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'Collection of journals and reports received from Captain the Hon G C Napier, Bengal Staff Corps, on special duty in Persia, 1874' [‎6] (19/396)

The record is made up of 1 volume (194 folios). It was created in 1876. 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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Trans-Caspian territory, to whom the Yemoots have submitted,
has lately made a claim to tax the Yemoot settlers or Chamoors
as well as the Charwdrs or nomadic portion ot the tribe. Ihe
latter, having their camps along the shore of the Caspian, naturally
fall under Ruesian influence, bnt the former have been for many
vears connected with the Persian Government and cultivate lands
on both banks of the Attrek for about 50 miles up its course.
This claim though resisted by the Governor oi Astrabad, to
whom these settlers paid tribute, has been, it is said, admitted by
the Persian Government. Though the loss oi such subjects may
be rather a subject of congratulation, the concession gives Kussia
a pied-Uerre south of the Attrek or, in fact, command of that
river for 50 miles of its course. Mr.ii i-
I find in an extract from the Moscow Gazette that 70 elders ot
the Yemoot or Yomud tribe met Colonel Lomakyn at Teheran
on the 25th March last; and it is probable that arrangements
entered into then led to the claim 1 have heard mentioned.
By latest accounts from Herat giving news up to the 16th
August, Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Yakoob Khan is still employed in preparation for
the" defence of Herat, repairing and deepening the ditch and
provisioning the town and enlisting men secretly.
It is, however, said that he is prepared to submit to his father,
but not at discretion. He has received assistance in money from
some of his adherents, and the Heratees promise their support.
The carriage collected, about 700 camels, would not suffice to
move a force* It is probable, therefore, that his resistance will
be confined to a defence of the town and citadel, in the hope of
obtaining better terms than by submission. Beyond Herat I
cannot hear that he is likely to find much support.
The Governor of Balkh is said to be staunch to the Ameer.
Of the Turkomans, the most powerful tribe, the Tekkes, are
fully engaged in watching the Russians on the Oxus. One of
their chiefs, Taj Khan, who has a large disposable body of
freebooters of different tribes, is said to be on very intimate terms
with the Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. , and also to be retained by the Ameer whom he
will not desert.
Tahir Khan, a Chief of the Sarak tribe, is named as a
supporter of the Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. , and could bring some thousands of good
cavalry into the field.
The Jamsheedees, whose chief. Khan Aga,, has a daughter
married to the Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. , and is hence interested in his maintenance
at Herat, can dispose of about four thousand men.
Money would bring a few thousand more of the same sort of
troops, but there is, so far as is known here, nothing like a strong
Abdul j alii combination against the Ameer's Government.
Khan, Gover- The Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. 's emissary, Abdul Zahid Khan, has, it is reported,
nor of Kohsan, returned to Herat, with the Ameer's ultimatum, demanding the
Ahmed immediate surrender of certain of the Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. 's partisans, whose
Shahghassee ' names I give (margin), though you will probably have learnt
Atta Oolia, them from Cabul.
Mahomed Has-
san Khan.

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The volume, marked 'Strictly Confidential', is Collection of journals and reports received from Captain the Hon. G C Napier, Bengal Staff Corps, on special duty in Persia. 1874. It was printed in London by George E Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1876.

The volume contains ten documents written by George Campbell Napier, and compiled by the Political and Secret Department of the 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. . The documents included are as follows:

1. Report of the proceedings in regard to the Khaff [Khvāf] raid (folios 5-9);

2. Diary kept during tour in Khorassan [Razavi Khorasan] (folios 10-59);

3. Observations on the topography of the Eastern Alburz tract, with notices on a few places of interest on the Persian Border (folios 60-80);

4. Memorandum on the condition and external relations of the Turkoman tribes of Merve [Mary] (folios 80-92);

5. Reports on events in Herat and Turkistan. Diary for March 1875 (folios 92-97);

6. Report on the present situation in Seistan [Sīstān] in relation to late arbitration (folios 97-103);

7. Report on the Perso-Afghan border (folios 103-125);

8. Notes on the political condition of the population of Eastern Khorassan (folios 125-132);

9. Notes on the condition of the districts, chiefships, and tribes of the north-eastern frontier of Persia (folios 133-172);

10. Memorandum on the relations of Russia and Persia with the Turkoman tribes of the Attrek Frontier (folios 172-178).

At the back of the volume (folio 194) is a fold-out map of the northern frontier of Khorassan, with parts of Irak [Iraq] and Mazandaran [Māzandarān].

On the inside front cover and title page are hand-written notes, each reading 'Turkish Dept'.

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1 volume (194 folios)
Arrangement

The documents in the volume are arranged chronologically.

There is a table of contents (folio 3v) that refers to the page number.

At the back of the volume (folios 179-192) is an index, arranged alphabetically and referring to page numbers.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 (except for the front cover where the folio number is on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).

Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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