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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [38v] (81/154)
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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64
There are two steam flour mills and one water mill which
are capable of a large output.
(b) Turbat.—The chief crops in the district are barley
and wheat. The former is reaped about the end of May
and the latter about the end of June. They are usually
sown just before the. beginning of winter.
fc) Bui Khaf Area .—The principal crops are barley,
wheat gram, dhal and tobacco. These are sown from
October to the end of November and reaped in June and
July. Gevarz (or China) is sown in January and reaped
in June and July.
The following are the average crops taken in a good
year: —
Maunds (Indian).
Wheat
60,000
Barley
30,000
Govarz
20,000
Gram
3,000
Dhal
3,000
Turnips
30,000
Tobacco
1,300
Bhoosa
360,000
These crops are entirely dependent on rain. There are
several wind mills which produce on an average 2,000
luaunds (Indian) of flour monthly.
In addition to the above, there are 30 water mills which
are capable of grinding between 300 and 400 lbs. of corn
per diem.
Nearly everyone has a hand mill.
(d) Gunabad District and Tun .—Crops consist of wheat
barley, hay and vegetables, sown in November and
harvested in June. In addition there is a certain amount
of cotton grown (about 2,000 maunds) and a small quan- *
* As the local demand for bhoosa is slight, most of it is usually
wasted only half of the stalks being reaped, and much is wasted during
threshing and subsequently. To secure a good bhoosa crop it is neces
sary to start in March and April to educate local opinion and induce
the big lessees to get their bhoosa cut low. This is not very easy,
and nothing except a continued large demand for bhoosa could he
expected to secure really economical harvesting.
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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