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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.' [21r] (46/168)
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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33
to tlie north of Rildhar. It is abont 300 feet above sea
level, 50 railes long l>y 22 miles wide and has a permanent
population of about 2000 families. It is watered mainly
by the Halil Rud, and has a normal rain and snowfall.
Population of about 2000 families. There is an abundance
of water available for cultivation. In seasons when there
is a scarcity of raip and snow there is hardly enough
water to cultivate the upper Jlruft, and for this reason
about every fourth year must be considered a dry year,
though even then by means of qanats the inhabitants usually
manage to secure a yield of two-thirds of the normal crop.
The population is, however, small owing to the absence
of security in the district. The Rudbarls have managed
to establish themselves in the district with armed supporters
and,*having prevented, the Jlruftis from keeping any arms,
are able to rule supreme and are doing everything in their
power to ruin the district. During June, July and August
nearly every one leaves the district, taking to the cool
mountains, white with the advent of the cool season there
is a great influx of tribesmen, who spend the winter in *
the district, grazing their docks. R
(g) nmlhar a rich district lying to the north of
,s hakard w , lth wlneh is combined administratively is
bounded on the north by the Jabal Bariz range and Jiraft,
on the east by Bampiir, and on the west by a line running
approximately due north from Jaghin. Like Jlruft it &
J' 1 ' Wa . ere< ^ nd sparsely populated. It is however very
little cultivated in proportion to its possibilities. ‘ Bashakard,
(h) BashSkard is a mountainous and wild district lying
to the south of Rudbar and the Jaz Murian Hamim. It
mded on the east and south respectively by the Bint
Bhihan J "f f St n Ct - 0f u Makr5n > and on th e west by the
p art 0 f p Stnet - Xt 1S tl 'e most primitive and backward
V 1 , , and B robabl y ^so the poorest. The in-
Stn “f Z f to the RSdbaris,but have a considerable
train of low type negro blood in them. They are lawless
< nd independent of character, but of small fightin- value ’
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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)
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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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