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File 52/1912 Pt 1 'Persia Diaries' [172v] (349/900)
The record is made up of 1 volume (448 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1911-27 Dec 1913. It was written in English and Farsi. 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, M. Press, Simla.— -No. C.-25 F. I).—I6-4G3. 25, J,N.B.
Ethnography/
122 . Rumoured Colonisation in Trans-Cassia. —A proposal is on foot to found
a Russian settlement in the Chikishliyar Pristavate on the A trek river.
Military.
123. Rumoured Reduction of Russian Garrison in Khorasan. —It is propose! to
reduce the present Russian garrison in this province to about 500 men, viz., 2
companies of a Rifle Battalion and machine-gun detachment with 4 maxims, and
1 sotnya of Cossacks at Meshed. Kuchan would no longer be occupied, but a
second Cossack sotnya would be distributed between Meshed and posts on the Meshed-
Gaudan road. No official information regarding the change has as yet been com
municated to the Officer Commanding the Garrison.
124. Tashkend Eastern Language Institute. —-Six Officers of the Turkistan Mili
tary District qualified in an eight-months’ course in Eastern Languages at this
institution during 1912; five in a one-years, and two in a 2 -years course of Chinese.
125. English vice German. —Commencing from the current year, boys entering
the Tashkend Cadet School (Kadetski Korpus) will be given instruction in English
instead of in German.
126. Ordnance: —One thousand and five hundred new rifles have been re
ceived at the Askhabad Arsenal.
Resources.
127. Peasants’ Banks. —According to the Trans-Caspian Review, this movement
has made great progress in the last year, and there are few native settlements
without their local bank. Turkomans are said to appreciate and to take kindly
to the new institutions.
128. Cotton.—According to the Trans-Caspian Review, the cotton crop in Rus
sian Central Asia for 1912 furnished upwards of 260,000 tons of pure cotton. Trans-
Caspia provided 10 % of the total amount. These figures are higher than those
furnished by the Moscow Cotton Committee.(Reference paragraph 37 .)
In 1911, 28,300 tons of cotton oil were exported from Russian Central Asia,
89% of the quantity being supplied by Ferghana. The total exceeded the export
for 1910 by over 3,000 tons.
129. Agricultural Colleges. —A credit of upwards of £70,000 has been requested
for the construction of Agricultural Colleges in Russian Central Asia.
E. A. F. REDL, Major,
Military Attache.
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This volume contains copies of the weekly diary of the British Military Attaché in Meshed [Mashhad]; the weekly consular diary of Britain's Consul in Khorasan; and the weekly consular diary of the Consul for Sistan and Kain.
The reports of the Military Attaché in Meshed are divided into the following sections: Communications, Telegraphs, Navigation, Ethnography, Administration, Geography, History, Military and Resources. The Consular diaries are less formulaic and more varied in content, but all contain a political summary.
On folio 344, the volume contains a copy of an illustration that depicts the bombardment of the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad by Russian forces that took place in 1912. A translation of the Farsi poem that appears around the illustration is contained on folio 343.
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened and the subject heading. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
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- 1 volume (448 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. The subject 52 (Persia Diaries) consists of 3 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/209-211.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 448; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File 52/1912 Pt 1 'Persia Diaries'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:342v, 345r:447v, back-i
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