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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [226r] (456/610)
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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415
C.—Laud Routes.*
This area owing to its central position within the Russian ( ^ 1 ^ eable
sphere of influence in Persia and the development of commu
nications to further the expansion of Russo-Persian trade, is
better provided with roads than other parts of Persia, and the
main trade route from the North, Tabriz-Kasvin-Tehran, con
tinuing East to Meshed and South to Qum, and from East to
West, i.c., Enzali-Rasht-Kazvln-Hamadan, are carriageable
throughout during the greater part of the year.
The carriageable roads are :—
1. Metalled roads passable for all kinds of motor transport
at a ll seaso ns.
(a) ^nzali-Rasht-Eazvin.
(b) 1 KazvIn-Tehran.
(e) Kazvin-Hamadan (Snow requires clearing froin the
Sultan Bulagh Pass 7,700' between Aveh and Manian
in **winter).
(d) 2 Tehran-Qum-Sultanabad.
(e) Rasht-Pir-i-Bazar.
In addition there are a few miles of metalled roads in the
immediate vicinity of Tehran, leading from the city to the
summer palaces and resorts of Shimian.
2 Partly metalled or unmetalled roads passable for carts at
***certain seasons, and in parts for various types of motor
transport.
(f) Tabrlz-MIaneh-Zinj an-Siyahdahan
(g) Tehran-Meshed
(h) Tehran-Damavand (Tehran-Meshed-
i-Sar Route Report)
(i) Tehran-Saveh-Hamadan
Miles. Stages.
259 18
566
39 2
213 14
♦The geographical features of the country traversed by these routes are
described m ^^ t r ® r 1 9 j , g. 19 and 1919.20 this road was kept open by the North
Persian Force (British) without much difficulty. In the exceptionally severe
wfuter of 1920-21 it was, however, closed to motor traffic for 6 weeks from 20th
Tnnuarv and for periods of several days to any wheeled traffic.
JanU *,*p r0 m December to latter part of February or early March country above
1 100' or 5,000' is liable to be under snow, rendering such routes impassable for
w’heels Pack animals tread down a narrow path of hard, snow, but, when the
thaw sets in, the plains and valleys become a bog and travelling is difficult
e ve n / 0 Q 0 ^ Is ^ ruc ^ e( j by Brssian Boad Company. The cost of construction of
this road from Rasht to Kazvin was about £300,000. „
a Constructed by Messrs. Lynch Bros. See Chapter \ II, paragraph (c)
British and foreign Interests page 271. T . r ,-
This r0 ad is now (1920) being continued to Isfahan from Qum.
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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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