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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [115v] (235/610)
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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POST REVOLUTION.
f&eory of
Goastitation.
JTba Shah.
Cabinet
Central Government (Tehran).
The present administration is the outcome of the consti
tution evolved during the revolutionary period 1906-1909.
The central government in theory consists of the Shah,
the cabinet of ministers, a senate and the Majlis or Parliament,
and the division of powers and duties between them is defined
as follows:—
1 he dynasty is guaranteed by the Constitution to the Kajar
amily, and Sultan Ahmad, who succeeded his father Muham
mad All on his compulsory abdication on 16th July 1909, is
the 7th Shah of this dynasty.
The Shah must belong to the Shi’ah faith, and his successor
must be his eldest son, or next male heir in succession, whose
mother was a Kajar princess.
Before accession he must swear an oath of fidelity to the
Constitution in presence of the Ministers, Senate, and Majlis,
which must be assembled within 10 days of the Shah’s decease!
Should the successor be a minor under 18 years of age, a 1 Regent
who must take this oath, will be appointed.
Decrees of the Majlis require the Shah’s signature.
The Shah is not responsible to the Majlis and appoints
his Prime Minister, who forms a Cabinet. He has no legis
lative power, and his executive orders are not valid until
counter-signed by the Minister concerned.
Provincial governors are appointed by the Shah on the
recommendation of the Cabinet.
The Shah is commander in chief of the armed forces, and
military rank and honours will be conferred by him in accord
ance with the constitution.
The declaration of peace and war will be pronounced by
him on the authority of a decree of the Majlis.
Coinage will be made in the Shah’s name.
The Shah’s civil list will be in accordance with the consti
tution.
The executive power is a Cabinet comprising the following
Ministers:—
1. Prime Minister (See below).
JTiiib-us-Sultaneh.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- 'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:301v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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