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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [94r] (192/610)
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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155
In the vicinity of mountains the air currents sometimes
cause a rapid and continuous loss of height. A ma
chine may drop as much as 2000' and a pilot appro
aching a range may discover in the lapse of a few
minutes that he has fallen much too low to clear it
, and must start to climb.
Quite close to the mountains an upward current of air is
usually encountered.
8. Difficulty of finding direction in winter if clouds obscure
the mountains, which, in a country devoid of rail
ways, roads and telegraphs (except the Enzali-
Kazvln-Tehran and Kazvin-Hamadan routes) and
of big rivers, constitute the only land marks.
7. Forced landings are dangerous and except near the
Kazvln-Tehran or Kazvin-Hamadan roads, there is
no possibility of salving a machine.
Thunderstorms occur in the mountains, especially in spring,
but can usually be circumnavigated.
The changes of weather encountered in flying from the plateau
to the Caspian are very sudden, and a clear sky at Kazvm may
be followed by a storm on the Elburz, and the plain of Gilan
may be hidden under thick banks of rain clouds.
The aerodromes used by the British North Persian force in Aerodromes.'
1919-1921 were : —
1. Kazvln. —Good surface and large. After withdrawal of
North Persian
2. Zmjdn .—Good surface but small, f Force these will be
J J . ploughed up.
3. Rasht .—Bad surface and small.
4. Enzall .—Large with excellent turf surface.
Possible landing grounds further East, near the Caspian,
ire :
1. Lahijm (QMn.)-The Satai MaidSn
Bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
the town.
Measures 250 yards North to South by 570 yards
East to West.
The Western end near the town is, however, uneven and
of these 570 yards only 370 are really smooth.
■2 Khurramabad (Tundkabun).—In the autumn of 1919
this would have been a good landing ground, but
in spring of 1920 an avenue of saplings had been
planted and would require to be pulled out.
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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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