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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [69r] (142/610)
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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107
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itionSand
, very
iles above
3 will be
country
d by the
,ridge iri«
id the i' Tfl
The Pardalis bridge in Khalkhal between Maman and
Kajal resembles the Qaplan Kuh bridge and is arched high in
the centre, about 60' above the river. It is built of stone and
brick with 6 arches and is 70 paces long. The 2 central spans,
which are the largest and one of which, except during big
floods, takes the whole river which is here very narrow and deep,
have been destroyed by the Khalkhalis and one support damaged.
The breach could be repaired by building up the support and
throwing across a pole bridge.
Of the Russian wooden trestle bridge some miles above
Manjil, which was still standing in 1918, not a trace remains.
In sections 1 and 2, above the Karangu junction, the Kizil Fords.
Uzun is smaller, slower flowing and only an obstacle during
big floods.
Section 3 is too swift for boat ferries.
The principal ferries by inflated hide rafts and fords during
lowbwater are :—
1. Chaliyan.
2. Maman
3. Mazrah.
4. Mindajin.
5. Nimahil.
6. Gizvan.
Sections 4 and 5.-
gers. Animal swim.
Section 4 .—
7. Chavarzak-Darram.
8. Vanisar-Obar.
9. Tashvish . •
10. Shahmaidan •
Section 5 .—
11. Rudbar.
12. Rustamabad.
13. Imamzadeh Hashim.
.^The river is divided into
several channels and said to
contain quicksands. It can
be forded with difficulty
by end of June.
■Ferries of flat-bottomed boats for passen-
The principal are :—
(above Gilavan).
(below Gilavan).
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- 'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:301v, 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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