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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [‎46r] (96/154)

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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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(b) Bujnurd Composite Regiment (stationed 'in Bujnurd
with small detachments in the Saharai Turkoman
district).
One Infantry 'Battalion. f Total strength about 60#
) men, one Mountain Ghi»
One Cavalry Squadron, and 4 Machine Guns.
(c) Seistan “ Brigade ” (Headquarters Sarbaz (March
1930), detachments in Duzdap, Khwash and other
places in Persian Baluchistan).
“ Zabuli ” Infantry Regiment (One Battalion)
approximate 500 men and 4 Machine Guns.
Cavalry—-Approximate 250 men.
Artillery—2 guns.
Note. —The Seistan Brigade, which together with the
Kerman Brigade is at present (January 1930) in occupa
tion of Persian Baluchistan, was until July 1929 under,
the direct orders of the General Officer Commanding,
Eastern Division. At the time of Dost Mohd. Khan s
escape from Tehran in November 1929, when the_Persian
authorities were apprehensive of a recrudescence of trouble
in Baluchistan, the G. 0. C. Eastern Division was ordered
bv Tehran to proceed to Khwash to take over temporary
command of the troops stationed in Seistan and Baluchis
tan. The Seistan Brigade is still (March 1930) a unit of
the Eastern Division and under orders of the G. u - y-
The whole of the newly occupied area of P ® rs ^
tan including the Gulf ports of Jask and Chabar com
under the administrative control of the G. O. C. Eastern
Division.
4. Organisation. —(a) Infantry: The 25th Shahpur
Regiment consists of 3 Battalions numbered Inl and 1EE
Each Battalion consists of three compames
hie each) of 3 Platoons of 4 Sections each. T e P
Z Numbered consecutively, throughout the
liOlih Comnanv is the Regimental Machine ( . i
SnSri Sections u^MachineGuus each. s ^
S r N n of h l 1S 2 a 3 P 4( X 5'‘ l ana 6 Companies are Lewis G ' 11 !
or in os. i, T ami making a total ox
Regiment. The Infantry Battalion

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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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