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'Report on the Persian Army' [66v] (132/170)
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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are as noted in the accompanying lists. The Jireh differs hut
little from that of the infantry or artillery.
Pay of Cavalry.
Krana per
Mensem.
Corresponding to rank of.
Sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
Yassaoul
Naib
Panja Baelii or leader of 50
Yuzbashi or leader of 100
Sartip III
Sartip II
Sartip I
Emir Tumdn
15
30
60
80
500
800
1,000
1,500
3,000
Vakil
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
I ....1
Naib
Sultan
Sarhang .... 1 j n j n f au try,
Sartip III ....
Sartip II
Sartip I
Emir Tumdn .
Alikh or Horse Allowance.
Maunds of Barley.
1 Maund = lbs.
Maunds of Fodder.
1 Maund = 6£ lbs.
Sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
1
2
Yassaoul
2
4
Naib
3
6
Panja Bashi
6
12
Yuzbashi
12
24
Sartip III •
24
48
Sartip II
30
60
Sartip I
36
72
Emir Tumdn
60
120
Uniforms.
Notes on
certain
branches of
irregular
cavalry—
Bakhtiaris
and others.
For uniforms, see Chapter IX.
Major Sawyer, who visited the Bakhtiari country in 1890,
estimated that about 500 of the better-class Bakhtiaris were
armed with Peabody-Martini rifles of American or Constanti
nople make, and were well mounted on horses that could
convey them for long distances at an easy gait.
He gives 1,000 as an estimate for men less well armed and
mounted, whom he calls “ second class Sowars.” He says of
this class:—
“There is a greater number of . . . men mounted on
inferior nags and arms either of local make or the better
looking Martini, but with a broken mechanism. Sometimes
a sword is added, but not often. After the
sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
comes
the Tufangchi—that is, the footman armed with a Tufang,
or long smooth-bore gun, locally made matchlock, or with an
old Enfield lock ; of these there may be 2,000 or 3,000. They
are all hardy mountaineers.” He adds, “ It is not believed that
the Bakhtiaris could muster any force that in the open one
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:83v, back-i, back
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