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25. 'Corrections and Additions to Who's Who in Persia Vol. II'
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- Abstract: The volume consists of corrections and additions to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume II), compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923.Published by the Manager, Government of India Press, Simla, 1924.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 14; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-12; these numbers are printed, and are not circled.
26. 'Corrections and Additions to Who's Who in Persia, Vol. III'
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- Abstract: The volume consists of corrections and additions to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume III) Arabistan, Luristan, Isfahan & Bakhtiari, compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923.Published by the Manager, Government of India Press, Simla, 1924.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-6; these numbers are printed, and are not circled.
27. 'The development of the military strength of Turkey. [Translated from the "International Revue" for November 1893 and "Die Reichswehr" for February 1894.]'
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- Abstract: The file contains three extracts from German papers, translated and commented on by Captain Offley Bohun Stovin Fairless Shore in 1894, detailing the latest up-to-date information on the armed strength of Turkey at the time.The extract from the International Revuefor November 1893, discusses press underestimation of Tukey's military system, covering the Artillery Reorganisation Programme of 1886-87, the subdivision of the empire into territorial zones, military reform, mobilisation arrangements, armament, cavalry, and regiment organisation.In contrast, two extracts from Die Reichswehrdiscuss the incompleteness of the existing Turkish military preparations. Die Reichswehrdated 11 February 1994 covers the distribution (dislocation) of troops, unsatisfactory armament, and lack of training for officers. Die Reichswehrdated 21 March 1894 breaks down the dislocation of the Turkish army, and covers the lack of armaments, and of cavalry and artillery horses.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
28. 'Interim amendments to "M.T. routes in Persia". Vol, 2. Minor Routes.'
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- Abstract: The interim amendments are comprised of a list of routes through Persia compiled by the mechanical transport (M T). For each route the start and end destinations are given along with following: the total distance; references to maps showing the route; general notes and a report which breaks down the route into smaller parts; details of the route's suitability in various weather conditions; surface, gradient, character of adjacent country; climate, local features, condition of the roads, and available facilities and supplies such as camping locations and water.The routes described in the amendments are:M T Route No. 8 Kangavar [Kangāvar] - Jokar [Jowkār] via Tuisarkan [Tūyserkān]M T Route No. 9 Kangavar [Kangāvar] to mile 272 on route IV C via Nehavend [Nahāvand]M T Route No. 11 Hamadan [Ostān-e Hamadān] - Senneh [Sanandaj]M T Route No. 11-A Qurveh [Qorveh] - Sunqur [Sonqor] and thence to join route 1-B near Sahneh [Şaḩneh]M T Route No. 14 Hamadan [Ostān-e Hamadān] to Zenjan [Zanjān] via Kabutarahang [Kabūdarāhang]M T Route No. 16 Rawan [Ravān] to Saveh [Sāveh] via Nubaran [Nowbarān]M T Route No. 17 Saveh [Sāveh] to Tehran [Tehrān]M T Route No. 17-A Saveh [Sāveh] to Qum [Qom] via Kardin [Kūh-e Kordīn] and Haveh Āveh]M T Route No. 17-B Saveh [Sāveh] to Qum [Qom] via Anjilavand [Anjīlāvand]M T Route No. 32 Ahwaz [Ahvaz] to Ganaweh [Gonāveh] via Behbehan [Behbahān]M T Route No. 33 Behbehan [Behbahān] to Kazerun [Kāzerūn]M T Route No. 34 Bushire [Būshehr] to Ganoweh [Gonāveh]M T Route No. 42 Khumain [Khomeyn] to Isfahan [Isfahan] via Gulpaigan [Golpāyegān]M T Route No. 45 Nain [Nā’īn] to Qum [Qom] via Ardistan [Ardestān]M T Route No. 51 Bushire [Būshehr] - Lingeh [Lengeh]M T Route No. 55 Lar - Lingeh [Lengeh]M T Route No. 61 Lingeh [Lengeh] - Bandar Abbas Bandar ‘Abbās]M T Route No. 92 Meshed [Mashhad] - Sarakhs [Sarakhs]M T Route No. 93 Dughai [Dowghā’ī]- Sultanabad [Solţānābād]M T Route No. 94 Imam Quli [Emām Qolī] (Mile 122 on Route VIII-C) to Lutfabad [Loţfābād]M T Route No. 95 Quchan [Qūchān] - Bandar Shah [Bandar-e Torkaman]M T Route No. 98 Shahrud [Shāhrūd] - Shahpasand [Shāh Pasand]M T Route No. 101 Tehran [Tehrān] to Semnan [Semnān] via Aiwani-i-Kaif [Eyvānekey] and Garmsar [Garmsār]M T Route No. 102 Route 101, Mile 28.2, to Tehran [Tehrān] via Jalilabad [Jalīlābād] and Veramin [Varāmīn]M T Route No. 103 Rudian [Rūdehen] to Amol [Āmol] via Ab Ali [Āb‘alī]M T Route No. 104 Babul [Bābol] to Mahmudabad [Maḩmūdābād] via Amul [Āmol]M T Route No. 105 Arablar [Arablyar] to Maku [Mākū]Routes 8, 11, 42 and 101 also include appendices detailing alternative options to the principal route described.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 48; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
