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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [179r] (362/610)
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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(d) Rashid-ul-Mamalik, Musliin Khan at Qasimabad.
(e) Sa’id Nizam, Safar AH Khan at Incheh.
(/) Asad-i-Nizam, Sulaiman Khan at Girajak, etc.
With the exception of (a) and ( 6 ) the above are very small
local Khans.
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.
Asad-ud-Dauleh obtained the nominal
chieftainship of Duvairan from the Persian Government in
1918 during the absence of Amir Afshar at Baghdad. The
Amir has, however, bought several villages in the South of the
area occupied by Duvairan, adjoining his own sphere, and
possesses quite as much influence there as the
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.
.
The family of Bahadur-us-Sultan are hereditary chiefs of
Duvairan, but Bahadur-us-Sultan himself is a degenerate and
though full of intrigue and of grievances has little influence.
Habitat. —In the Kizil Uzun valley from Garrus above Yangi-
kand, down to Qaplan Kuh bridge.
No. of Houses. —Estimates vary from 1,500 to 3,000, and of
number of villages from 120 to 300.
Former Military Quota. —800 sowars.
Duvairan were a strong Shahsavan tribe brought from
Mughan and Ardabil by Path AH Shah, and settled in the
fertile Kizil Uzun valley for their “Qishlaq ” with “ Yailaq ”
in the highlands West of the valley bordering on the Afshar
district of Azarbaijan.
They maintained their numbers and unity under a powerful
chief, Zain-ul-Abidm Khan, ancestor of Bahadur-us-Sultan, but
after his death they lost their “ Yailaq ” which were appro
priated and cultivated by the Afshar, and owing to oppression
and bad times they have melted away to Ardabil and other parts
of Azarbaijan, and only a remnant are left. They now have
no leader to keep them together and no internal cohesion.
9. Afshat (Duvairan).
Sections. —Jahanshahlu, Badirlu, Qurasanlu, Jumelu.
Chief. —Amir Afshar, Jahan Shah Khan. Residence Karasf
(see Chapter IX, No. 89).
• Habitat. —Between Abharrud and Garrus.
No. of houses.—About 1,000.
■ Former Miliary Quota. —500 sowars.
The Afshar tribe, said to have moved from Azarbaijan simul
taneously with the Duvairan, is divided into three independent
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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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