'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [‎74r] (152/610)

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hour which will fill a channel 20 inches wide and 5 inches deep,
and they are able to gauge this amount by intuition without any
measuring appliances with surprising uniformity.
The largest ‘ qanats’ contain as much as 7 or 8 “ sangs
of water but the average is from 1 to 4 “ sangs.
Water is usually sold at the New Year (March 21st) for a
year in advance, purchasers taking a certain volume for a cer
tain number of hours every week. The price of course varies
according to the abundance or scarcity of the year s supply
aud to the locality, but on an average 1 ‘‘sang of water for 1
hour daily throughout the year is worth about 300 tumans.
The value of water varies at the different seasons. In winter
it is practically valueless whereas in summer it becomes very
costly and difficult to obtain unless hired m advance. _
There is unlimited space on the gravel slopes outside the Campmg
rampart on the North side of the town, but water rs only
obtainable in the vicinity of a qanat.
The most suitable sites are some of the large gardens on
these slopes which have a private ' qanat to supply .yater-
„ a iTshratabad, which has a ‘ qanat with about 2 sangs ot
water in summer, 'Qasr-i-Kajar, £
the Oossacks which has a ' qanat of about 4 sangs, or iusuta
Md Karmlrie barracks, which has a ‘qanat’ wrth about
4 ^polluted water supply South of Tehran makes that
area unsuitable for a camp.
For a summer camp the Shimran villages afford suitable
site! e ? ! the slopes North-West of W Arvm, the walley
West of Tairish, which also has a good stre m. .....
Por the different government departments see Chapter V, Al—hon.
and for Police and other forces Chapter VL
are ^fairly 0 well t^ffined^^ml^fficieidi! t^O Gendarmes, ’ 1,000
Cossacks, and 1,800 Central Brigade.
The following foreign countries are represented m Tehran
(No Ambassador 1915-20).
Armenian Republic | • Recently established.
Azarbaijan Republic )
Turkey
Afghanistan
Embassy.
Legations.
, . jciirflli and near tbe Qiilahak road, the
1 These are both the P r °P ert, y f f n peyond the Daulat Gate,
former about i the latter about 1| miles neyouu