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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [65v] (135/212)
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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118
The hoof is shortened to the required length with a clumsy
cutter and rasp, and a thin plate, which covers the entire
lower surface of the foot, except for a circular hole over the
frog, is then fitted by cold hammering, and secured on each
side by four large headed nails about long, which are
roughly clenched. The plates are not countersunk and the
heads of the nails all project and give a foothold even on sheet
rock. This pattern of shoe has been tested by Indian Cavalry
and transport units and condemned, because mud works into
the hollow parts of the sole, through the hole in the centre of the
shoe, and the sole, being enclosed, cannot be properly cleaned
and thrush is induced. On the other hand, it is pointed out
that horses, shod in the ordinary way, are almost inevitably
* lamed by the rocks and stones on Such roads as that between
Bushire and Shira: ; aho the Persian pattern is exclusively and
successfully used by all Persian muleteers, men who spend their
lives on the road, and do practically all the carrying trade
of the country. British officers travelling in Persia all speak
favourably of the shoe, especially for mules, though for horses
opinions differ. Taking everything into consideration, it would
appear that animals, required to work over dry, rooky, stony
ground would best be shod with the Persian pattern, while those
working over wet, muddy, soft ground, or piquetted in
permanent standings, which are liable to get damp and foul,
should be .shod with the ordinary shoe.
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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.
- 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
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- 'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.'
- Pages
- 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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