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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [82r] (168/610)
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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Supplies.—As at Rasht. The Ranikuh and Dailiman hill
districts produce considerable quantities of wheat, barley and
httfflii'K'i millet surplus to their own needs.
Transport. —Ponies are employed for local use and to Lahijan
and Rasht. From 300 to 400 could probably be collected at
5 days’ notice. More than 1,500 mules work along the Amlish
tainedfe route to Kazvin (Chapter X, para, (c), Elburz route No. 9);
jrystaltb Apart from one or two private carriages there are no vehicles.
Communications. —1. To Chamkhaleh by river boats
ktowils
irds by &
(karaji) down the Langarud.
2. Langarud-Rasht road.
For the rest see Lahijan.
Water.—Water is plentiful from the Langarud or from wells*
.. , j both sources being considered unwholesome. A small stream
IC1 ^ ! of excellent spring water called Lllakuh issues from a guJ y
about 2 miles along the Lahijan road.
Camping Grounds. —From October to April (inclusive) rice
fields all round the town are dry and without a crop, b rom
May to September they are flooded and the Sabz-i-maidan
:s East of within the town is the only dry spot.
Administration .—Langarud is the capital of a district com-
portld c prising Rudisar and Ranikuli and the seat of a Depu y ^ vei
sn is nor subordinate to the Governor General of Gilan, and sometimes
teo^ 1 ; to the Deputy Governor of Lahijan. It has 3 schools, one
district' ■ Government, one with about 150 pupils and two sma er ones,
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Population 2,500 to 3,000.
13. Rudisar.
Shjfc-Abbas, who own a 1:
p 1 ‘ 2 miles out of Langarud.
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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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