'Report on the Persian Army'

Title:

'Report on the Persian Army'

Creator:

Author: Military Attaché, Tehran

Date:

1900/1900

Description:

Abstract: 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).Physical description: 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 side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Military intelligence
Reports

Geographic region:

Persia

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001491.0x00011a_ar
81055/vdc_100000001491.0x00011a_en
Mss Eur F111/373
Mss Eur F111/373

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