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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [253r] (510/610)
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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459
The total length of these lines exceeds 4000 miles. Those
wholly or partly within this area are:—
From
To
Intermediate offices.
No. of
wires.
Approxi
mate
mileage.
1. Tehran
Meshed .
Aivan-i-Kaif/ Ara-
i
555
2. Tehran
Mazandaran .
dan (Khar), Sam
nan, Damghan,
Shahrud, etc.
As above to Shah
rud, thence Tash,
Astarabad, Ban-
dar-i-Gaz, Ashraf,
Sari, Barfarush, 1
Meshed-i-Sar.
i
431
3. Samnan
FIrazknh
1
44
(Branch
line from 2 ).
4. Tehran
Ramadan
Bobat Karim (tele-
i
188
phone), Asiabeg,
* Nubaran, Zara-
S. Ramadan .
ghan, Hamadan.
Kirmanshah .
Asadabad, Kanga-
=2
111
var, Salineh, Kir
manshah. 2
6. Tehran
Enzalx
Yangi Imam-Kazvin
2
96
Kazvin-Manjil-Basht
1
104
Rasht-Enzali..
2
29
7. Rasht
Tunakabun
Lahijan, Langarud,
1
90
Rudisar, Khur-
ramabad.
8. Enzall
Astara .
Shafarud, Kargan-
1
80
rud, Astara,
whence it is con
nected via Ardabil,
Sarab, and Ghaleh
with Tabriz.
1
155
9. Mianeh 3
Sarab
Meeting No. 8
1
45
Foreign Telegrams.
Telegrams from the United kingdom to Persia cost 2/8d, per
word but from Persia to the United Kingdom 8| krans per word,
more than * *double 2/8d at the present rate of exchange.
1 is kejng continugd to Amol. It is also proposed to construct a new
line md Damavand and Amol to Barfarush.
a A single line existed to Khaniqln, but was destroyed beyond Karind durins
the war. 6
* Th e second line was put up by the Russians in 1918 and is now being used
by the British. ® BCU
. , 1 ^ 19 a h n e was constructed from Miaheh to Hirabad in Khalkhal
but it has been destroyed by raiding tribesmen. ’
* The rates rest on a franc basis of exchange. The value of the franc has
depreciated since 1914 and the value of the kran risen, but the Persian Govern
ment adhered to 1914 rate of exchange between francs and krans and reans a
handsome unearned profit at the expense of the senders of telegrams.
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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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