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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [67v] (139/212)
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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120
CHAPIER VI.
Military. 1
Persian army. At the present time it maybe said that no regular Persian
Army is in existence. The Governor-Generals and Governors
of the various provinces keep up just so many irregular troops
as they are obliged to by the exigencies of the local situation,
but the numbers vary to such an extent that it is impossible to
secure any satisfactory figures concerning these forces.
The following are the numbers of armed men available in
the various districts and tribes :—
CoastaTzone. Coastal dis'ricts north of B shire. —The armed forces at the
disposal of the Khan of Haiat Da d are estimated ; t 1,500 to
‘2,000 tufangchis in normal times. In 1909 Haider Khan des
patched some 400 armed men to B.'ishire to assist the Darva
Begi in his expedition to Tangistan. The Khan can also dis
pose of the armed forces of R d Hi'leh, numbering some 700
tufangchis, as well as contingents from Gan'veil and Lrav 7 ,
numbers unknown. The Shab&nkareh and Zira. districts are
said to be able to muster 1,500 tufangchis.
Tan an. Tangistjn .—The number of men in Tangistan armed with
modem rifles may be estimated at about 1,000. There are how
ever so many blood feuds and enmities that it would be as a
rule unlikely to find more than 300 acting together. In the
attack on B7shire in 1915 and the operations against the Tangis-
tan's in the same year their forces numbered 590 fiOO.oneach
occasion. Among these however were included a number of sup
porters from Dashtistan.
i)a h istdn. r l ne number of riflemen available in Da htistan
is hard to estimate but cannot exceed 2,000. Ahmad and
Chahxutai can produce 150—200 rifles. Borfzj; nand surround
ing villages 600 /00 rifles and Daliki 50 rifles, giving a total of
80 that 1,000 is probably nearer to the correct estimate
of the number of armed men.
In the event of punitive raids into Tangistan it would be
uni ey that the inhabitants would receive much assistance
;[ om neighbours in Dashtistan, though possibly a few of
the villages nearest the border might join in. Or R e whole it
120
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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
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- 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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