Duzdap to the General Staff, Baluchistan District, Quetta. This report is divided into two parts:

  • Part I - 'A brief report on the working and organization of the Line of Communications, East Persia, in April 1920'
  • Part II - 'The withdrawal' which has the following sub-sections: general; supply and transport services (including some special points for consideration); medical; ordnance; works; posts and telegraphs; vetinary.

The report is accompanied by nine maps:

  • 'APPENDIX 1. SKETCH MAP SHOWING POSITION OF POST AND COMBINED OFFICES IN EAST PERSIA' (folio 10)
  • 'APPENDIX 1. L. OF C.E.P. INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM' (folio 12)
  • 'APPENDIX 2. AREA ON THE EAST PERSIA L. OF C. COMMON TO RAIDING (folio 15)
  • 'APPENDIX 1. GRAPHIC MAP ILLUSTRATING THE NORMAL SOURCES FROM WHICH THE TROOPS IN EAST PERSIA WERE SUPPLIED AND THE CONTINUOUS MOVEMENTS BY WHICH THE SUPPLIES WERE NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED TO THE FORCE AT MESHED AND TO THE GARRISONS OF POSTS ON L. OF C.' (folio 18)
  • 'APPENDIX 1. LINES OF COMMUNICATION EAST PERSIA' (folio 33)
  • 'APPENDIX 3. DIAGRAM SHOWING POSITIONS OF TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH AND COMBINED OFFICES IN EAST PERSIA' (folio 35)
  • 'COLUMNS AND CONVOYS WOKRING IN CONNECTION WITH WITHDRAWAL FROM EAST PERSIA' (folio 55)
  • 'DAYS AFTER ZERO' (folio 62)
  • 'PLAN showing ORGANIZATION OF LINE OF COMMUNICATIONS (ADMINISTRATIVE AND DEFENCE TROOPS) (folio 77)
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1 volume (87 folios)
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The volume is arranged in three parts: preliminary remarks; part I; and part II.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 78; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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'REPORT on the Working of the Line of Communication AND ON THE Withdrawal of the British Military Mission IN EAST PERSIA, 1919-20. GENERAL STAFF INDIA.
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:25r, 25r:25v, 25v:55r, 55r:55v, 55v:62r, 62r:62v, 62v:77r, 77r:77v, 77v, back-i
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