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'Report on the Persian Army' [39r] (77/170)
The record is made up of 1 volume (83 folios). It was created in 1900. 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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67
3 Isfahan.
I Ferahan.
1 Kezzaz.
1 Germs, commanrled by Hassan Ali Khan, who is now
n899) Amir Nizam, Governor of Kerman.
1 Maragha.
1 Kerman.
1 Turshiz.
1 Kurdistan.
1 Mazandaran.
I Khalkhal.
1 Khamseh.
1 Afshar.
J Ni shapur.
1 Christians of Urumia and Selmas.
To tlie last-named foj were added some officers and men
which were left of the old Bahadurau battalion of Russian
deserters, and the command was given to Gabriel Khan,
son of Samson Khan. Fourteen battalions were permanently
garrisoned in Teheran, four in Tabriz.
The obnoxious system of siipirsat, by which troops on the
march obtained supplies from villages against drafts on the
treasury, which were seldom paid, was abolished, and all
supplies had to be paid for in cash.
Twelve thousand five hundred irregular cavalry were kept
in a state of efficiency so as to be ready for immediate service
when required, and 750 Shahseven horse were formed into a
regiment of regular cavalry.
Arsenals were opened in Isfahan and Meshed, the former
turning out “ 300 muskets a month, and 50,000 uniforms and
1,000 ammunition pouches per annum,” the latter, under the
superintendence of Ustad Ali Akbar, making “ very good
muskets.” An arsenal was also started in Shiraz, and the
Teheran arsenal “ made 1,000 muskets a month, good swords,
bugles, bayonets, and artillery fuses which would burn under
water.”
Prince Bahrain Mirza, Muizz ed dowleh, wrote a treatise on
the art of war (” Kit ib i Nizam i Nassiri dar ilm i Niz un ”) for
the use of officers, and 400 copies of it were printed.
Dr. Cassolani, who had been in practice for some years in
Tabriz and was called to Teheran by the Shah, was appointed
surgeon-general of the army, and no medical practitioner was
engaged as regimental surgeon without having passed an
examination before him.
An order was published to the effect that commanding
officers of battalions were to accompany their men when going
to their home districts on leave and were not to remain behind
in Teheran. This was done in order to keep the commanding
officers in touch with their men at home and facilitate mobilisa
tion.
Tight trousers and short tunics were introduced at this time,
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Report on the Persian Army by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot, Military Attaché and Oriental Secretary, British Legation, Tehran, Persia.
The report is divided into two parts. Part 1 consists of an introductory note, list of works consulted, chapters on general information about Persia and the history of the Persian Army (written by General Albert Houtum-Schindler), and an appendix on military pay, ranks, titles, and decorations. Part 2 consists of eleven chapters on recruitment, infantry, irregular cavalry, regular cavalry (the Cossack Brigade), artillery, miscellaneous irregular bodies, departments of the army, military schools, uniforms and equipment of men, uniform of officers, and decorations, medals, and orders.
The report has a preface written by the author in January 1900 (folio 3).
At the back of the volume is a map of Persia, Afghanistan, and Beluchistan [Baluchistan] (folio 84).
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- 1 volume (83 folios)
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The report has a table of contents (folios 4-5) with reference to the original pagination.
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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 85; 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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