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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [7r] (18/154)
The record is made up of 1 volume (73 folios). It was created in 1920-1931. 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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MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA
VOLUME I
KHURASAN AND SEISTAN.
CHAPTER 1.
HISTORY.
The following is a brief sketch of the more salient
features of the history of Persia during the past 20 years
with special reference to Khurasan.
1911—^12 — 13 .—During this period Russia-, profiting by
the state of chaos in Persia which had- been brought about
ky_ the various abortive efforts of the ex-Shah Muhammad
Ali to regain the throne, had on one pretext’ or another
increased her garrisons in Northern Persia' till hy the end
of 1913, there was a total of 14,000 Ku'ssian trobps' in
that area.
Persia was on the verge of ruin, her treasury was
empty, she had no military forces available to suppress
disorders, or to collect revenue, and there was no strong
leader to direct efforts to reform.
During the winter- of- 1911-12, the Russians seized the
pretext of some slight unrest in Meshed to add to the
Cossack squadron, already there, the 1st Semirechia
Cossack battery, and an infantry battalion, at the 1 saftie
time placing -| battalion and some cavalry at Kuchan.
During the spring of 1912, the intrigues of an ag&nt pro
vocateur, Yusuf Herati, undoubtedly secretly inspired by
the Russian local Consular authorities, resulted 1 in serious
disorder at Meshed, and on the 12th March Of that’ year,
with no previous warning, the Russian troops’ surrounded 1 ,
bombarded,, and- captured the Shrine of Imtaii Raz« r the
headquarters of the marauding gang; Two Russian sdldierg
were wounded during the operations;- some 70 Persians
killed, and about twice the number, mostly innocent wor
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Military report on the Khurasan [Khurāsān] and Seistan [Sīstān] regions of Persia [Iran], with maps and illustrations. Produced by the General Staff, India, and published in Calcutta [Kolkata] by the Government of India Press, 1931. Marked for official use only.
The report includes chapters on:
- a history of Khurasan and Seistan
- the geography of Khurasan and Seistan (mountains, rivers, deserts, an alphabetical listing of towns) and climate (including assessments of the health risks associated with both regions)
- population (religion, tribes)
- resources (including crops, grazing, fuel, transport, and a note on horses and mules in Khurasan)
- armed forces (including a description of the Eastern Division of the Persian military, an Order of Battle, organisation, armaments, equipment, clothing, rations, training)
- aviation (detailing the organisation, personnel, equipment, aerodromes, etc., of the Persian Air Force)
- administration (municipal, police, justice, department of public instruction, revenue, roads and communications, census, post and telegraphs, sanitation)
- communications (railways, roads, types of motor transport in use, principal routes used by travellers from Meshed [Mashad] to Russian territory, telegraphs, telephones, wireless)
An appendix includes a veterinary note on conditions in Khurasan and Seistan. The volume also includes four colour plates illustrating different badges associated with Persian army and police officers, and a number of maps and diagrammatic maps.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (73 folios)
- Arrangement
A contents page at the front of the volume (f 6) and index at the rear (ff 64-66) both reference the volume’s original printed pagination.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 75; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- ‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:61v, 64r:67v, 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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