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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.' [9r] (22/168)
The record is made up of 1 volume (80 folios). It was created in 1922-1923. 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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chiefs of the Makran coast. These arms were transported
short distances inland to convenient depots whence they
were removed as opportunity offered to Afghanistan,
many of them eventually tiuding their way into the hands
of the
North-West Frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
tribesmen.
A naval and military expedition was therefore organis
ed to suppress this traffic and the following steps were
taken :—
(а) Four of His Majesty’s Cruisers were with other
ships employed in patrolling the coast, launches,
etc., being used for inshore work.
(б) A landing force was embarked on board Royal
Indian Marine ship Hordinge consisting of
half a battalion of Indian infantry, two mountain
guns and a section of Sappers and Miners for
operations ashore when required from January
to April.
(c) A General Staff Officer was posted at Jask for
intelligence work.
(d) A wireless station was erected at Jask for com
munication between the naval and military
forces.
(e) Jask and Charbar were put into a state of defence
with 2 machine guns and garrisons of 135 and
115 men respectively.
(f) Measures were taken for arresting arms traders
proceeding to the Gulf via India.
(g) i battalion of Indian infantry was stationed at
Robat on the Sistan border.
These measures were successful. Arms captured con
fiscated, etc., amounted to:—
Rifles :—12,409. Pistols :—217.
AmmunitionRifle—2,138,620 rounds.
Pistol—3,560 rounds.
Several depots of arms were destroyed by naval and
military landing parties.
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The volume is entitled Military Report on Persia. Volume IV Part I. Persian Baluchistan, Kerman and Bandar Abbas. (Simla, Government Central Press, 1923). The volume was originally published in 1921.
The report contains sections on history, geography, population, climate and health, resources, military affairs, communications, and political matters. Appendices give the following information: details of nomad tribes of Kerman Province; a list of Chiefs and Headmen in Persian Baluchistan, who are in receipt of subsidies from the Indo-European Telegraph Department (IETD); statistics of natural resources; and distribution statement of the Sarhad Levy Corps on 1 July 1922. There are also seven maps (folios 75-81), entitled:
- Map accompanying Military Report on Persia Vol. IV Part I.
- Kerman and environs
- Bandar Abbas
- Diagram of Mirjawa station yard
- Diagram of Duzdap station yard
- Signalling and heliograph posts between Chahbar and Geh
- Sketch Map shewing communications between Kerman and Saidabad
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (80 folios)
- Arrangement
Includes a list of contents on folio 4; and an index on folios 67-73.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 82; 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. VOLUME IV, PART I.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:74v, 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