"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [ظ‎‎١‎٢‎٩] (٧٠٦/٢٦٣)

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ISFAHAN
The cavalry force was 25 Persian Cossacks with two Officers, and some
thou sands of Bakhtiari horsemen, quite irregular and not always present
or willing to be used. Their arms are a mixture of ancient and modern rifles.
In 1913 no regular army existed in Ispahan.
The Swedish Gendarmerie was still in course of being raised in 1912,
and had not taken over the policing of the roads. In 1914 it is expected
that one battalion will be located at Isfahan.
The assessed taxes of Isfahan amount to 3,791,202 Terms cash, 8,855
kharwdrs of grain and 6,000 of straw or about
£ 100,000 altogether. The province is under the
Administration.
charge of a Governor-General and is divided into nineteen districts, viz.,
3 tavlbeh, each under a hakim of governor, 8 Mat Ml, each under a hakim, and
8 bulaks, each under a Kat Khudd. The names of these are as follows :—
(3 tavabeh).
1. Ardistan.
2. Qunusheh.
3. Abargii (Isfarjan).
(8 Mahdll).
1. Kuhpayeh.
2. Chahar Mahall.
3. Tehran-i-Karvan.
4. Faridr.n.
5. Yarguyeh.
6. Semiram (and Dehhaqan).
7. Najafabad.
8. Deh Haq.
(8 bulukdt).
1. Burkhar.
2. Quhab.
3. Marbin.
4. Rudashtain.
5. Yah
6. Karaj.
7. Baraan.
8. Banjan.
Communications.
Distances from Isfahan to other commercial centres .—The following are
the approximate distances in miles (by the shortest trade routes) between
Isfahan and other trading centres of importance
From Isfahan to— Miles.
Tehran
Kazvin
Rasht
Shiraz
Bushire
Ahwaz
260
300
422
276
460
260
During the year 1911 a Persian telephone service was established in the
town of Isfahan, and a wire carried as far as
Telephone* the village of Sehdeh, 16 miles and Najafabad,
about 20 miles west of Isfahan.