'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.' [58v] (121/168)
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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105
Weights.
5 Shdhis~^ krdn.
10 ShdJiis ” £ krdn.
Silver I krdn.
2 krdns.
_ 5 krdns.
Gold 1, 2, 5 and 10 tumdns. These are not in
circulation owing to their ever varying
silver value. A gold tumdn has a value of
22 krdns. A tumdn in silver is worth 10
krans.
Accounts are sometimes reckoned in dinar, an imaginary
^om, the ten thousandth part of a tumdn of 10 krdns. A
Kran therefore = 1,000 dinars ; one shdhi = 50 dinars.
The favourite coin is the silver 2 krdn piece, often called
a gudgdrl by Afghans and Baluchis, this being their pro
nunciation of Qdjdri, a name given on account of the image
of the Shah on the coin.
The Imperial Bank of Persia issues notes which are
current in all towns of Persia, though a discount is gene
rally charged, if out of the circle in which issued.
Weights and measures differ in almost every province
and town.
Weights .—
24 Nakhods (lit. peas) = ... 1 Miskal.
16 Miskals and fi Nakhods = ... 1 Sir.
5 Sirs — ... ... 1 Abbassi also called
wakkeh kirvankeh.
40 Sirs =: ... ..1 Man (6*49 avoirdupois
pounds).
100 Mans =
... 1 Kharvar,
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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)
- Arrangement
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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