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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [227v] (459/610)
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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418
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
to Qum, ply over it as far as Saveh. From Saveh to Hamadaa
it is only used by pack transport, mostly camels. The road
nowhere exceeds an elevation of 7,000 feet but in the section
Kargabad-^ubaran-Zarreh it is mostly over 6,000 feet and much
snow accumulates, so that in winter ‘ charvadars ’ often prefer
the easier routes via Kazvin, or from Saveh through ’Iraq to
angavar In dry weather it would be passable for a single
f °f c 1 on T°y s -but with difficulty, if some of the
ditches were planked over. In wet weather it becomes extre-
. fl and soft and ( l uite impassable for any wheeled
rS, k 6 Se + C i 10nS Tehran t0 Robat Karim and Zarreh te
uirkhlar being the worst.
(i) • Kasma-Rasht-Lahij an -Langarud-Rudisar.
This road was constructed by Sipah Salar and is the only
lateral communication in the Caspian provinces deserving the
name of “road The greater part of it traverses a raised
causeway tnrough paddy fields with innumerable plank bridges
over irrigation canals except in the vicinity of Lahiian where
the country is more open and dry.
The surface generally is fair in dry weather, but requires
requent repairs as much of it is soft and sandy. It would soon
be cut up by heavy wheeled traffic.
Owing to the obstacle of the Safid Rud (see Section 2 ) very
little wheeled traffic uses it East of the river.
From Raima to Rasht. The road crosses a deep ford at
Pasikhan. Ford vans can usually go from Rasht as far as
.rasiknan and. sometimes to Kasma.
From Rasht to Rashtdbdd (crossing of the Safid Rud) The
road is passable for Ford vans and carts. The surface is sand.
Numerous culverts are crossed and are in good condition.
From Rashtabad to Langarud. The Safid Rud is crossed in
2 branches between Rashtabad and Kisom with an interval
* r 11 ? ka meadow between them. The Western branch
is about 50, the Eastern about 70 yards in width. Both
branches are a succession of runs and pools with a gravel
bottom. The depth m the centre reaches a maximum of 15'
during the flood season between December and June and
diminishes to 2J in October.
Across each branch large wooden ferry boats carry men and
animals No ramps or facilities exist for carriages and carts.,
but light vehicles can be manhandled on to the boats.
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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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