29. 'Arabia Intelligence Report'
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- Abstract: This volume contains geographical and strategic information on Arabia and was produced by the Naval Staff Intelligence Department, October 1941.It is divided into six sections: 'Policy', 'Strategy and Tactics', 'Economics' (folio 4) 'Geography and Topography' (folios 4v-10), 'Base Facilities and Maintenance of the Fleet' (folios 10v-11) and 'Ports, Anchorages and their Defences' including descriptions of several ports in the Region: Akaba, Bahrain, Doha, Hodeida and Ras Kethib, Jedda, Kamaran, Kuwait, Mukalla, and Muscat (folios 11v-25).There is a 'List of Plans' of the ports (folio 3), but none of the plans listed are enclosed to the volume.Physical description: Foliation: there is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 26. There is also an original pagination, from 1-45.
30. 'Military Report on Russian Turkistan or Central Asia'
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- Abstract: A confidential report on Central Asia, compiled by Captain H H Dowding, Captain of the General Staff, War Office, 1905.Contained within the report are chapters on the history, geography, administration, communications, resources, ethnography, and military of the region. Also included is a preface by Major-General J M Grierson, General Staff, War Office (folio 3), appendices (folios 63-78), including detailed information on the railways of the region, and a colour map of Central Asia (folio 81).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 81; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file has one foliation anomaly, f 34a.
31. 'Military report on Arabistan (Area no 13)'
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- Abstract: Military report on Arabistan [Khuzestan] province, compiled by Air Headquarters, Iraq, and printed in 1924 (Simla: Government of India Press).The report is organised into nine chapters (with subsections), each covering a different subject, plus appendices, as follows:Chapter I - History (General; Ancient; Modern; Political Attitude).Chapter II - Geography (Boundaries; Area; General description; Altitude; Mountains; Rivers (Navigable); Other Rivers and Fords; Towns; Villages; Tracts of land; Islands; Fortified places; Political divisions).Chapter III - Climate (General; Temperature; Winds; Rainfall; Mirage; General Medical and Sanitary Conditions; Chief diseases; Conditions affecting Aviation; Conditions affecting Operations).Chapter IV - Economic Resources (General; Labour; Agriculture; Livestock; Manufactures; Power; Commerce; Customs; Banking; Revenue; Tables A, B and C).Chapter V - Ethnography (General; Population; Races; Religions; Languages).Chapter VI - Tribes (General; Armed Forces; Tribes in relation to possible centres of disturbance; Political Attitude; Military Considerations; Tribal Action; Punitive Measures; Recapitulation; Tribal Lists (separate index in alphabetical order)).Chapter VII - Personalities (General; Personalities (in alphabetical order); Index to Personalities (in alphabetical order)).Chapter VIII - Communications (General; Communication with the sea; Inland Water; Methods of travelling; Railways; Telegraphs and Telephones; Postal; Aerodromes; Possible aerodromes; Wireless Communication; Visual Communication; Principal Routes).Chapter IX - Administration (General; Government Establishments; Northern Province; Southern Province).Appendices: A. Bibliographical Notes; B. Weights and Measures, Coinage and Time; C. Glossary of Topographical Terms; D. Karun River Regulations; E. Concession granted to the 'Nasiri Company'; F. Customs Schedule; G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company [APOC].Physical description: Foliation: the sequence is circled in pencil in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 180.Pagination: there is also an original printed pagination sequence.
32. ‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’
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- Abstract: Confidential military report on Arabistan [Khūzestān] compiled by Air Headquarters, Iraq, and printed by the Government of India Press, 1924.The report contains nine chapters (numbered I-IX) and seven appendices (A-G) as follows:chapter I – history (general, ancient, modern, political attitude);II – geography (boundaries, area, general description, altitude, mountains, rivers and fords, towns and villages, tracts of land, islands, fortified places, political divisions);III – climate (general, temperature, winds, rainfall, mirages, general medical and sanitary conditions, principal diseases, conditions affecting aviation and military operations);IV – economic resources (general, labour, agriculture, livestock, manufacture, power, commerce, customs, banking, revenue, tables of imports and exports);V – ethnography (general, population, races, religions, languages);VI – tribes (general, armed forces, tribes in relation to possible centres of disturbance, political attitudes, military considerations, tribal action, punitive measures, recapitulation, lists of tribes);VII – personalities;VIII – communications (general, communications by sea, inland waterways, railways, telegraphs and telephones, post, aerodromes and possible aerodromes, wireless and visual communication, principal routes by land, sea and river);IX – administration (general, government establishments, northern province, southern province);appendix A – bibliographical notes;B – weights and measures, coinage and time;C – glossary of topographical terms;D – Karun river [Rūd-e Kārūn] regulations;E – concession granted to the “Nasiri Company”;F – customs schedule;G – Anglo-Persian Oil Company.The volume contains a single map in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folio 180).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 181; 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.
33. 'Military Report of the Nushki-Chagai-Western Sinjarani Country'
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- Abstract: A report, marked as secret, on the area of Nushki, Chagai, and Western Sinjarani. The report was compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department. The report was commenced in 1897 by Captain R E Roome, 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob's Horse), and revised and completed by Major W C Walton, 104th Wellesley's Rifles, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General in 1903. It was printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, in 1904.The report includes a preface by Colonel John E Nixon, Assistant Quarter Master General, Intelligence Branch (folio 5) and a glossary of vernacular terms used (folio 6). The main body of the report contains chapters on geography, communications, fortified posts and forts, climate, sanitation, resources, ethnography, history, administration, and military strength.The second part of the report includes a gazetteer of topographical and ethnographic information (folios 36-127) and appendices covering wells, canals, and meteorology, and including a report on the signalling stations of the Dalbandin-Robat line, with sketches (folios 131-147).The volume includes the following maps:Map of Southern Baluchistan (folio 2)Sketch Map of Signalling Line from Dalbandin to Robat (folio 148)Map of Persian Seistan [Sistan] Cultivated Area (folio 149).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 149; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
34. 'Military Report on (S.-W.) Persia, Volume V. Luristan'
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- Abstract: It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Luristan [Lorestān], created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled by Lieutenant A T Wilson, Indian Army, Political Department. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1912.It is divided into the following sections:general – geographical boundaries and divisions, inhabitants, general description, mountain ranges, rivers, and geology;system of government – revenue;tribal – manners and customs of Lurs, numbers, divisions, and habitat;communications – railways, military considerations, and telegraphs;climate;strategical considerations;hints to travellers;notes on notables of Luristān;Gazetteer notes on Luristān;commerce;routes – broken down into stages and incorporating comments on: the road, climate, supplies, water, fuel, transport, physical obstacles, and alternative routes;appendices – including a list of entries in 'Gazetteer of Persia, Volume III' superseded by this report, a glossary of common Lur words, Lur songs, and a translation of the Luristān road concession (1890).Also includes one map on folio 73: 'LURISTĀN'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; 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.
35. 'Military Report on Iraq (Area 6 Lower Euphrates)'
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- Abstract: This volume was compiled as one of ten military reports to aid British military operations in Iraq published by the General Staff of British Forces in Iraq. It covers Area 6, or Lower Euphrates and contains chapters that cover the history, geography, climate, ethnography, natural resources, as well as the tribal makeup of region. The final chapters are devoted to important personalities, and communications infrastructure.The volume is particularly detailed given that the area it covers was the site of a major anti-British insurrection in 1920. As such it is particularly detailed on the political and demographic makeup of the region and its people.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
36. 'Military Report on Iraq - Volume II (Routes)'
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- Abstract: This volume is the second in a series of military reports on Iraq published by the Air Ministry in London in 1936 focusing on 'Routes'. It contains chapters on the general communications routes, water, supply, fuel, transport infrastructure, and descriptions of the grazing, camping, population, climate in Iraq. The general focus throughout the volume is on roads, railways, air routes and waterways that may allow for an assessment of the military preparedness of various regions of the country.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 227; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.