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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.' [57v] (119/168)
The record is made up of 1 volume (80 folios). It was created in 1922-1923. 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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BalaebiiUn.
CHAPTER YIII.
Political.
Administration.
The Government of tlie country consists of a Shah, a
Majlis or elected National Assembly, which rarely sits,
and a Cabinet. The latter is nominated by the Shall but
m theory must retain the confidence of the Majlis. In prac
tice it does not do so, but really governs the country. The
country is divided into 33 provinces, under Governor-
Generals or Governors. These provinces are divided into
districts, sub-districts and parishes, each in charge of
officials subordinate to the Governor-General or Governor.
Ihe administration is corrupt and inefficient. The dispen
sation of justice is always summary, but the Persian Gov
ernment has no jurisdiction over foreigners who are tried
by their own consuls, except in the case of subjects of
countries which formed part of the Tsarist Russian Empire,
who are subject to Persian law.
(a) Persian Baluchistan has since 1908 been practically
independent of the Persian Government, and the various
tribal chiefs have been a law unto themselves. In Mekran
there are many petty chiefs styling themselves ‘hakims’ in
their villages or groups of villages. Said Khan succeeded
in acquiring their support, and a reputation for generosity
y granting to the local families of BuledI extraction or
related to the Buledls freedom from the revenues paid
formerly to the Persian Government. From other dis
tricts, such as Sarbaz, which was under complete Baranzai
control, he never dared claim any revenue. The common
people however were taxed by him and his grantees to such
an extent that numbers of them migrated to the Gulf Ports
or to India, and the majority would have welcomed the
annexation of the country by the British. On Said Khan’s
death Islam Khan was unable to maintain the former’s hold
over the other chiefs, and the country reverted once more
t ?- b f ng o a gr0Up of inde P e ndent districts under their own
chief s. Some of the latter would welcome the advent of the
n isi m oider to put an end to the uncertainty under
jyhich they now live, though they would not relish the loss
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The volume is entitled Military Report on Persia. Volume IV Part I. Persian Baluchistan, Kerman and Bandar Abbas. (Simla, Government Central Press, 1923). The volume was originally published in 1921.
The report contains sections on history, geography, population, climate and health, resources, military affairs, communications, and political matters. Appendices give the following information: details of nomad tribes of Kerman Province; a list of Chiefs and Headmen in Persian Baluchistan, who are in receipt of subsidies from the Indo-European Telegraph Department (IETD); statistics of natural resources; and distribution statement of the Sarhad Levy Corps on 1 July 1922. There are also seven maps (folios 75-81), entitled:
- Map accompanying Military Report on Persia Vol. IV Part I.
- Kerman and environs
- Bandar Abbas
- Diagram of Mirjawa station yard
- Diagram of Duzdap station yard
- Signalling and heliograph posts between Chahbar and Geh
- Sketch Map shewing communications between Kerman and Saidabad
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- 1 volume (80 folios)
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Includes a list of contents on folio 4; and an index on folios 67-73.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 82; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:74v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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