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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [85r] (174/610)
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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137
Mule tracks to Tunakabun
Langarud > Elburz routes Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10*
Labijan s
Telegraphs. —Indo-European Telegraph Company’s line from
Julfa to Tehran via Mianeh-Zinjan-Kazyin. See Chapter X f
surwim para> {d } %
P* erce “. ' Persian Telegraph Administration’s Tehran-Kazvln-Rasht
line.
i from I Telephone .—There is a telephone service within the town.
1 Compu! see Chapter X, para. {d).
entreintk Water.—As at Tehran (q. v.) water is a very scarce com-
daRi@- modity. There are two streams called ‘ Rudkhaneh Bazar and
ianpopik ‘Alanzaj,’ both of which in spring are turned into one mill-
ii (R®* 1 stream (Asiabjub) North of the town above the cantonments,
fen am® They become very low after the end of May. The water is
luring tb divided into “ Hangams ” periods of 12 hours, and is allotted
aary, ffi. -fop different purposes and localities throughout the year :
23rd November—5th January for the ‘ yakhchals (ice
6th January—20th May for the gardens South of the town.
21st May—14th July for the gardens in the town and South
of the town.
15th July —22nd November for the town drinking water.
, n rr — "1_ ■! 4-Tx ^ C XIolololv ^
(b arou There are also a few “ qanats,” chief of which is the ‘ Halalab,
ig supp belonging to the inhabitants of the ‘ Kahkushk quarter in the
North of the town.
^ et ] ’local The price of water varies at different seasons, being^ niost
na^cexpensive in summer when the water of the ‘ Halalab qanat or
’ 1 hour daily for 15 days is worth about 250 tumans, and cheapes
11 in winter. Its quality is clear and good, but, as elsewhere, is
jog liable to surface pollution.
Camping Grounds.—Ee&v the millstream,_ i.e., the present
winter ^ British cantonment area. Elsewhere there is plenty o space
but no water.
Administration .—Kazvin is the headquarters of the Governor
of the province with the usual departmental officials. Ihere
is a regular police force about 200 strong. The I. B. . as a
branch. Until 1920 there was a Russian Consul.
*18. Saveh.
Population about 12,000. Elevation about 3,0007
* Often pronounced locally as ‘ Sauveh.’
E
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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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