Author
Military Attaché, Tehran (author)
Publication Date
1900/1900
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Military intelligence | Reports | more | less
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
83
Physical Dimensions
1 volume (83 folios)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100000001491.0x00011a_ar | 81055/vdc_100000001491.0x00011a_en | Mss Eur F111/373
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100000001491.0x00011a_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1900/1900
Notes
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). | 1 volume (83 folios) | The report has a table of contents (folios 4-5) with reference to the original pagination. | 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. | more | less
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British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers
