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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [227r] (458/610)
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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it into a good dry weather road, usable also except in really
wet weather.
(g.)— Tehran-Meshed.
This road is unmetalled but much used by pilgrims, and carts
and carriages travel over it throughout the year. Parts of it
however become very heavy when wet, especially near Aivan-i-
Kaif, Khar, and for 10 miles West and East of Nishapur, and
there is heavy sand between Samnan and Shahrud.
In 1915-16 several Russian motor cars performed the journey
from Meshed to Tehran and during the dry season from mid-
April to September or October it may be regarded as just pass
able for Ford vans provided picks and shovels are carried to
enable small ramps, etc., to be made where necessary.
From October to mid-April except during exceptionally
dry winters it becomes impassable for them.
The most difficult section is through tbe defile of the Caspian
•Gates (Darreh-i-Aivan-i-Kaif) from East of Aivan-i-Kaif to
Aliabad (in Khar), where the road is badly cut up by water
channels and torrent beds and is narrow and winding.
In all cultivated areas the surface' is liable to be cut up by
irrigation water allowed to flow across the road.
(h.)—Tehr an-Damavand.
This road was constructed in 1919 by the Persian Postal
Administration with good brick bridges over all streams.
The descent to the Jajarud is steep but just passable for all
classes of motors at all seasons. The surface as far as Jajarud is
gravelly and firm, but liable to be scoured by sudden storms in
spring. Between Jajarud and Damavand several sharp turns
and short, but steep, ascents and descents make the driving
of motors difficult. In this section it crosses elevated country
and is liable to be closed for wheeled traffic by snow at intervals
between December and end of February and on the Asp Char
pass near Damavand some snow remains until the end of March.
The road has little metal and the surface becomes too soft and
muddy for motors until it dries and hardens in March or April.
For transport on this road see Chapter VII, para, (e), p. 310.
(i).—Tehr an-Saveh-Hamadan.
This road is passable for A. T. carts and Field Guns except
in spring, and a fair number of Persian carts including the ipost 1
1 Owing to some dispute about tolls the postal Administration do not use
the Lynch road to 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.
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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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