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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [80v] (165/610)
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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Inhabitants. —They are employed in commerce, transport of
merchandise over the Murdab and fishing.
The population is very mixed, the settlement of Qazlan was
purely Russian, and the town of Enzali contains Armenians
(about 250), Caucasians, Turkomans and immigrants from
other parts of Persia ; The languages are Gilaki, Farsi (Persian)
and Turki.
Supplies and Transport—As in Rasht. When the Baku
route is open an unlimited number of troops can be maintained.
Communications —By sea, Chapter X, para, {a), pp. 411-3.
By land Chapter X, para. (c). Russian
metalled road to Rasht and Kazvin,
Pony tracks to Astara, etc.
By sailing boat or steam launch across
the Murdab to Pir-i-Bazar and by
Khustaria's narrow gauge railway or
metalled road to Rasht. Normal
duration of journey 2 to 3 hours. Fare
for passengers, 8 to 10 krans, merchan
dise 1 kran per poud (36 lbs).
Telegraph. —(1) Enzali-Rasht-Kazvin-Tehran.
(2) Enzali-Astara. ■
Telephone. —Enzali-Rasht.
Also private telephone lines Astara-Enzali-Hasan Kiade-
Chamkhaleh (Fisheries), EnzalJ-Karganrud (Forests).
Present state of these is unknown.
Water. —For drinking from wells, 1 to 8 yards in depth, for
animals from irrigation ditches.
Camping Grounds. —Unlimited along the sandhills, drier and
more healthy than on meadows near the Rasht road.
Administration. —Deputy Governorship subordinate to
Governor-General of Gilan. There is also a Karguzar,
Foreign Office Representative for dealing with cases in which
foreigners are concerned, and a Belgian Customs official. There
used to be a Russian Consular agent.
11. Lahijan.
Population about 11,000.
General. —Situated on the plain of Gilan, 28 miles East of
Rasht above the right bank of the Langarud stream.
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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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