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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [‎14r] (32/154)

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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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In May 1927, the pay of conscripts was raised from
Krans 7 per mensem to Krans 31 per mensem.
The morale of the troops after the operations against the
Turkomans was very bad. A number of desertions took
place and the pay of the troops remained many months in
arrears. This resulted in the oppression of the local popu
lace. by the troops.
On the 29th June, a mutiny broke out in the garrison at
Marava Teppe, one of the Persian frontier posts on the
Atrek river east of Chat. This mutiny was raised by
Salar-i-Jang, a Non-Commissioned Officer of the garrison,
who captured Incha, the garrison of which fled. Bujnurd
and Shirvan were also occupied by him on the 2nd July,
and the troops in the latter town went over to the mutineers.
Five loyal junior officers w T ere shot dead while at their posts.
Kuchan was occupied on the 10th. Reinforcements arrived
from Tehran, and Kuchan was reoccupied on the 13th.
Salar-i-Jang fled to Russia with 200 followers who were all
disarmed by the Soviet authorities.
There is no doubt that S art ip Jan Muhammad, tho
General Officer Commanding who had purloined the money
due to the men for pay, was entirely responsible for this
munity. In July, a deputation of Khurasan merchants went
to Tehran to complain to the Shah of his extortions. The
result was that the Shah himself decided to visit Khorasan.
He left Tehran on the 26th July accompanied by Sartip
Amanullah Mirza, Taimurtash, Minister of Court and
Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i-Assad, Bakhtiari, who was Governor General of
Khurasan in 1923.
The General Officer Commanding met the Shah at
Shahrud where he -was arrested and brought to Meshed on
the 1st August, where he was publicly degraded by the
Shah on parade. On the 2nd August Sartip Amanullah
Mirza was appointed to command the Eastern Persian
Division with Colonel Ahmed Khan as his Chief of Staff.
Jan Muhammad wms sent to Tehran under escort for trial,
as a result of which he was released but dismissed from
the army. He was compelled to disgorge considerable sums
of money -which he illegally acquired and deposited in the
Imperial Bank of Persia.
On the 3rd August, the Shah summoned about 100
officers of the Meshed garrison and delivered a short speech
criticising the conduct of the arpry in Khurasan. He con-

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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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