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'REPORT ON minor operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles from the 28th March to the 25th June 1917.' [2v] (4/24)
The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in 1917. 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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6. The following tracks, suitable for the passage of motor vehicles, have been
constructed: —
1. Shiraz to Aminabad (near Isfahan) (217 miles).
2. Shiraz vid Niriz to Saidabad (239 miles).
3. Saidabad to Kirman (112 miles). ^
4. Saidabad southwards towards Tarum, for about 30 miles. Work is now in
progress and there are no great difficulties as far south as Hajiabad joo
miles).
7. I have the honour to attach a list of British Officers, Warrant Officers,
and Non-Commissioned Officers, and of Indian Officers, Non-Commissioned
Officers and men, who have rendered specially meritorious services.
Copy of the foregoing for information, to -
His Britannic Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary, and Envoy Extra
ordinary, at the Court of the Shah of Persia, I ehran.
List of Appendices accompanying despatch No. V, dated 2jrd August IQ 1 ?*
No. I. Operations against robber tribes near Abadeh.
No. 2. Report on the Meshed-i-Murghab engagement.'
No. 3. Report on the action of Kafta against the Kurshulli.
No. 4. Report on the Banak and Khurrami engagements.
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No. 5. Report on the affray at Deh Chah.
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The file is a printed report, consisting of a despatch from Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes, Inspector General, South Persia Rifles, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla, which provides details of five minor military operations undertaken against tribes in southern Persia. Five sketch maps appear at the end (ff 9-11).
The report was published in 1917 by the General Staff, India, and printed at the Government Central Branch Press, Simla.
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- 1 file (10 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 12; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'REPORT ON minor operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles from the 28th March to the 25th June 1917.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 9v, 10v, 11v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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