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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [‎213v] (431/610)

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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392
Mujtahids of
Sasht.
Personalities
Khalkhal.
No. 78. SARDAR Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. MUQTADIR Nasrullah Khan. Former
titles Amir Muqtadir and Zarghdm-us-Sultaneh.
Bom about 1870 and has 2 brothers Shuja’-i-Divan,
Muhammad Khan), and Sartlp Khan (Abdul Hasan Khan).
He is chief of the Talish Dulab (see Chapter VIII) and was made
Goyernor of the Khamseh-i-Tavalish in 1919 when Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Mu azzam was Governor General of Gilan. About 200 of the
300 to 400 tufangchis ” of Talish Dulab are controlled by him.
, , FIe a reputation for oppressing his 4 ra’ayat,’ is the enemy
° f ? U j hlk wllom he fears - He has several times skir
mished with the Jangalis and his co-operation with the
Cossacks was enlisted during the Jangali operations at the
end of lOib and early 1920. He was attacked by Bolsheviks
soon after their landing at Enzall at the instigation of Kuchik
Khan but his following collected round him again after a few
imtml successes and he was more than holding his own to the
wMh Q?t has Cont ff ted a matrimonial alliance
with the Fuladlu Shahsavan and is on good terms with Amir
mSL Khalklisl (No - 82) ' am ’ hls
No. 78A. SIPAHDAR-I-A’ZAM
See No. 31.
No. 79. AGHA SHARIF.
A prominent divine of Rasht. He was arrested by Azari
acting Goyernor General for corresponding with Kuchik Khan
and deported to Tehran in spring of 1920.
No. 80. BAHR-UL-ULUM, Mlrzd Ali.
Born about 1880. Is son-in-law of Sipahdar (No. 31) and
hTthTdr br f 0t m erS ‘ HlS , family were tooIs of the Russians
n i! he i d y i S + ° f the f 1 ascendan cy- He took a prominent part
BoSiS talMO t0Tehr5n '‘ s “ the
No. 81. SHARIAT MADAR. Abut Hasan.
brother of Bahr-ul-Ulum.
Elder
No. 82. AMIR ASHAYIR, Mustafa Quiz Khan.
' ranlaTih^HATt S ° n ° f A,lmad Khin - ° J «>6 Shat-
fNo8fiiwhn H tW fl y0 " n ! cr bothers Rashid-ul-Mamalik
Khan T y 1 , mflue "'? a Wltl1 the «*><>. and Tapnncheb
Khan, and two nephews Ghulam Hnsain Khan and Husain

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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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