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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [213r] (430/610)
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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formerly dependants of Sipahdar (No. 31) and
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.
Mu’tamad
(No. 77), who have become prominent in Gilan since the
revolution.
He was an active leader of the revolution, accompanied
Sipahdar (i.e. Vail Khan now Sipah Salar, No. 31a) in 1909
to Tehran with the Muhahidin who deposed Muhammad Alii
Shah. After the bombardment of the Fidais in the Atabak’s
park in August 1909 he took “
bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
” in the Turkish Legation.
He was appointed Governor of Kirman in July 1910, but did
not proceed to the province. In September 1911 he was sent
in command of a constitutionalist force to Mazandaran against
Muhammad Ali the ex-Shah, was defeated near Astarabad
and is said not to have stopped to look back until he reached
Damavand. As a punishment he was banished to Quin.
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In 1915 he was in German pay and a leader of the Mujahidin
then collected in Tehran, and in November went to Qum and
then Isfahan with the pro-German exodus from Tehran before
the threat of the advance of Russian troops from Kazvin. On
his return to Tehran in the summer of 1917 he had changed
sides and in September was assisting to overthrow Samsam-us-
Sultaneh’s Cabinet in the Anglo-Russian interest. In 1918
he was Governor of Kurdistan for a few months.
In 1920 he joined the Bolsheviks soon after their entry into'
Gilan, sided with the Communist element, and after their
split with Kuchik Khan he became the leader of the Persian
Revolutionary element. Kuchik Khan was for several years-
his satellite, but they are now bitter enemies, and the expedi
tions sent by the Bolsheviks against Kuchik Khan in November
1920 may possibly be attributed to this enmity. He is now
(January 1921) said to have gone to Moscow with Khalu Qurban
(No. 73).
No. 77.
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.
MU’TAMAD, Muhammad Sadiq Khan.
Former title Muhtashim-ul-Mulk.
Born about 1875. He is a cousin and brother-in-law of
Sipahdar (No. 31) and like him married a rich wife. He is a.
wealthy landowner of Gilan with a house at Rasht, where on
three occasions he lavishly entertained British Ministers en
route to, or from, Tehran. He has several times been acting:
Governor of Gilan and was appointed Minister of Posts and
Telegraphs in Sipahdar’s Cabinet, November 1920.
He is extremely well intentioned, but very weak and in
competent.
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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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