'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.' [46r] (96/168)
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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aould probably be collected, if one month’s notice were given.
These numbers would be for hire, not for sale. The in
habitants of this district, as of other parts of South Persia,
can seldom be induced to part with their animals. The
Makran camel carries 5 maunds, and marches 15 miles a day.
Marching iS usually done in the morning and afternoon
with a rest in between for grazing.
The Ham pur camels are small and can only carry about
240 lbs. as a rule.
The camels of Rudbar are a particularly good class and
able to carry considerable weight. They are mostly owned
by the Ilyat Baluch, who breed them, but they are not used
to any great extent by their Rudbari owners for caravan
work. Being used to the plains they are at first
awkward in stony and mountainous country, but
soon become accustomed to bad going. Motet of them
are bred in the district between the western end of the Jaz
Murian Hamun and the mountains, and the tribesmen in
this area are frequently found to have herds of as many as
2G0. The principal tribes engaged in breeding are the
Shambuleh (or Yar Alunad Khan), the Lurag and the
Jausi. 1 he total number of Rudbari camels is estimated
at 15,000. Bhoosa and cotton seed are the chief camel
foods in this district.
In Jiruft there are about 1,000 camels in the possession
of the tribes.
In 1008 it was estimated that three men could purchase
about 3,000 camels in two months’ time in these two dis
tricts.
There are not many camels in the Narmashir district, and
it would probably not be possible to purchase more than
fifty. Such as there are are mainly to be found on the
borders of the Dasht-i-Lut, and these have the advantage
of being used to desert work and of being able to go long
distances without water.
A considerable number of camels could be collected at
Kennan from the surrounding district 29,000 is the
wtiinate number of camels in the whole province.
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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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