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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.' [50r] (104/168)
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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91
CHAPTER 1Y.
Military.
British Garrisons .—The distribution of Indian troops is uritighGarris,
at present as under:—
Dusddp .—One company.
Khwdsh .—One company.
Chahbdr .—One platoon, under a British Officer, with
1 machine gun and 1 Lewis gun.
Jdsk .—One platoon, under an Indian Officer.
Bandar Abbas .—One Company, less 2 platoons, with 2
British Officers, and with 5 Lewis Guns.
Eenjam Island .—One N. C. 0. and 23 men.
Qishm Island. {Bds Takhun ).—One Indian officer and
18 men.
The detachments at Hen jam and Qishm Islands are from
the battalion which provides all the garrisons in the Per
sian Gulf and which has its headquarters at Bushire.
The detachments at Duzdap and Khwash are based on
Quetta.
South Persia Rifles .—The only Persian force of any 8( , oth P0rsift
fighting value in Southern Persia of recent years has been Bifles.
the South Persia Rifles. Raised by Sir Percy Sykes in 1916
and commanded and trained by British and Indian officers
and instructors, they formed an efficient safeguard for the
tranquillity of the districts w T here they were stationed and
their presence acted as an effective deterrent to the local
badmashes who previous to their formation had rendered
the majority of trade routes impassable. In the area under
review the Kerman Brigade with Headquarters was
stationed at Kerman and detachments at Saida bad and
Bandar Abbas. It consisted until the middle of 1921
of one battery of artillery, 1 field company of engineers,
1 cavalry regiment, 2 infantry regiments, 1 machine gun
squadron, and was entirely self-contained, possessing its
own medical, veterinary, signalling and transport personnel.
Its strength amounted to 3,200 officers and men with 4
funs and 4 machine guns. It has now been disbanded.
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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
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (80 folios)
- Arrangement
Includes a list of contents on folio 4; and an index on folios 67-73.
- Physical characteristics
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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