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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA' [113v] (231/466)
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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special arrangements would be necessary, which would depend
on the abundance, or otherwise, of the last local harvest.
The inhabitants eat rice, wheat and meat. In the bazaars
are procurable meat, fish, vegetables, rice, ghi, flour and dates.
Milk is not drunk, nor obtainable to any great extent. Fish
are caught in large quantities, the supply being greater in winter
than summer. There is scarcely any land left for grazing in
Bushire, but hay and fodder are brought in, as required,
from the neighbouring districts, where the inhabitants store
it. This supply depends on the season and ranges from nil
in a rainless season, to fodder for about 500 animals for a month
in a good one.
There are no special coal godowns. Charcoal is in general
use, but that maintained in store only suffices for the immediate
needs of the inhabitants. Large quantities can be obtained
from a village in the interior, distant about 24 miles. The
local shipping obtain fuel from the Bushire market. _ Firewood
is brought from Persian ports, as well as from districts in the
interior; none is grown about Bushire. The British Naval
Coal Depot contains ordinarily 1,500 to 2,000 tons of best
Welsh coal. A small quantity is occasionally held by the
agents of the British India Steam Navigation Company,
and regularly by those of the Anglo-Algerian Steam Navigation
Company,
There are no bulk oil depots. For meat supplies, sheep and
goats are plentiful; but oxen are scarce and small.
Mules are generally used for transport work from Bushire.
The numbers frequenting the port daily vary from 100 to
800 mules. There are also donkeys and camels, but no ox
transport. The villagers about Bushire have practically no
transport. The mules available are the property of muleteers,
who spend their whole time on the roads in the interior.
They are always on the move except in the grazing season
(15th March to 15th May), when the animals are turned out
to graze, and are not obtainable in any numbers. Even caravans
on the road, at this time, move very slowly, allowing tiieir
animals to graze as they march. The number available a
Bushire at any moment, depends entirely on the condition ol
trade; as the roads become unsafe for trade during a period ot
political confusion, so the number of mules coming -
Bushire dwindles.
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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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- 'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA'
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- 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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