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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [‎37v] (79/154)

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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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winter months) its fertility depends on irrigation from th&
river Helmand, and this irrigation depends on a bund across
the river at Kuhak, which has to be_ renewed yearly about
July—August, when the water is at its lowest.
Water being more plentiful in winter* it is the winter
crops, wheat and barley, which form the bulk of the pro
duce. An enemy by interfering with the bund could entire
ly prevent cultivation.
The oasis of Afghan Seistan Joins the oasis of Persian
Seistan on the east. It also depends on the Helmand, but
not on the bund at Kuhak. Formerly the boundary of
Persian and Afghan Seistan was the lower course of the
Helmand: but in 1896, as the results of a flood the lower
part of the Helmand changed, and the mam stream now
separates, not Afghanistan from Seistan, but Mian Kangf
from the rest of Persian Seistan.
The oasis of Persian Seistan, being the chief gram bear
ing centre of the Qainat, Seistan and tho Sarhad, has to
support not only its own population, but in bad years m
the Qainat, to export largely to the Qainat, and at times,,
to support a large nomad Baluch population-
Owing to the lack of water in the hot weather the
people have to rely on their winter crops to maintain them
for the whole year. The available surplus of wheat is there
fore small iu proportion to the amount of wheat grown.
With a modern System of irrigation and more intense
cultivation, the cultivated area could he doubled and the
crop trebled, but owing to the lack of near markets the
orop tends naturally, not greatly to exceed the amount,
which can be consumed locally, or is normally needed tor
export.
The cultivation suffers, in years when the river is high,,
from floods which indeed cause more damage than drought.
Harvest is from the 1st May to the 15th June, buti
stocks of grain and bhooea do not become, really abundant
till the latter half of August.
Purchases for the year should be made before the 151fe
October and as much as possible should be collected before
the new year.
Half the revenue of Seistan fs paid to the Government
in kind. It has been tlie custom for the Indian Govern
ment to purchase as much as possible of this, grain share;
through the British Consulate ip Seistan.

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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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