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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [257v] (519/610)
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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468
Word.
Fauj
Haji
Hammam
Ilbegi .
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
.
Imam .
Imamzadeh .
’ Iraq . .
Istibdad .
Jangal.
Jantgali
Jau
Kadkhuda
Kara (prefix)
Karguzar
Kavlr .
Kerbelai
Khaliseh
Khamseh
Kban .
Kbarvar
i!
Meaning.
A regiment recruited on a territorial basis.
Tbe ‘ fauj ’ of a province together cons
tituted its ‘division ’ or ‘ army ’ (qushun).
A person wbo bas performed tbe ‘ baj \
pilgrimage to Mecca.
Persian batb.
Chief of a nomad tribe.
. Chief of a nomad tribe, a higher title than
ilbegi.
. Tbe 12 successors of tbe prophet Moham
mad descended from Fatima and Alx
wbo are tbe ‘ popes ’ of tbe Shi’ah
Muhammadans.
. Literally tbe son of an Imam, but applied
to any holy man’s grave, so ‘shrine’.
, A province, capital Sultanabad. Appbed
to tbe “ plateau ” of Persia in contrast to-
tbe ‘ jangal ’ of the Caspian provinces.
. Despotism, autocracy. The government
of Persia before tbe revolution of 1906.
. Wooded country, forest (applied to the
Caspian provinces).
. A native of tbe ‘ Jangal ’.
. Barley.
. Landlord’s agent, headman of a village.
. Black (Turkish).
. Foreign office representative.
. Salt swampy desert (see Chapter II,
P- 9D- .
. A person wbo bas performed tbe pilgrimage
to Kerbela.
. Crownland.
. Five.
. Chief, lord. When tacked on as a suffix
to a man’s name, e.g., Husain Ali Khan,
it is tbe equivalent of ‘ esquire ’.
. Tbe unit of weight for all heavy articles
cf., English use of ‘ ton ’. On tbe
plateau tbe ‘ Tabriz! ’ khatvar of 650 lbs.
is commonly used. In the Caspian pro
vinces the kbarvar is very variable, and
averages about 270 lbs.
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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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