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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [204r] (412/610)
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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He used to be pro-Russian, and speaks a little French.
His son Amir-i-Zafar is a Sarhang in the Central Brigade
and was about the only senior officer in that unit whom General
Huddleston considered fit for his post.
The influence of the Mujtahids in Tehran has much decreased
since the commencement of the 20th century, and the institu
tion of numerous schools and consequent spread of education
should facilitate its decline.
MUJTAHIDS OF TEHRAN.
No. 36. AGHA SAIYID MUHAMMAD BEHBEHANI.
Born about 1875. Son of Saiyid Abdulla, the Mujtahid who
was the most prominent popular leader at the beginning of the
revolution, but afterwards became odious to the . Democrats
who are supposed to have been the authors of his murder m
1910.
Saiyid Muhammad has considerable religious and political
influence and is a demagogue with a fairly good reputation.
He professes to be friendly with the British.
No. 37. HAJI AGHA JAMAL.
He has a considerable popular reputation. Is believed to
be against the Anglo-Persian Agreement but is not an overt and
active opponent of it.
No. 38. IMAM JUM'EH OF KHOI. Hdji Mlrzd Yahyd.
Born about 1860. He was elected a deputy of the 1st Majlis
of 1907 and the 2nd Majlis of 1909, and has taken prominent
part in the “ Constitutionalist ” movement.
Since 1908 he has resided in Tehran. He is an intriguing
ecclesiastic, owning property in Khcl which was looted by Kurds
and Turks, and he opposes any Government which refuses to
o-rant him an indemnity. He is a centre of anti-British pro
paganda, possesses wealth and political influence and tries to pose
as the principal Mujtahid in Tehran. He is not a strong charac
ter and shows little initiative.
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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.
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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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