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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [11v] (27/212)
The record is made up of 1 volume (102 folios). It was created in 1922-1924. 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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equipped and organised force, had been greatly exaggc.,aed.
Though the lawless nomadic tribes who have no settled
homes and have always made their livelihood by highway
robbery still continue their customary depredations on a small
Scale, the country, as a result of these operations, enjoyed so
long as the South Persia Rifles remained inexistence, an era of
tranquillity since March 1919, probably rarely known in
its history, and traffic was able to pass freely up and
down the main commercial routes.
In June 1920 the Bushire Field Force which had up till
then been retained at Bushire as an emergency measure and as
a moral factor was withdrawn and a return was made to this
pre-war strength of the garrison.
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The volume is entitled Military Report on Persia. Volume IV Part II. Fars, Gulf Ports, Yazd and Laristan. (Simla, Government of India Press, 1924). The volume was originally published in 1923.
The report contains sections on history, geography, population, climate and health, resources, military affairs, communications, and political matters. Appendices give the following information: sub-divisions of the Khamseh Arabs; sub-divisions of the Baseri; Baharlu sub-tribes; sub-divisions of the Qashqai; sub-divisions of the Mamassani; table of supplies and transport. There are also four maps (folios 100-103), entitled:
- Map accompanying Military Report on Persia Vol. IV. Part 2.
- Bushire
- The Khamseh Tribes
- Map to illustrate habitat & migrations of more important Clans (Tirehs) of Qashgai Tribes
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (102 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a table of contents on folio 6; and an index on folios 88-98.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 104; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/6/2
- Title
- 'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:99v, Back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence