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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [258v] (521/610)
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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470
Word.
Meaning.
Mujahid
(pi. Mujahidin).
Muhajir
(pi. Muhajirin).
Mujtahid
Mustabid
. Lit. ‘ one who strives ’ derived from Arabic
‘ jihad ’ a ‘ striving ’. The name is applied
to the band which went with Sipah
Salar and Yeprim from Rasht to Tehran
in 1909 and deposed Muhd. AH Shah,
It has come almost to mean ‘ Revolu
tionary ’.
. One who makes a ‘ hijrat i.e., a migra
tion from a ' non-Muhammadan to a
Muhammadan country, and applied to the
Persians who joined the pro-German
exodus from Tehran to Qum in Novem
ber 1915 before the advance of Russian
troops from Kazvin.
. Doctor of Divinity. See Chapter IV, para,
(d), page 179.
. Adherent of despotism (istibdad), reac
tionary.
Pishkash
Poud .
Pul
. Present from an inferior to a superior—
i.e., a polite word for bribery.
. A weight equivalent to 36 lbs.
. Bridge.
Qanat .
. An underground or partiahy underground
water channel.
Qishlaq
Qushun
. Lowland winter quarters, especially the
plains of Gilan and Mazandaran opposite
of ‘ yailaq ’, highland summer quarters.
Cf., ‘Garmsir’ the word used in South
ern Persia.
. The ‘ army ’ or ‘ division ’ of a province
composed of ‘ regiments ’ (fauj) recruited
on a territorial basis.
Ra’ayat
Rais . ,
Rais-ul-Vuzura
Rud
Sadr A’zam .
Saiyid .
Sangfarsh
. Peasantry, tenant cultivators.
. Chief.
. Prime Minister.
. River.
. Grand Vizir under old regime before revo-
, lution of 1906.
. A descendant of the prophet Muhammad
on the father’s side.
. Stone pavement.
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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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