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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [169v] (343/610)
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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304
-—
Through
out year.
Before
Harvest.
After
Harvest.
Remarks.
8. Barfamsh.
British Troops
2,000
See description of Sari
Indian Troops
6,000
and Barfarush in
Chapter II. Dur-
Animals
2.000
ing temperate sea
son from October to
9. Hamadan-Kazvin-
Enzali Road.
British Troops
10,000
April these figures
are probably an
under-estimate.
Wheat and barley
are imported from
the hills. Supply
of sheep is unlimited
in winter but in
summer must be
fetched from hills.
For one day at each
Indian Troops
15,000
stage at 1 month’s
notice.
Animals
17,000
General Remarks on above.
Sugar and tea. —These are not local products. Persians
consume a large amount of both, but, being imported, stocks are
comparatively small and expensive.
Atta. —Good atta is obtainable but only in small quantities.
Most of it is ground with soft grindstones and is mixed with a
large percentage of grit.
Meat. —Sheep and goats. The cattle are not worth eating
except in Mazandaran.
In the Plateau towns of Kazvln, Zinjdn , Hamaddn, Tehran.
Fuel. —Wood is only obtained from artificial plantations and
is rather scarce and expensive, especially at Kazvin. It is
particularly scarce in Khamseh, where dried dung is used as
fuel by villagers.
Goal. —Obtained from the mines at Abiyak between Kazvin
and Tehran, or North East of Tehran [see Chapter VII, para, {d)
Minerals, p. 276-7] is usually broken into fragments and costs
about 1 120- krans per kharvar (650 lbs.).
Barley, Lucerne and Bhusa are good. Hay is poor.
Rice is scarce but can be fetched as required from the
Caspian provinces.
1 i.e., about 400 krans (£10 to £15 according to rate of exchange) per ton.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (301 folios)
- Arrangement
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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- 'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:301v, back-i
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