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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [228r] (460/610)
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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The surface of the road is hard, gravelly and good to 2J miles
beyond Lahijan, whence for 4 miles it skirts the foot of the
hills and in places rough with large protruding stones. On
turning North from the hills the surface improves.
Once across the Safid Rud Ford vans and carts can pass
over this section.
From Langarud to Budisar. In parts of this section the road s
does not exceed 10' in width. The surface is sandy, many
culverts are in bad condition and narrow and a carriage
crosses them with difficulty. Timber is plentiful and they
could be quickly repaired when this section would be passable
for carts.
Ford vans would probably be unable to ford three streams .
1. Daryasar, 2J miles from Langarud.
A wide creek is crossed by a foot bridge 40' long on 4
trestles. The water is less than 1 deep at tue
ford.
2. Shalman, 4 miles from Langarud.
A stony watercourse 60 yards wide. Water in November
was 10' wide and 1' deep. Foot passengers cross
by boat.
3. MIyanpushteh, 6 miles from Langarud.
A * Murdab ’ stream 15' wide, l^' deep between high
banks, crossed by a foot bridge.
' i and 3 could be bridged without difficulty, but the Shalman
becomes a big torrent in the spring.
(k).—Zinjan-Hamadan.
The condition of this road resembles the Tehran-Saveh-
Hamadan road, No. (i) above.
3. O ther roads .
With the exception of the roads enumerated above, there
are no ‘ made ’ roads and communication is along tracks worn
by pack animals, the carriers of the trade o! the East from time
immemorial. Even along the ‘ made ’ roads pack animals shll
constitute a large, probably the greater, proportion of the traffic
and the collection of tolls tends to make ‘ made roads un
popular with the conservative ‘ charvadars.
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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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- 'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:301v, back-i
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