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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.' [‎49r] (102/168)

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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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During the last six years in the hinterland of Bandar
Abbas, and in fact over the whole coast region of South
Persia’, there has been a steady diminution in the crops
fathered, owing to a succession of years of drought and
visits of locusts. So small has been the quantity produced
that instead of being able to export grain and foodstuffs,
the whole hinterland is largely dependent for its supplies
on imports from India. The quantity of these imports
is naturally limited, and, were it not for the date crops,
which can always be depended upon, things would have
gone verv badlv with the inhabitants of this distuct.
Large quantities of dates can always be obtained, es
pecially at the harvest time (August-September) from the
Minab neighbourhood, which has a big export trade in this
commodity to the surrounding districts.
Bandar Abbas is an importing centre for a large district,
including Qishm Island, and the warehouses in the town
always contain a fair amount of goods awaiting re-export
With a week’s notice the bazars could very Probably meet
the requirements of a force of 2,000 men, with followers
and transport, for a week or ten da>s. o y ^
longer than this period, or for a larger force, all supphea
wr.md have to b i brought from India. Vegetables are scarce
and only to be obtained in the winter season, when 100
maunds could probably be supplied. The onl y ™ t f
to be procured are limes and water-melons in September
and October. These are brought over from Minab. Milk
is scarce and mostly from goats. In the summer the supply
is practically nil. Fish is abundant in the winter seas ,
but the supply falls off during the summer months. 1 here
is no grazing at all, and fodder is ver y u scarc "’
during October, November and December Bhoosa and
barley are stored in small quantaries to meet loca require-
ments. Camels graze 14 miles off, behind a " ’ . ,
Rud Khaneh, Taz Born, Chah Chakur and Hormundah.
Fuel —The nearest coal store is at Henjam Island, and
belongs to the Indian Government. Firewood is scared
expensive, being practically all imported from Clarence
{Strait.

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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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