'Report on the Persian Army'

Mss Eur F111/373

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The record is made up of 1 volume (83 folios). It was created in 1900. 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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Report on the Persian Army by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot, Military Attaché and Oriental Secretary, British Legation, Tehran, Persia.

The report is divided into two parts. Part 1 consists of an introductory note, list of works consulted, chapters on general information about Persia and the history of the Persian Army (written by General Albert Houtum-Schindler), and an appendix on military pay, ranks, titles, and decorations. Part 2 consists of eleven chapters on recruitment, infantry, irregular cavalry, regular cavalry (the Cossack Brigade), artillery, miscellaneous irregular bodies, departments of the army, military schools, uniforms and equipment of men, uniform of officers, and decorations, medals, and orders.

The report has a preface written by the author in January 1900 (folio 3).

At the back of the volume is a map of Persia, Afghanistan, and Beluchistan [Baluchistan] (folio 84).

Extent and format

1 volume (83 folios)

It is grouped into

'Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Baluchistan]'

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F111/373, f 84

Arrangement

The report has a table of contents (folios 4-5) with reference to the original pagination.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 85; 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.

Written in

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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: Mss Eur F111/373
Date(s): 1900 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Military intelligenceReports
Places: Persia
People & organisations: Military Attaché, Tehran

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Reference: Mss Eur F111/373
Title: 'Report on the Persian Army'
Pages: front, front-i, 2r:83v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence

Reference: Mss Eur F111/373, f 84
Title: 'Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Baluchistan]'
Pages: 84r:84v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence