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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [252r] (508/610)
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 British Government lines through Persia South of
Tehran are under the control of the Director of the Persian indo- Em opean
Section of the Indo-European Telegraph Department in Tehran TeI egrapn
t , -I-. j j Department.
In 1907 the Department completed a line right through
the centre of Persia uniting Tehran with Kub-i-Malik Silh
in Sistan, the frontier between Persia and British Baluchistan
where it was connected with the Indian system through Balu
chistan to Karachi. This “ Central Persia line ’’ runs from
Tehran through Qum, Kashan, Khalidabad, Ardistan, Yazd
Kirman, Bam to Kuh-i-Malik Slab with connecting lines to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Ports, where it meets the submarine 1 cables, from
Ardistan via Isfahan and Shiraz to Bushire, and from Kirman
do Bandar-Abbas.
The central office of the Department in Tehran is connected
with the summer quarters and office of the Director at Qulahak.
Details about these lines are given in the following table:
—
No. of stations.
1
Length
of line
in miles.
No. of wires 1
on iron
standards.
Central Persia Line.
1. Tehran-Ardistan—Perso-
Balueh frontier near
Kuh-i-Malik Siah.
10
97L84
3
2. Tehran-Ardistan-Bushire
7 (Exclusive of
Tehran and Ardis
tan included in
Central Persia
Line).
663-73
3
15. Kirman-Bandar Abbas
(branch from Central
Persia Line).
3 (exclusive of Kir
man).
337-63
2
4. Hurmak-Sistan (branch
from Central Persia
Line).
1
83-17
fl
5. Tehran-Qulahak .
1 (exclusive of
Tehran)
7-00
3
■
Total .
22
2063-37
Length “of
wire
6037-71
Add Loop Lines
37-90
87-26
2101-27
6124-97
1 The cables go vid Jask to Karachi. From .Task to Karachi
a land wire.
there is also
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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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