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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [‎42r] (88/610)

The record is made up of 1 volume (301 folios). It was created in 1922. 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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>Ir»a and Muhammad AK had time to return and reorganize his
rabble at Astarabad. When Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Muhi advanced he was
completely defeated ^ea^Bamiajvi-G^^o^October^lOth^fled
Muhtiyid and hastened to Damavand being escorted by the sons
f SrMu’aivid who collected on the way as many arms as
possible from the refugees. By his agreement with Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Muhi,
bv which the latter was permitted to leave Mazandaran, Amir
Mu’aiyid appeared as a self seeking opportunist and not as_ a_
i f u “-Rova,list ” The ex-Shah rejoined him at San
Lt St'aiyl s y otwithdrcwto Saved Kuh The Mazanda-
ra^ were disgusted at the looting perpetrated by the ex-Shah s
Turkoman auxiliaries, and seem to have regarded his cause
as lost Muhammad AH shortly afterwards retired to Russia.
The Mazandaran leaders alarmed at the course of events and
fearing retribution went to Tehran, where Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Jahl and
Amir Mu’aiyid were reconciled. Samsam-us-Sultaneh Bakhtian
wS Premier and to spite Sipah Salar, an inveterate enemy of
Imir M^aiyid since 1909, gave Isma’il Khan (whose previous
title was Amur Tuman) the title of Amir Mu’aiyid, a present of
3oi r fles ^d command of the “ Army of Mazandaran (Qushun-
i Mazandaran), and at Amir Mu’aiyid’s instigation re-appomted
Zafar-us-Sultaneh as Governor. During disturbances which
followed the Russians intervened and sent Cossacks from A^ aiyi -
bad as far as Sari against Amir Mu aiyid who retired to the
fastnesseSiPf ^vadKidi. ^ R^-ud-Dauleh was 1913-4.
Governor and Russian support quelled opposition to and
prevented Amir Mu’aiyid from descending from Savad Kuh.
SM Sh 9 uCr“dta 8 %“Maza n de rto deputy 1914.
at Barfarueh was reduced and in 1915 Am.r Mu aiyid 8 sone m6 .
were emboldened to come down from Savad Kuh and occupy
Tome crown lands in the district of Babu Kmar South of Barfa-
!-v After the break up of the 3rd Majlis and the departure of
the ‘'Muhajirin ' fromTehranfor Qum on 15th November Amir
Mu’aiyid returned to Mazandaran. Bukn-ud-Dauleh had been
succeeded as Governor by the weak and incompetent Itizad-us-
Sultaneh elder half-brother of the Shah, who was the corrupt
and unpopularhly of Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Jalil, and Amir Mu’aiyid in defiance
of the small Russian garrison still left at Barfarush, occupied

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Military report compiled by Captain LS Fortescue of the General Staff of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force and printed in Calcutta at the Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922.

The volume begins with a statement defining the geographical area covered by the report. The report is divided into ten chapters, plus appendices, each concerning a different subject, as follows:

  • Chapter 1: History
  • Chapter 2: Geography
  • Chapter 3: Climate, Water, Medical and Aviation
  • Chapter 4: Ethnography
  • Chapter 5: Administration (including a table of provinces with administrative details (folios 123-30)
  • Chapter 6: Armed Forces of the Persian Government
  • Chapter 7: Economic Resources
  • Chapter 8: Tribes
  • Chapter 9: Personalities
  • Chapter 10: Communications
  • Appendices: Glossary of terms; Weights, measures and coinage; Bibliography; Historical sketch (Chapter 1) continued from June 1920 to the end of 1921

At the back of the volume (folio 302) is a map to illustrate the report.

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1 volume (301 folios)
Arrangement

There is a contents page (folio 5) and list of illustrations (folio 6) at the front of the volume and an index at the back (folios 270-300). All refer to the volume's original pagination. The index also includes map references of all places marked on the map.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 303; 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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