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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [176r] (356/610)
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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Chiefs —contd.
{a) i-Kalardasht —contd.
3 . Shakar AH Klian, Yarvar of Rudbarak. A
personality but addicted to opium.
2 and 3 are appointed by 1.
(b) i -Pul.—
1. Iqtidar-i-Lasbkar, Allah VardPj
Khan, Sartip of Pul
2. Rahman Qull Khan of Pul ^brothers.
3. Pir QuH Khan of Pul J
1 Kujur .—
1 . Shuja’-i-Nizam, Karim Khan'j brothers of Kujur,
(c)
2. Rabi Khan (called Ghahra
man)
3. Nabi Khan.
4. Taqi Khan.
J
originally “Gil,’
but expelled
and succeeded
the tribal Chief
Haidar Khan
in 1909.
Number of Houses .—
Kalardasht
Pul .
Kujur
Military Quota .—
Kalardasht 1
Pul .
Kujur
1,500^
1,400 y
i,oooJ
Sowars.
250>,
125 y
125j
3,900
500
No sowars were furnished from 1908 to 1920, but in 1920
Mushir-ud-Dauleh’s Cabinet summoned them to Tehran. The
following had come to Tehran by November:—
From Kalardasht 125 Sowars under Intizam-us-Sultan.
„ Pul 60 Sowars under Pir QuH Khan Sartip.
,, Kujur. 70 Sowars under Muhammad Khan, son
of Shuja’-i-Nizam.
This tribe was originally brought from Garrus and Kurdis
tan by Nadir Shah. A part returned to their native country at
the end of the reign of Karim Khan Zand, and were brought back
by Agha Muhammad Khan Kajar, to keep down the turbulent
inhabitants of these districts. Subsequently the Khwajahvand
sowars ” were usually sent for duty at Astarabad against the
Turkomans.
1 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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