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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA' [65r] (134/466)
The record is made up of 1 volume (229 folios). It was created in 1912. 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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prevails here once a year, and sometimes cholera breaks out.
Small-pox attacks children, who succumb to it in great
numbers. Almost everyone suffers from eye diseases. Snow
remains on the mountains for 10 months in the year, and
on the plain for 4 months. Fuel is fairly plentiful,
Qum has an abundant water-supply, which is brackish Jn Q Um .
summer. The summers are hot, but less so than Kdshdn,
and the winters severe. In autumn dust-storms are common.
Diphtheria is prevalent, small-pox seldom absent, and oph
thalmia and diarrhoea common in the summer and autumn.
Kdshdn is very hot in the summer, and the inhabitants Ea s Iia a.
then live underground. The most trying months are June, July
and August. Winter is not severe, but some frost and snow
may be expected. Water-supply is good frorn^ 3 qandts and
some excellent underground cisterns. Kdshdn is healthy,
especially in spring. In summer and autumn intermittent fever
and diarrhoea, and in winter bronchitis, are the principal diseases.
Epidemics of measles, small-pox and diphtheria occur.
The climate of Isfahan is dry and bracing ; in summer Isfahan,
during the middle of the day it is very hot, but seldom op
pressive. The nights, except for six weeks, July to the mid
dle of August, are moderately cool and pleasant . _ I he winter
lasting for four months is often severe, snow lying for days
together. The rainfall is usually less than in the surround
ing districts. The water-supply from canals and wells is
abundant and of good quality. Isfahan and are re
markably healthy places and, were it not for epidemics,
would have a very low death rate. Europeans do not seem
to be affected by the hot weather. December, January and
February are the coldest months, the maximum average rea
ing in January being 46’5°, the minimum o . J .
September are the hot months, the maximum
July being 98,° the minimum 66-2°. Ram mils o ll y f
October to May, the heaviest records being November °
and March O'99". Average total for the year is between 4 and
5 inches. Snow does not usually fall unti < ajnuary
melts rapidly. Rain is almost invariably
south-west or west-south-west wind. Ro wim s < y
occur at Isfahan. Travelling is done by n A 1 |J °
summer, the temperature is then comparative y coo ,
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The volume is Military Report on Persia . Compiled by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India (Simla: 1912, originally published 1911).
The volume contains a summary history of Persia, followed by sections on the country's geography and climate; ethnography; resources; army; naval forces; places of strategic importance and military notes; ports, harbours and islands; administration; and communications.
The volume contains three appendices:
- A: a list of Persian notables, 1911;
- B: bibliography;
- C: glossaries.
There is a Map of Persia on folio 230.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (229 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains an index between folios 6-13.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 231; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- 'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:229v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence