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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [49r] (102/610)
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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September, the third, which began on 22nd October, seems
likely to continue.
During the first occupation a split occurred between Kuchik
Khan and the more moderate Bolsheviks on the one side and
Ihsanullah Khan, Khalu Qurban and the Communists on the
other, leading to Kuchik Khan’s withdrawal to the Jangal
followed by the expulsion of his Commissars from Rasht on
31st July. A Communist regime was instituted with Ihsanullah
Khan as Chief Commissar, and Khalu Qurban as Commissar for
War. A large part of the bazaar was deliberately fired by the
Russians on the 5th August and a reign of terror ensued. After
the second occupation Ihsanullah Khan and Khalu Qurban
resumed their offices and formed a fresh Government under the
name of the Persian Revolutionary Committee, in which Persians
were substituted for Caucasian Communists, and
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.
Muni,
although holding no office, played the leading part. The
sufferings of the people of Rasht are attested by their wholesale
ffioht from the town. After the first evacuation by the Cossacks
on 25th August only some 6,000 out of a previous population of
about 30,000 remained, and after the second evacuation on 22nd
October 7,800 refugees arrived at Kazvin, while a much greater
number were scattered over Gilan.
Sketch of History of Plateau Provinces,
Khalkhdl.
Since the beginning of the 20th century Khalkhal has be
come more and more disturbed and has been overrun by the
Shatranlu tribe (see Chapter VIII). The district has suffered
heavily from the famine of 1917-18 and from the prevailing
insecurity and the resulting decrease in population is more
marked even than in Khamseh (See below).
In the summer of 1918, 1,000 Turks were reported at
Hirabad, but they disappeared with the Turkish withdrawal from
Azarbaijan.
Khamseh.
The province of Khamseh was little affected by the Persian
revolution. Zulfiqar Khan, Husain Quli Khan, father of
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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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