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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [138v] (281/610)
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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242
9
^Equipment.
Condition of
service.
Burujird, the Meshed one at Astarabad and the Mazandaran
“Otryad” at Bandar-i-Gaz. In units the “ Otryads ” total 28
infantry companies, 17 squadrons, 20 guns and 28 machine
guns. The artillery is formed in 4 gun batteries or 2 gun
sections, the machine guns in sections of 2 guns each.
28. The majority of the rifles in the division are of Russian
pattern supplied from arms factories in Russia. There are
also some charger loading Winchesters. Of the machine gu ns '
10 are German pattern, 4 Russian and 14 are Colts. The
reserves of small arm ammunition are reported to be low. The
artillery are partly field and partly mountain, some of Russian
pattern and some Schneiders. Gun ammunition reserves are
also said to be low.
The equipment is either made in the division workshops or
bought locally. Formerly it was largely obtained from Russia.
The clothing consists of a uniform approximating to that of the
Russian Cossacks. It is procured locally, an allowance of 22
tumans per head per annum being provided in the budget for
its upkeep.
29. Recruitment is ordinarily by voluntary enlistment but
recently a certain number of* “fauj” have been allotted to the
division for the enlistment of recruits under the f ‘ bonicheh
system. Good material is obtainable under the latter system but
the present method of administering that system has teen
found to produce difficulties in the way of getting the best men.
There is a system of pensions after 15 years’ service. Artillery
and transport horses are bought by the division, but those
of mounted ranks are their own property.
The rates of pay in krans per annum are as follows:
Persians.
General (regimental Commander)
Major (battalion commander) .
Captain (company commander).
Lieutenant ....
Second Lieutenant .
Medical officer
Sergeant Major
Platoon sergeant
Section sergeant
Corporals ....
Drummers, trumpeters
Cossacks ....
15,000
12,000
9,000
6,000
4,800
7,000
960
780
720
600
480
480
* See page 247 below,
t See page 248 below.
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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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