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'Handbook of the Persian Army' [20r] (44/150)
The record is made up of 1 volume (71 folios). It was created in 1925. 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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via Jask to Karachi. From Jask to Karachi
there is also a land line via Charbar.
(2) Meshed—Birjand—Kuh-i-Malik Siah.
' (3) Arabistan lines. Bushire—Ahwaz—Dizful—
Sus, and Ahwaz—Muhammerah. Main
tained by the Department on behalf of and
at the expense of the Persian Government.
A submarine cable leads from Bushire to
Fao.
The Department has also a friendly arrangement
with the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs by
which it controls and inspects the Persian Tele
graph Administration line from Tehran to
Meshed.
(&) Tehran—Tabriz—Julfa, thence via Erivan,
Sukkhum, Odessa and Emden to London.
Control stations exist at Zinjan and Mianeh.
(c) Most of the big towns have offices of the Persian
Telegraph Administration. Messages sent
by this route are apt to be delayed owing to
slow transmission.
Submarine cables connect Fao, Bushire, Henjam,
Jask, Muscat and Karachi. These are adminis
tered by the Indo-European Telegraph Depart
ment.
Wireless stations administered by the Indo-
European Telegraph Department, exist at
Bushire, Henjam and Lingah. The Russian
Consulate at Enzeli and the Russian Legation at
Tehran each have wireless stations. The French
and German Legations at Tehran have receiving
stations for taking press news. These stations
at foreign Legations and Consulates are private.
9. Telephone system. —Persia is practically without
telephones. There are local telephone services in the
towns of Tehran, Kazvin, Zinjan and Tabriz, which
however are unsatisfactory. TJhe toll houses on the
Qasr Shirin—Enzeli road are connected by telephone.
10. Features of military importance. —Persia, being
a mountainous country devoid of railways and with
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This volume is a handbook of the Persian Army, produced by the General Staff Branch, India, for the use of Government of India officials. It was published in Delhi by the Government of India Press. The handbook aims to provide an overview of the construction and operation of the Persian Army, and covers a number of topics which are outlined in the table of contents (folio 5), including: historical background, geography, material resources, artillery, technical troops, transportation and military education.
There is an appendix containing a glossary of names of ranks and branches within the Persian Army (folio 58). Between folios 59-68 are illustrative plates featuring pictures of officers' badges of rank and of various members of the Persian military dressed in their full uniform according to their position in the Army. The volume contains an index (folios 69-70) and there is a map enclosed in a pocket in the back inside cover (IOR/L/MIL/17/15/37, f 72).
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- 1 volume (71 folios)
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The contents of this volume are arranged by subject.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 73; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- 'Handbook of the Persian Army'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3r, 3Ar, 4r:71v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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