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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [‎23r] (50/154)

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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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Shirvan.--Tost and Telegraph office. The town is un
healthy owing to the bad water supply. There is no good,
drinking water within two and a half miles. The soil is;
very fertile. The Atrek river crosses the Kuchan-Shirvan
road about a mile from the town. There is a good camping
ground about a mile East of the town on the banks of the
Atrek river.
Tabas .—Elevation 2,370 feet, Post and Telegraph office,'
population 6—8,000. The town has a strong brick wall,
loop-holed and strengthened by circular towers at intervals..
A broad, deep, and dry ditch surrounds it. There are two
gateways on both the West and East sides, each of which is ,
flanked on both sides by circular towers. The citadel is
built on an immense mound, about 30 feet high, and is ;
situated in the centre of the South face of the old town.
It is about 80 yards square, and has towers at the corner
and in the centre of each face. It is surrounded by a
ditch, and the gateway, to which access is obtained by a
bridge is in the North face. 1
The surrounding country is bare and unproductive ex
cept where irrigated, and the grain grown is unsufficient
for the requirements of the town.
Tun (Firdausi).—Elevation 3,900 feet. Population about
4,000. Headquarters of the Governor of the District. ,
An important village in a fertile portion of the Tabas
district.
Turbat-i-Uaidari (Turbat-i-lsa Khan).—Elevation 4,000
feet, Post and Telegraph office, population about 18,000.
It is the headquarters of the district of the same name,
and is the seat of the Governor under whom there are seven
Deputies. The town is situated at the junction of the
roads from Meshed, Herat via Shahr-i-Nau, Herat and
Birjand via, Rui Khaf, Jumin and Kain, Turshiz, Nisha-
pur, and Sabzawar. It is surrounded by a broken down
and dilapidated mud wall, on the Eastern side of which
there is a small mud fort, which is of little defensive value.
The town has a fine roofed-in bazaar, and there used to be
a considerable trade in wool, cotton, silk, hides, opium,
fruit, carpets, and grain. Copper and iron utensils are
manufactured. Most of the wool dealt with comes from
Herat and to some extent from the Bakharz, and Turbat-i-
Shaikh Jam. This used formerly to be exported to Russia.
FW the last few years trade has been almost negligible. ;

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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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