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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA' [121v] (247/466)
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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Uniform.
Relation
between
Russian and
Persian
officers.
216
term of service. The age is from 18 to 40, and every man has
to be passed fit by the medical officer of the Brigade. After 15
years’ service, a man can claim a pension for life at the rate
of half bis pay ; after 30 years, a pension equal to his full pay (the
minimum being 3 tumdns monthly, or about 10s. lid). Should a
man, as the result of service, be incapacitated from earning his
living, he receives a gratuity on discharge.
The pay amounts to 3 tdmjns a month, and rises in the
case of non-commissioned officers to 4-7 tiimdna (17s. Id). On
field service these rates are doubled or trebled..
In contrast with the rest of the army, the Brigade is
paid regularly. The classes which supply the recruits are:—
(1) Persians, of whom there are only 10 %, a striking
testimony of the non-military spirit of the race.
(2) Nomads, Turks and Kurds, from Azarbaijan and
Kazvln. Of these there are 15 %.
(3) The remaining 75 % are from nomad tribes in the
vicinity of Tehran, Qum, and Kazvln, and parti
cularly from the Baghdadi section of the Shah-
savan tribes. Among these the native officers are
men of influence in their tribe, and have their own
following.
Each man brings his horse on enlistment, and, during his
service, replaces it when necessary. They are small but service
able animals, though inferior to the Indian Cavalry remount.
The artillery horses are government property, and considering
the difficulty of getting draught animals, are of a useful stamp.
The men undergo an annual training in musketry and
artillery practice, similar to that prescribed for the Russian
Army. They are good natural shots, and make very fair gunners.
The uniform is nearly identical with that of the Cossacks
of the Russian Army, consisting of a long-skirted brown coat
and pantaloons tucked into high boots. The head-dress is the
usual black lambs-wool kulloh, which has a high crown and no
brim nor peak.
The relations between Russian and senior Persian'officers
appear to be friendly but not intimate. The gap between them
is about the same as between British and Indian officers in the
Indian Army, and rather wider than in the case of Imperial
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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.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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