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‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’ [49r] (102/154)
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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CHAPTER VI.
AVIATION.
The Persian Air Force.
Organisation. —The Persian Air Force is concentrated
In Tehran and there are no military machines permanently
in Khurasan or Seistan.
The Commander of the Air force (at present January
1930, Colonel Ahmad Khan) is under the orders of the
General Staff at the Ministry of War.
There is no air staff, but merely an office where a Persian
pilot-mechanic functions as assistant commandant, and also
as a general supervisor of the aerodrome and workshops.
The strength of the Air Force in December 1929 was
believed to be as follows: —
Machines.
(а) Junkers (310 H.P. engine) . . .2
(б) Spad Fighter with Hispano Suiza engine 1
(c) Breguet XIX with 12 cylinder engine. . 1
(d) D. H. 9 with 400 H. P. Liberty engine*
(12 cylinders) . . • • * -21
Total . . .25
Of the above the Spad fighter is of a type that was
obsolete at the end of the war. It is not m good con
dition but is serviceable and flies occasionally.
The Breguet XIX is a powerful machine. It is a two-
seater with great lifting power. It has no special bomb
carrying apparatus. It is not known with what engine
this aircraft is fitted and consequently, no details of per
formance can be given. It may be assumed, however,
that it is considerably superior to that of the L>. M. y.
The D II 9 —Four of these arrived from the U. S. S. R.
in September 1929, having flown from Pahlevi (Enzeli).
Three of these latter are fitted to carry six bombs under
each plane. The fourth appears to have been manufactured
in the U S S R. and has a far better engine, capable
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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.
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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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- ‘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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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