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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [39v] (83/154)
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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green from the middle of March onward and is known as
khasil.
Summer and autumn crop—Melons, water melons,
millet and maize, mash and sesame are sown from the end
of March to the end of April, and reaped from July to
September. Cotton is sown about the same time as these
and is picked from the middle of November.
Amount gathered in a good year. Spring crop—Total
amount of grain gathered is about 960,000 maunds, Indian,
of which two-thirds are wheat and one-third barley.
Bhoosa about half that amount. Khasil 32,000 maunds,
Indian; Adas 800 maunds, Indian.
The number of mills in Seistan is believed to be : —
Wind mills ....... 7
Water mills ...... 2
Mills worked by cattle .... 150
Hand mills about 7,000
4. Grazing.
(a) Khurasan .—The hill-sides in Northern Khurasan
provide ample grazing for the flocks of the Kurds, Turks,
Baluchis, Taitnuris, Hazaras and Turkomans. South of
Turbat-i-HaidaA, on the other hand, the hill-sides are dry
and barren.
(b) (Seistan.—Other than the rank grasses in the
naizar, and the dhub grass which grows along the edges of
the water courses and in moist places, there is very little
grazing for horses or mules in Seistan. The Seistan
donkey is able to eat many bushes and weeds w T hich horses
or mules or Indian donkeys could not eat. It can eat
almost anything that a camel can.
Camel thorn flourishes in the Seistan oasis, especially
from June to October, in sufficient quantity to furnish the
staple food of many thousands of camels if the animals are
free to graze. This is supplemented by other growths,
especially tamarisk near the Rud-i-Parian, and by the un
cut portion of the straw. Local camel owners prefer barley
bhoosa in th,e hot weather and wheat barley in the winter;
but the local camel does not thrive unless grazing is avail
able, especially in the hot weather.
Other grazing plants, which are wholesome and are
sometimes found in useful quantities, are “ jandi ” and
phog ”.
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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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