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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [82v] (169/610)
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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132
Water. —Is from a stream and wells, and is of indifferent
quality.
Camping Grounds. —Unlimited along the sandhills and on
meadows.
Administration. —Deputy Governor subordinate to Deputy
Governor of Langarud.
14. Mianeh. •
Population about 5,000. Elevation 3,600'.
General. —Capital of the Garmarud district of Azarbaijan
on the main Zinjan-Tabriz road, 76 miles from Zinjan, and
104 from Tabriz.
It is situated in the wide open basin of the Karangu a couple
of miles above its junction with the Kizil U»un which emerges
to meet it from the gorge below the Qaplan Kuh bridge.
The rivers provide a plentiful supply of water for irrigation and
the valley is highly cultivated with wheat, barley and rice, and
being lowlying has a hot sultry summer climate and many mos
quitoes. It is a squalid town with old and dirty caravansa-
rais and buildings which are infested with the *Argus Persicus,
commonly known as the Mianeh bug owing to its especial pre
valence in this town. They are hidden in holes and crannies by
day and come out at night, but are said to keep away from
a light. Their bite brings on a severe relapsing fever and all
old buildings in Mianeh should be avoided. The Indo-European
Telegraph Company’s office and walled compound on an
eminence just outside the gate on the Zinjan road, are free
from these pests.
Inhabitants ; are all Turki and very little Farsi is under
stood. The chief landowner is Farman Farma and his agent
lives in the town.
Supplies. —Mianeh is the centre of a productive district and
the irrigated crops in the Karangu basin never fail. In 1918,
when the famine was at its height in Khamseh and Khalkhal,
Mianeh had considerable grain stocks and Major Wagstaffe’s
mission was able to purchase its requirements. A force of 1,000
British, 1,500 Indian and 2,000 animals could probably be
maintained without difficulty in normal years.
Transport.—Wheeled, transport is very scarce. Some camel
caravans pass along the Zinjan-Tabriz road, but local transport
is scanty.
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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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