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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [56r] (116/212)
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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99
Cholera visits Persia at intervals of about 12 years and inocula
tion is advisable. Plague has never obtained a firm footing but in
]908 the returns showed 140,t)3S deaths from this cause. Fever is
frequently malarial, but more often the result of chill, digestive
disturbances or exposures to the sun. Enteric fever is very
common, and inoculation a necessary precaution ; also vaccina
tion, as small-pox is very rife.
Dysentery is common, especially in the South, and is frequent
ly followed by liver abscesses.
Venereal disease is rampant.
Anthrax is very common both in man and beast.
Bilharzia may also occur.
Medical.
Disncnsarie *.—There is a dispensary at Bushire which is
housed in a very dilapidated Persian house. A new hospital
is now being built and will shortly be ready. It is situated
alongside the British Town
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
on the sea front. The
cost of erection is being borne partly by funds raised by public
subscription in the town, and partly by the British authorities.
The dispensary is under the direct supervision of the Resi
dency Surgeon,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
There is also a charitable dispensary at Lingeh which is in
charge of an Assistant Surgeon.
M370GS p 2
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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)
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There is a table of contents on folio 6; and an index on folios 88-98.
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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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- 'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:99v, 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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