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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [‎9r] (22/154)

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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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gunnel's, to inaugurate a local rising which, invested with
the character of a national movement for liberty, might
furnish the Bolsheviks with a pretext for armed interven
tion on a large scale.
A naturally strong position was occupied in July 1920
at Grilyan near Shirvan by some hundreds of hie armed
adherents, assisted by Bolshevik machine-gunners, and the
Persian Government was set at defiance. A sharp brush
with our troops at the frontier post of Jiristan, to the west
of Bajgiran, exerted a depressing effect on his adherents,
and the despatch of a movable column of our troops from
Meshed to Kuchan strengthened the hands of the Persian
force collected against the outlaw. Gilyan was taken by
the Persian force, not without some loss,' in August, Khuddu
fled to Trans-Caspia > and a revolutionary movement which
was fraught with potentially serious consequences was
nipped in the bud.
In the autumn of 1920 our forces Were recalled to India,
however l^- squadrons of cavalry remained at Meshed and
Kuchan, and squadron at Seistan.
In January and February of 1921, the Kurd and
Khurasan levies were disbanded, attd at the end of March
the Military Mission and the cavalry were withdrawn to
India; the pre-war status of the Consulate General with a
small escort, and the establishment of the Military Attache
was reverted to.
The prospects of a Bolshevik invasion of Khurasan,
which during the preceding year had been freely mooted,
were, in the early part of 1921, rendered less probable by
the conclusion of the Trade Agreement between the Soviet
Republic and Persia, and in April a Bolshevik Minister for
Tehran arrived at Meshed from Trans-Caspia. This Minister
brought with him a considerable Bolshevik following hut
the Persian Government issued orders to Meshed that the
majority of these followers should not cross the frontier.
They were, however, subsequently allowed to enter Persia.
“ In April, Zabardast Khan, a Chief of Darreh Jaz, re
belled against the Central Government and occupied
the main passes. A punitive force was sent from Meshed
and it succeeded in effecting the surrender of Zabardast
Khan’s followers. Muhammadabad, the capital of the Sub-
Province, was occupied and Martial Law was declared 3n
the Sub-Provinces of Shirvan, Bajgiran and Darreh Jaz.
Zabardast Khan fled to Russia with his family and 4$

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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.

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1 volume (73 folios)
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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.

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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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