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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [214v] (433/610)
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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394
that ‘fauj ’ and afterwards for 16 years in the ‘qishlq khaneh'
(bodyguard) at*Tehran until the revolution of 1906, when he
returned to Khalkhal.
He headed opposition to .Amir ’Ashayir’s depredations
breached the bridge of Pardalis, and for some years kept bis
raiders out of Kaghuzkunan, the district south of the Kizil
Uzun. His villages suffered severely from the famine of 1918
and he is now in reduced circumstances. He is the most friendly
and enlightened Khan in these parts and very bitter against
Amir ’Ashayir and the other rebels.
No. 84. GHULAM HUSAIN KHAN,
Husain Quid Khan.
Sons of Isfandiyar Khan, deceased, the elder brother of
Am ir ’Ashayir. These brothers were usually on bad terms, but
Isfandiyar’s sons are not strong enough to oppose the Amir,
although their influence is increasing. They" are, however,
more intimate with Rasbid-ul-Mamalik.
No. 85. HAJT FARAJ SARRAF,
Haji Ibrahim Agha
Haj! Muhammad Agha.
Three brothers of Tabriz owning much property in different
parts of Azarbaijan including Hisha’in and many other villages
in Khalkhal, mostly 1 ' in the Sanjabad and Kaghuzkunan districts.
They were the biggest landowners in Khalkhal but their villages
in the former district have been appropriated, and in the
latter laid waste by Amir ’Ashayir and his relations of the Shat-
ranlu tribe.
No. 86. RASHID-UL-MAMAL1K, Hablbullah or Abish Khan.
Born about 1875. Brother of Amir ’Ashayir (No. 82) Chief
of the Shatranlu tribe, and active partner of his misdeeds. He
is considered more straightforward and manly than the Amir
and is more popular with the tribe. He has a house at Sangabad
about 8 miles from Qivi.
No. 87. S LAR MAJID.
Bom about 1890. A small freebooting Khan owning Khair-
abad (near Aq Qand) and Barandaq (North of Kizil Uzun,
West of Shahrud), with about 25 “ sowars ”. He is unfriendly
to us.
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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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