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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.' [43v] (91/168)
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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mce (he new water supply from the covered-m well was
“fid the camp has been generally very ftee from d.seasa
Orrine however to the exceedingly debilitating effects o«
S,™Lp heat on those unaccnstomed to it, combined with
the lack o£ fresh vegetables, which are always very scarce,
the lops are liable to softer a good deal from dysentery
especially and from malaria.
There are wells in the town, but the water from them is
bad, brackish and conduces to guinea-worm and kidney
diseases Ample supplies of drinking water are now obtain
able from the 1 camp at Naiband three miles to tbe east.
■Well water in small quantities and slightly brackish is ob
tamable at two places near the shore, one and two miles
respectively east of the town. This water is taken m and
sold in town, and, the supply being so limited, b '
available in any but the very smallest quantities for troops
There are ten birkehs, or rain reservoirs, situateo north am
east of the town; average dimensions oo feet by dU teet
If the rainfall has been normal, these are generally tub m
January. Water from them however should never be drm<
without being carefully sterilized, owing to contammatioi
from surface drainage.
In the case of operations on a large scale arrangement
should be made for the supply of drinking water eJher b
condensation, or by means of a piped supply.
latter purpose however supplies could apparently only be
obtained from Nehu and Mlnab, a distance of 50 miles.
There is a source at Nung, but tliis is liable to contamina
tion, and its yield is uncertain.
The rain falls in this district from about November 20th
to March 20th. During this time average statistics show
about 6 inches per annum, obtained by 3 days in November,
13 days in December, January and February and 4 days
in March.
From 1st November to 1st April, troops marching m the
district would experience little inconvenience from the pre
vailing temperature ; but during December, January an
February excessive cold prevails in the uplands beyond the
hinterland and would necessitate the provision of plenty
of warm clothing for use at nights. During April anu
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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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