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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [199v] (403/610)
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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Dauleh’s Cabinet August 1918 to June 1920, and was the third
man in the triumvirate (Vusuq-ud-Dauleh ? Sarim-ud-Daulch,
Nusrat-ud-Dauleh). He accompanied the Shah to Europe m
1919-20. He was created
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
in 1919.
He is highly cultured and most intelligent. Like the rest
of the Farman Farma family he has been very friendly with the
British and has a better reputation than its other members for
honesty.
He is the most influential member of the family, and has
the courage of his convictions, and is liked and feared by the
t Democrats.’ He is one of the cleverest men in Persia and has
a big career before him.
No 21. QUWAM-UD-DAULEH, Shukrullah Khan. Former
title Mu’tamad-i-Khaqan.
He was Chamberlain of Muzaffar-ud-Din Shah but fell into
disgrace in 1904. He took part in Constitutionalist propaganda,
was Governor of Tehran 1909-10, Minister of Commerce 1910,
of Posts and Telegraphs 1910, Governor of Isfahan 1910-11.
While at Isfahan he was shot at and seriously wounded by Abbas
Agha, the ex-chief of Police, a Russian subject. He showed
no marked ability as Governor.
He was Governor of Tehran in 1911 and 1916, and Minister of
Public Works and Commerce in Vusuq-ud-Dauleh’s Cabinet,
August 1916. He was made Governor General of Luristan in
1919 and had a fair measure of success but the central Govern
ment starved him of the. troops necessary to pacify the province
and in 1920 he gave up the job in disgust. Has always been
very friendly.
No. 22. QUVVAM-US-STJLTANEH, Ahmad Khan.
Younger brother of Vusuq-ud-Dauleh (No. 34). He was
Minister of War, 1910, of Interior 1911, of Finance 1914, when
he made a good deal of money. He did no t j oin Vusuq’s Cabinet
in 1916, owing, it was said, to reluctance to identify himself
with his brother’s pro-ally policy.
He was appointed Governor General of Khorasan by Samsam-
us-Sultaneh’s Cabinet early in 1918, a post which he still (Novem
ber 1920) holds. He has proved a strong and able Governor
General, is enlightened and progressive, and is regarded as a
' coming 5 man.
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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)
- 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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