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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [10r] (24/154)
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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T
able replies, and the subversion of the loyalty of these
officers from the Central Government was the first step to
rebellion. Recruiting, which had been started sometime
before, continued briskly especially in Kuchan and
Sabzawar and the Gendarmerie force was considerably in
creased. By the end of May its total strength was estimated
at 3,270 men.
In the meantime Bolshevik agents were not slow in
seizing this opportunity to further their propaganda^ activi
ties and leaflets headed “ The Gendarmerie’s Will ” were
found in the Gendarmerie Barracks in Meshed, while quan
tities of similar leaflets were seized on the frontier at
Bajgiran. On the 22nd June, Kuchan was reinforced as
a precautionary measure against the return of Zabardast
Khan into Persian territory by 100 mounted and 200 dis
mounted Gendarmerie with 3 Machine Guns.
In July, the orders to merge all Military formations into
the Gendarmerie force were rescinded. Najd-us-Saltaneh,
the acting Governor-General, resigned and was replaced by
Nizam-us-Saltaneh, a Bakhtiari chief.
In the middle of August, Colonel Gfeerup, the Swedish
chief of the Persian Gendarmerie tvho was en route to
Meshed to replace Muhammad Taqi by another officer, was
turned back to Tehran from Sharifabad. A modus vivendi
between Colonel Muhammad Taqi and the Persian Govern
ment was arranged by His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-
General in Khurasan. Muhammad Taqi Khan stipulated
that he should be permitted to leave the country for Europe
and that guarantees should be given for the immunity from
reprisals of those who had supported him. These condi
tions were accepted by the Persian Government, but un
fortunately the prospect of his leaving Persia did not appea.
to his subordinate officers, who threatened to resign forth
with if Colonel Muhammad Taqi persisted in his proposal
to leave Persia.
About this time Reza Khan arranged to have the
Gendarmerie transferred from the Ministry of Interior to
the Ministry of War, and it was decided to send an ex
peditionary force against Muhammad Taqi. The first batch
of 800 men left Tehran for Shahrud on 30th August and
the 2nd batch of 600 on the 9th September The total
strength of the Gendarmerie in Khurasan on 1st September
was about 3,800 of all arms.
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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