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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [26v] (57/154)
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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has now fallen into a state of disrepair. The road to Xeh
(4 miles) branches off from here.
Khwaja Ahmed .—Small village but noted as residence of
ftbe head of the Nauri and Baluch tribes..
Nasratabad, the capital af Seisfan.—Population about
12,000. Commonly called Shahr-i-Seistan or simply Seistan.
The Persian Postal Department call the town “ Nasirabad
Seistan It contains two old quarters, named respectively
Nasirabad and Husainabad. The fortifications of the town
are now negligible, being breached in many places. In the
Husainabad quarter are the British and Russian Consu
lates, Customs, Revenue, Postal, Telegraph and Police
offices; also the greater part of the bazar, which includes a
few good shops belonging to British Indian traders and a
number of caravan-serais.
Neh .—Elevation 4,023 feet, is situated on an elevated,
barren stony plain surrounded by hills and is well supplied
with provisions. It lies in a hollow in the middle of the
plains and consists of a ruined mud fort on a mound, with a
citadel held by a few men. Its importance is due to the
fact that it is an advanced post on the main route to Birjand
from Seistan, and a track (a very bad one owing to lack of
water) leads from here to Kerman across the Lut. There
are 8 qanats (underground water channels) and a little
cultivation.
Qain .—Elevation 4,600 feet. Population 4,000 of whom
1,000 are Saiyids and the remainder Razgars or Persian
cultivators. The town is surrounded by a ruined mud wwll.
About one mile to the south of the town are several gardens
which are hot weather resorts of most of the owners. The
town of Qain is commanded to the S.E, by hills. About 2
miles to the south on a steep hill is a strong stone forti
fication, a relic of former greatness. The surrounding
country is mountainous with a number of plateaux and
fertile, valleys 4,000 to 7,000 feet above the sea.
A cantonment was constructed near the town on our
Line of Communications.
Safidawa. —Cantonment only (built in 1919). No vil
lage, Water was supplied during occupation by pipe line
from the hills, distant about 3 miles; but is now cut off.
Buildings have been looted of all moveable material.
Shusp. —Small village. Practically no supplies avail
able. Large cantonment built for Line of Commumciv-
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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