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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [‎13v] (31/610)

The record is made up of 1 volume (301 folios). It was created in 1922. 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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PARA. 3.—The Constitutional Movement.
Eventejleading The envelopment of Persia between Russia and Great Britain
tS&md move- tU " opined in the two preceding paragraphs is the most salient
meat., feature of Persian history during the 19 th century.
The internal history of the country during the reign of Path
• Ali Shah from 1799 to 1834, once he had disposed of numerous
pretenders to the throne and established his position, was peace
ful and uneventful compared with the upheavals of the 18th
century. His successor Muhammad Shah, who reigned from
1834 to 1848, allowed the government to pass into the hands of
his Grand Vizir Haj~ Mirza Aghasi. The state of Persia under
this Minister is described by Sir H. Rawlinson. “ He was
utterly ignorant of statesmanship or of military science, yet
too vain to receive instruction and too jealous to admit of a
coadjutor; brutal in his language, insolent in his demeanour,
■ indolent in his habits, he brought the country to the brink of
revolution. The pay of the army was generally from 3 to 5
years in arrears. The cavalry of the tribes was almost an
nihilated.”
The long reign of Nasir-ud-Din Shah followed from 1848
to 1896.
His personality secured the smooth working of the old
despotic system of administration, 1 security and tranquillity
were maintained throughout Persia and, judged by the standard
and traditions 1 of Government prevalent in the country,
Nasir-ud-Din was a strong ruler and the most able of the
Kajar dynasty.
Persia was brought more into contact with the outside
world by the construction of telegraph lines, of a line from
Baghdad via Kirmanshah, Hamadan and Tehran to Bushire by
the British Government in 1864, and of a through line from
London via Julfa and Tabriz to Tehran by Messrs. Siemens
of Berlin in 1870 and by the institution of a postal service
in 1877.
The Shah’s power became to some extent limited by his
sensitiveness to European opinion, but European ideas 2 or
education 2 spread very little among his subjects and the
internal condition of the country underwent small change.
1 For a description of this system see Chapter V, Administration, r pages 193-5.
. * A Persian newspaper entitled the ‘ Qanun,’ (‘ order ’) which was published
in London, began to advocate a fixed code of laws and National Assembly for
Persia, and exercised considerable influence.
Its editors were Malkom Khan and Saiyid Jamal-ud-DIn. The former was
the son of an Armenian convert to Islam and gained notoriety at Tehran as a
conjurer until he was ordered to leave Persia. On his return he founded a Masonic

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Military report compiled by Captain LS Fortescue of the General Staff of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force and printed in Calcutta at the Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922.

The volume begins with a statement defining the geographical area covered by the report. The report is divided into ten chapters, plus appendices, each concerning a different subject, as follows:

  • Chapter 1: History
  • Chapter 2: Geography
  • Chapter 3: Climate, Water, Medical and Aviation
  • Chapter 4: Ethnography
  • Chapter 5: Administration (including a table of provinces with administrative details (folios 123-30)
  • Chapter 6: Armed Forces of the Persian Government
  • Chapter 7: Economic Resources
  • Chapter 8: Tribes
  • Chapter 9: Personalities
  • Chapter 10: Communications
  • Appendices: Glossary of terms; Weights, measures and coinage; Bibliography; Historical sketch (Chapter 1) continued from June 1920 to the end of 1921

At the back of the volume (folio 302) is a map to illustrate the report.

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1 volume (301 folios)
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There is a contents page (folio 5) and list of illustrations (folio 6) at the front of the volume and an index at the back (folios 270-300). All refer to the volume's original pagination. The index also includes map references of all places marked on the map.

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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 303; 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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