'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA'
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/5
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The record is made up of 1 volume (229 folios). It was created in 1912. 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 volume is Military Report on Persia . Compiled by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India (Simla: 1912, originally published 1911).
The volume contains a summary history of Persia, followed by sections on the country's geography and climate; ethnography; resources; army; naval forces; places of strategic importance and military notes; ports, harbours and islands; administration; and communications.
The volume contains three appendices:
- A: a list of Persian notables, 1911;
- B: bibliography;
- C: glossaries.
There is a Map of Persia on folio 230.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (229 folios)
- It is grouped into
- 2 imagesRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/5, f 230
- Arrangement
The volume contains an index between folios 6-13.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 231; 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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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- Original held at
- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/5
- Former external reference(s)
- P 48 Sec
- Date(s)
- 1912 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Military intelligence
- Places
- Persia
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- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/5
- Title
- 'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:229v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/5, f 230
- Title
- 'MAP OF PERSIA'
- Pages
- 230r:230v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
