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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.' [18v] (41/168)
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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interior of the district, as well as for the smaller ports
between Jask and Gwatar. It is roughly square in shape,
the sides being some 500 yards in length, and consists
mostly of mud-built houses with a few of stone. The
south-west side of the town lies parallel and approaches
to within 10-20 yards of the shore. The Telegraph station,
a substantial stone building, is situated three-quarters of
a mile to the south of the town, and a quarter of a mile
from the landing ground. The Telegraph staff comprises
one Assistant Superintendent and six Eurasian clerks.
The garrison consists at present (January, 1922) of one
British Officer and one platoon of Indian infantry. These
are accommodated in brick huts in the Telegraph compound.
The station is enclosed by sand bagged trenches, protected
in front by a heavy barbed-wire fence. In the post are
one machine gun and one Lewis gun.
About 400 unskilled labourers could be collected locally,
mostly from British Baluchistan, in about 3 weeks’ time,
and double that number, if about 2 months’ notice were
given. .
Camping and convoy grounds are capacious and well
situated on level ground to the north of the Telegraph
buildings.
Climate is fairly cool and healthy, except during June
and Juty. Even then the south-west monsoon makes the
heat considerably more tolerable than at Jask or in the
Gulf. I he chief diseases are malaria and dysentery.
Hea\y rain usually falls from December to February.
The average amount is about 4 inches annually.
A line of telegraph runs from Chahbar to Karachi via
Gwatar, Pasni and Omara, one to Jask via Rapch, and two
lines via Suntsin to Panjgur. A sub-marine cable runs
from Chahbar to Jask.
Makra.nl, a dialect of Baluchi, is the language spoken
here; Hindustani is generally understood, but Persian is
rarely used or understood.
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garden, situated half a mile from the station.
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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.
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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 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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