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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [145r] (294/610)
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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There is an Army Council consisting of the Director and
Assistant Director of the following departments: Military-
Administration, Stores, Medical Services, and also the Chief
Accountant and the Chief of the Central Tribunal.
The Army council has two functions, viz .:—
(а) Assisting the War Minister.
(б) Dealing with offences committed by the Chief or the
Staff of any Headquarters.
In addition to the above the Army Council is responsible
for drafting all rules and regulations appertaining to the ad
ministration of .the Army.
There are eight departments in the Ministry of War, namely—
(1) Department of the Minister of War.
(2) Department of the Secretary of the War Office.
(3) Department of Military Administration.
(4) Department of the Chief Accountant.
(5) Department of Military Stores.
(6) Department of Military Personnel.
(7) Department of Medical Services.
(8) The Central Tribunal.
The Minister of War, in addition to the normal duties as
laid down in European countries, has certain duties to perform
such as “ Inspection of the various military formations,”
“ Devising means for the moral improvement of the Army,”
■“ Appointing deserving persons to suitable posts.” There are
directly attached to him, an assistant Minister, an Inspector-
General and two Adjutants.
The Department of the Secretary of the War Office is the
•clerical office for the distribution of correspondence.
The Department of Military Administration is organized in
three sections, viz., Infantry, Cavalry and a combined Artillery
and Engineering section. The personnel consists of a Director,
three Assistant Directors and some assistants. This department
carries out the duties of a General Staff in a very modified form,
combined with portions of the duties usually carried out in
either the Adjutant General’s or Quartermaster General’s branch.
The Department of the Chief Accountant in addition to being
responsible for the internal financial arrangement of the Army
is also charged with keeping a record of all material, structure
arms, ammunition etc., on charge of the Army.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- 'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:301v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence