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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [180v] (365/610)
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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Occupation .—Cultivation of wheat and barley, mostly un
irrigated, and they own about 2,000 head of sheep and goats.
A considerable proportion go to work in Gllan during the
winter.
History .—The parent tribe is near Kirmanshah. The num
bers of the Kazvin branch of it have greatly diminished during
recent years.
13. Rashvand.
Chief .—Sardar Sa’id (see Chapter IX), landowner of Rudbar
with a house at Razmian near Shahristan village on the North
side of the Shahrud valley. He suffered from the depredations
of Sa’id-ud-Dauleh (see Chapter IX) in 1918-19 and his house
was burned by Bolsheviks in 1920.
Habitat .—Mostly sedentary in Rudbar and Alamut, in
Dehdushab, Hasanabad, Shahristan, Ma’dabad, Duralhaq,
Chirish Darreh and other villages in Rudbar, and in Badasht,
Duzdaksar, Mahmudabad, Shutur Khan, Madan, Haranak,
Safiddar, Avaj in Alamut.
No. of houses .—About 500 to 600 (150 in Alamut, remainder
in Rudbar).
Language .—Turki in Alamut, Kirmanji in Rudbar.
History .—The tribe is said to have migrated from'Balkh
and Bukhara at the end of the 17th century. Another branch
of it is also settled in Khorasan.
14. Ma’afi.
Chief. —Muzaffar-i-Lashkar, Ali Nazar Khan.
Habitat .—Vicinity of Kazvln-Tehran road.
No. of houses .—About 600.
Tribes of Kharagan and Saveh.
The Inanlu and Baghdadi nomad Shahsavan are the largest
tribes in this area. Both are Turki and were introduced to
the regions of Kharagan and Saveh at the end of the 18th century.
The Inanlu are said to have been moved from the”Mughan
plain by Agha Muhammad Khan Kajar.
The Baghdadi are narrated to have migrated from Persia
during the Safavi period and settled near Baghdad, whence they
returned to Shiraz during the reign of Nadir Shah. During
the reign of Karim Khan Zand they had no fixed abode. They
joined Agha Muhammad Khan Kajar, who settled them in
their present habitat.
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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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