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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [42r] (88/154)
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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71
fe&viftg beeR riddeii or loaded while they are very young
they generally suffer from saddle and girth galls, splints,
and spavins. Nevertheless they are hardly and able to g®
long distances and carry heavy loads. Those used for
riding or draught are usually about 14-2 hands m height,
■and are almost all entires. For such a horse 40 miles is
an average march which they will cover at a fast walk
and “ tripple ” in e, hours or less. The pack pony stands
from 13-3 to 14-1 hands arid will carry a load of 200 lbs.
Its back is generally permanently galled and it is usually
underfed.
•(b) The Turkoman Horse is bigger and better bred than
the Persian but is not so suitable for cavalry work, as tey
are unsuitable for weight carrying. They are ridden at a
very early age and are therefore usually unsound before
they are 5 years old.
(c) Mules. —The Persian mule is, on the whole bigger
than the Indian and carries heavier l oads. They a
hardy and will do long marches. A load of 350 ibs. m
siot excessive.
(d) The best horse and mule producing districts are: —
m Persian and Turkoman horses and
mules.
* Persian and Turkoman hors.es and
mules.
Persian and Turkoman horses and
mules.
* Persian horses and a Tew Turk#
mans.
Turbat-i-Sheikh Jam . Persian horses.
’Turbat-i-Haidari * Persian horses.
Nishapur . • » Mules.
Sabzavar . • » Mules.
(e) Prices;-—At present (1930) the average^ pi
horses and mules in Khurasan are as iol, °:' b ‘
Persian horse of ^superior quality, suited to ^
draft i • • , o(\
Persian horse of inferior »hty (n ^
Mules
Birjand
Kuchan
Darreh Jaz
Sarakhs
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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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- Title
- ‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’
- Pages
- 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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