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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.' [‎13r] (30/168)

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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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b_\ \ arious tributaries of the Mashkil river, at an
elevation of about 4,000 feet. The valley, with
those of Sib and Magas, enjoys a great reputa
tion for fertility.
(b) Sib, elevation 3,650 feet, a town of some 1,500 Sib.
families situated on the banks of the Ruhtak river,
a tributary of the Mashkil, which has a perennial
now of water. It is surrounded by considerable
cultivatian and date groves, and supplies are
usually procurable. The Sib valley is about 8
miles broad. Ihe fort is a strong mud structure,
Avell protected by tiers of habitations, all arranged
for defence, and usually provisioned ready for a
siege. The citadel stands about 60 feet high and
contains a well. It has the reputation of being
one of the strongest forts in Persian Baluchistan,
an f’ owin £ to the nature of the ground, would be
a difficult one to shell at close range.
^ <I fr~ The .i Sarba L d is bounded on the north by Sarh.J.
Sistan and the southern boundary of Afghanistan on a
line running from Dehaneh Baghi to Kuh-i-Malik Siah.
Its western boundary marches with that of Kerman
running roughly north and south past
NasraUbad Sipi, Gurg and Shurab. From Shfirfib it turns
east and follows the northern borders of Bampur and
Bmak and pass^g just Horth of Ja lk , reaches the border
of British Baluchistan, which forms its eastern frontier.
uiTind WH Ed iS p E mOUntaino 1 us tract - intersected bv high
1 land v alleys of an average height of 4,000 to 5,000 feet
axne sea-level, with a steady downward slope to the south
In general aspect it is identical with the wild barren'
scenery of Baluchistan, and like Baluchistan it suffers from
sunnlv n°f '"I c Wat6r - There is however a considerable
to mike f n SUb 1 Urf f 6 1 Wat ? r ’ which would render it possible
ilcT ^ i moderate development in agriculture, and with
namb^of 81 ^ f ^ f c ? nsiderabl e increase in the
f iloc^s for which the country could provide
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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
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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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