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‘Military report on Persia. Vol IV, part I. Persian Baluchistan, Kerman and Bandar Abbas.’ [‎18v] (45/166)

The record is made up of 81 folios. It was created in 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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I
Khabis.
Eafsinjan.
Sirjan.
Bam and
NarmSslur.
Jiruft.
(&) Khahls is a small district lying about 50 miles east
of Kerman, and divided from it by a range of hills. It
is bounded on the east and north-east by the Lut desert,
and its chief importance lies in the fact that across it
passes the main caravan route from Kerman to Khorasan
across the Lut. Its chief village is Khabis.
(c) Rafbinjan, of which Bahramabad is the chief town,
consists of a plain about 80 miles long and 20 miles broad
running roughly east and west, and receiving on the
north the drainage of the Kuh-i-Badaman mountains and
on the south that of the ranges lying to the north of
Pariz and Saidabad. The plain is a bare expanse of hard
clay and rises gradually from the east from about 4,700 to
5,500 feet. Across it runs the main Kerman-Yazd road.
The district comprises about 90 villages with an aggregate
population of some 60,000 souls, most of whom are engaged
in the production of cotton and wool.
(d) Sirjan, the chief place of which is Saidabad, is
situated about 100 miles south-west of Kerman. It is
surrounded by mountains, on the north by the Kuh Namzar
range, on the east by the Kuh Panj and Kuh Tambur, on
the south by the Kuh Khajui and the Kuh Kaviz and on
the west by the Kotrii and Bishneh mountains. It is well
irrigated by streams from the northern and eastern hills,
and the cultivated area is considerable. Sirjan district is
about 80 miles long from north to south and 70 miles wide
from east to west, and consists for the most part of a very
fertile plain. The western part, however, is kdvir, and
quite waste.
(e) The Bam and Narmashlr district is bounded on the
north and east by the Lut desert, on the south-east by
Persian Baluchistan (Bampur), to the west by Rayin,
while to the south the Jabal Bariz range separates it from
Rudbar. It consists of a fertile undulating plain about
100 miles long and varying from 35 to 85 miles in width.
Most of the land is in the hands of a few Khans. The
district is well watered and produces considerable crops
of cereals.
if) Jiruft lies about midway between Kerman and
Bandar Abbas to the west of the Jabal Bariz range and

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Military report on Persia (volume IV, part I, covering Persian Baluchistan, Kermān and Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]), dated 1922, and published by the Central Government Press at Simla in 1923. The report’s chapters cover:

  • History , including: Persia’s recent political history; a recent history of Persian Baluchistan, and military operations in Persia Baluchistan, notably the operations at Dizak in 1901-02, operations against maritime arms trafficking in 1909, an expedition against Makrān in 1911 to check arms trafficking, and operations against the Dāmānīs in East Persia in 1916, to protect British interests in Persia; b) a brief history of Kermān; and c) a brief history of Bandar-e ʻAbbās.
  • Geography for Persian Baluchistan; Kermān; and Bandar-e ʻAbbās, with headings for boundaries, administrative districts, and the principal villages for each region, as well as sections on rivers, lakes, mountains, harbours and deserts as appropriate. The section on Bandar-e ʻAbbās includes a description of buildings, water supply, camping grounds, roads and local industry. There are also descriptions of the principal islands off the Persian Baluchistan coast: Qishm [Qeshm], Henjam [Hengam] and Hormuz.
  • Ethnography , including: general characteristics; notes for intelligence officers; sections on the population and tribes of Persian Baluchistan, Kermān Bandar-e ʻAbbās.
  • Climate and Health , including details of medical facilities.
  • Resources , including: transport (camels, mules, donkeys, horse and oxen); and supplies, chiefly of agricultural crops, by region and village.
  • Military , including: British garrisons and South Persia Rifles; the Persian Army; the fighting strength of the Persian tribes, organised by region and village; military notes on Persian Baluchistan, including the arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
  • Communications , including: the railway line between Mirjāwā [Mīrjāveh] and Duzdāp, its facilities (water, rolling stock, telegraph), and risks of damage to the line; other proposed lines between Bandar-e ʻAbbās and Kermān, and Gwadar and Kermān; cable, wireless, telephone lines, and visual signalling stations.
  • Political , including an outline of administration in Persian Baluchistan, Kermān and Bandar-e ʻAbbās, and information on currency, weights and measures.

Appendix A is a list of the nomadic tribes of the Kermān province, listed by district and the number of families in each tribe. Appendix B is a list of the annual subsidies paid to chiefs in Persian Baluchistan by the Indo-European Telegraph Department, for the protection of lines passing through their district. Appendix C is a table of resources (livestock, agricultural produce), with figures indicating the requirements for local consumption in each district. Appendix D is a distribution statement of the Sarhad Levy Corps as of 1 July 1922.

The maps and plans include: a map of Persian Baluchistan (folio 78); a map of Kerman and its environs (folio 77); a diagram of the Mīrjāveh station yard (folio 74); a diagram of Duzdāp station yard (folio 76); a sketch map showing signalling and heliograph posts between Chahbar and Geh (folio 75); and a sketch map showing communications between Kerman and Saidabad (folio 79).

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81 folios
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The volume is arranged into eight chapters (labelled I-VIII), followed by four appendices (A-D), and finishing with six maps and plans, as set out on the volume’s contents page (f. 2). Each chapter is arranged by a series of headings and subheadings. The volume also has an alphabetically arranged index (ff. 65-71). The contents and index pages use the report’s pagination system.

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Pagination: The report has a printed pagination sequence. Page numbers appear at the top and centre of each page.

Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top-right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last of the various maps and plans that are inserted at the back of the volume, on number 79. Total number of folios: 79. Total including covers and flysheets: 81. Note that the foliation sequence on the maps and plans does not follow the order that the maps and plans are listed on the volume’s contents page (f.2). The plan of Bandar Abbās, listed on the report contents page, is missing from the volume.

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