'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [‎61v] (127/212)

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Abiidch.
Flriizftbid.
on the country in ordinary years. The average annual output
of grain was estimated in 1911 at 2,950 tons, while that of the
neighbouring district of Sarvistan was 2,970 tons.
Abddch .—The market town for a large district: not much
difficulty should be experienced in keeping one regiment here,
but for the winter supplies would have to be laid in before
December.
Flruzdbdd .—The market town for a large district: not much
difficulty should be experienced in keeping one regiment here;
no difficulty in winter. In fact, one regiment of cavalry or
infantry could live on the country almost anywhere, as supplies
would be always obtainable from villages in the neighbourhood.
In 1911 the average annual output of grain was estimated at
820 tons and of rice at 1,630 tons, while the output of grain in the
adjoining district of Slmakan was estimated at 1,430 tons.
Iqlid, Mahin, Bavanat, Ardakan, Baiza, Marvadasht, Arsin-
jan, Sarvistan, Istehbanat, Darab, ’Alamarvadasht, Khurmuj,
and anj'where in DashtI, Dashtistan, and the other coastal
districts as far as Behbehan would be favourable centres for
obtaining local supplies.
If the local population is actively hostile, and opposition
is encountered from villages at which it is desired to purchase
supplies, only mountain-guns could effectively break down their
resistance and force them to give up their supplies, which are
generally scattered in small store-houses all over the village;
it is improbable however that villagers would offer more than
passive resistance to an invading army.
As regards the provisioning of troops at Shiraz without
the consent of the Persian authorities, the possibility of a
general boycott must always be reckoned with, even if the
1 ersian Government do not actively object to the presence
of the force at Shiraz : it is therefore undesirable to send a
force to Shiraz, which is not in a position, if necessary, to
compel the sale of food-stuffs which it requires. But it must
be realised that the force, whether in Shiraz with the consent of
the Persian authorities or not, must be dependent mainly on
supplies of fodder, etc., brought in from outlying districts, either
directly by its own transport, or through native agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ; if
distmbanees prevail outside the town, or if the tribes are taking
active measures to make a boycott effective, villagers will be
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