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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [175v] (355/610)
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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Chief among them are Isma’il Khan, Sartip, of Isfandin
and rtimad-i-Nizam, Hasan Khan, of Larim (see Chapter IX
No. 47) but none possess much influence.
Habitat—They are distributed between Ashraf and Larim
North of Sari, and mixed up with Mazandarani villages. The
most Easterly are the Afghans at Karatappeh, between Ashraf
and Zarghamarz (see Abdul Maliki) near the Gulf of Astarabad,
intermediate are the Turk around Nikah, and most Westerly
the Kurd in twenty villages North of Sari.
No. of houses .—About 2,000.
Quota formerly furnished .—Sowars 400.
To Mdzandardn Army .—Foot 1,600.
These sections are of mixed origin and settled together by
Agha Muhammad Khan Kajar to oppose Turkoman raiders,
the Kurds from Sauj Bulagh Mukri of Azarbaijan, the Turks
from Khorasan and Yaramin, and the Afghans via Khorasan.
The Afghans are ‘‘ Sunni.”
They are chiefly engaged in cotton and rice cultivation, and
own a fair number of cattle and ponies but less than the Abdul
Maliki. Little cohesion exists between these different sections.
Isma’il Khan Sartip with 25 men joined
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Jalil in
1918-19 but the rest of the Kurd-u-Turk leaders, especially the
Afghans, were on the side of Amir Mu’aiyid owing to
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Jalil’s diversion of the water of the Nikah and Tejen. (See
history of Mazandaran, pages 72-73.)
3. 1 Khwajahvand (Kurdi).
Sections .—
(a) 5 in Kalardasht. 1. Sultan Quli Khani. 2. Kakav-
and. 3. Lakk. 4. .Khwajahvand. 5. Dilfan
(b) 3 in Pul.—1. Dilfan. 2, Kakavand. 3. Khwajah
vand.
(c) 3 in Kujur.—1. Dilfan. 2. Khwajahvand. 3
Kakavand.
Chiefs .—
(a) %Kaldrdasht .—
1. Intizam-us-Sultan, Allah Quli
Khan Sartip, of Hasankif.
2. Intizam-i-Lashkar, Abdullah
Khan, Sultan,
Cousins men of
no perso-
? no per
1 I nality.
1 Strictly the Khwajahvand are in the province of Mahal-i-Satas (or Tanaka
bu n) but this province is loosely spoken of as a part of Mazandaran. ,
*’See Chapter X, para, (c) Elbury routes, Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6.
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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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