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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [84v] (173/610)
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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136
1 17. Kazvin.
Population about 40,000. Elevation 4,400'.
General .—A dilapidated and squalid town situated 96 miles
by road West North West of Tehran at the junction of the Rasht,
Tehran, Hamadan and Tabriz roads, about 5 miles from the
hills on the North edge of a wide plain. The town is surrounded
by vineyards outside the decayed walls, which are pierced by
9 gates. It is divided into 17 quarters.
Inhabitants .—The presence of a Russian garrison from 1909
to 1918 and of the headquarters of the Russian Road Company
and the position of the town as the road and trade centre in the
Russian sphere of influence in North Persia, attracted a Russian
colony and there are also some Armenians. The Persian popula
tion includes a considerable Turk! element but Farsi (Persian)
is generally spoken. They have a poor reputation even among
Persians, and Kazvini is a term of opprobrium. During the
Constitutional struggle they were passive or reactionary, and
they have since become accustomed to the presence of a foreign
garrison.
Supplies .—Large crops of wheat and barley are raised,
principally in the districts South and West of Kazvin, and in
some years the surplus is exported to Tehran. Rice is fetched
from Rasht, Langarud and Tunakabun. Large quantities of
raisins used to be exported to Russia from vineyards around
the town. No difficulty was experienced in obtaining supplies
through contractors for the British and Indian garrison in
1919-20, and it is estimated that 2,200 British ranks, 6,000
Indian ranks and 4,000 animals can be rationed locally
throughout a normal year (see Chapter VII, para, {e), page 302).
Transport .—See Chapter VII, para, (e), pp. 309—10.
Communications .—There is one thoroughfare leading through
the town connecting the Rasht and Tehran roads. The other
streets are narrow lanes full of mud and slush in winter and
deep in dust in summer.
Russian roads to Tehran.
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Hamadan.
Unmetalled road to Zinjan and Tabriz (Chapter X, para, (c)),
Carriageable roads No. (/), page 416.
Camel track to Saveh (Chapter X, para, (c), Plateau routes
No. (o), page 421.
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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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