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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [‎15v] (35/154)

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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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following July with about 300 followers sought refuge in
1 ersian territory crossing the frontier in the vicinity of
Chat, thence following the line of the Atrek river he
settled in the area of Gunbad-i-Qabus. Thereupon the
Soviet representatives in Tehran and Meshed requested
the Persian Government to disarm and arrest Junaid Khan
and his followers. The Persian authorities tried at first
to achieve this by conciliatory measures but soon realised
that the Turkomans would not surrender their arms except
under compulsion. The Asterabad Brigade supported by a
small column from Bujnurd was then ordered to operate
against Junaid and to bring about his surrender. These
operations however, which continued throughout the summer
and autumn of 1928 proved abortive and the Persian troops
suffered many casualties. A final effort to surround him was
made in January 1929. On the 14th January, the Persian
troops in two Columns, one 900 strong from Asterabad and
the other 400 strong from Bujnurd, endeavoured to drive
the 1 urkomans northwards and to hem them in on the
Soviet frontier near Chat. Junaid Khan is reported to have
lost about 30 killed in this engagement. He succeeded
nevertheless in extricating his forces and retired towards
Marava Teppe, where, it is believed, about 200 of. his fol
lowers crossed the frontier and re-entered Soviet territory.
He himself with 120 horsemen and about 30 women and
children broke through southwards and fled towards the
Afghan frontier. Troops were' Sent from Meshed to inter
cept Junaid s party, but owing to shortage of cavalry and
the bad condition of the roads they failed to do so. junaid
Khan followed the route Jajarm-Jaghatai, thence taking a
Une north of Sabzawar and striking south, he crossed the
Tehran-Meshed road on the 25th January near Shurab
(between Sabzawar and Nishapur). Here he was opposed by
a small body of Persian troops which suffered a few casual
ties and fled. He then went on in a south westerly direc-
tion. On the 28th January, he crossed the Meshed-Duzdap
road at Robat-i-Safid and on the 2 nd February was in the
area of Turbat-i-Sheikh Jam where another "attempt was
made by the Persians to intercept him failed. Finally on
the 4th February, he and his 120 odd followers with women
and children succeeded in crossing into Afghan territory
where they halted and were partially disarmed. They were
then allowed to settle in the area of Ghurian, west of
Herat. Junaid Khan’s march across Khurasan in mid
winter hampered by some thirty women and children must
be regarded as a very remarkable achievement.

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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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