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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [137v] (279/610)
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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240
General.
the result of work of different nationalities and partly due to the
direct action of foreign powers which have at various times
exercised influence in Persia.
For the purposes'of review, these bodies may be divided into
three groups, viz.—
The military force proper —administered either by the
War Office or directly by foreign powers.
The gendarmerie, a military force, administered by the
♦Minister of Interior, and whose functions are partly
those of an army and partly those of a police force.
The police forces proper, under the Ministry of the Interior.
Each of the above require to be again sub-divided as
follows:—
“ Military Forces Proper.
(i) The South Persia Rifles.
(ii) The Cossack Division.
(in) The Central Brigade.
(iv) The Nizam in the provinces.
(v) The Levy Corps in East Persia.
Gendarmerie.
(vi) The regular (Swedish) gendarmerie.
(vii) The Amnia and similar bodies administered by local
governors.
Police Proper.
(viii) The regular police.
(ix) The provincial police.”
The principal forces wholly or partly in this area are the
Cossack Division (ii) and the Gendarmerie (vi).
(1) The South Persia Rifes.
By the terms of their enlistment the South Persia Rifles
are liable for service in any part of Persia but they have never
been sent out of South Persia.
20. “The South Persia Rifles were raised by the British
Government during the great war in order to assist the Persian
Government in maintaining order and protecting trade routes
in South Persia, disorder having been fomented largely by
German and other agents. The strength of the force has varied
and after the war was considerably reduced, only cadres of the *
* The gendarmerie were trnrs'erred to the War Minister in 1921.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:301v, back-i
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