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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/37
- Record Id:
- 040-000799049
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000799011
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00015d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038375554.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/37
- Title:
- Handbook of the Persian Army
- Scope & Content:
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This volume is a handbook of the Persian Army, produced by the General Staff Branch, India, for the use of Government of India officials. It was published in Delhi by the Government of India Press. The handbook aims to provide an overview of the construction and operation of the Persian Army, and covers a number of topics which are outlined in the table of contents (folio 5), including: historical background, geography, material resources, artillery, technical troops, transportation and military education.
There is an appendix containing a glossary of names of ranks and branches within the Persian Army (folio 58). Between folios 59-68 are illustrative plates featuring pictures of officers' badges of rank and of various members of the Persian military dressed in their full uniform according to their position in the Army. The volume contains an index (folios 69-70) and there is a map enclosed in a pocket in the back inside cover (IOR/L/MIL/17/15/37, f 72).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000799011
038-000799012
040-000799049 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/17 : Military Department Library
IOR/L/MIL/17/15 : Iran, Iraq, Persian Gulf
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1-40 : Iran
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/37 : Handbook of the Persian Army - Contains:
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/37, f 72 : Sketch map showing territorial dispositions of the Persian Army
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- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0015]/037-000799011[0001]/038-000799012[0037]/040-000799049
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (71 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00015d
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1925
- End Date:
- 1925
- Date Range:
- 1925
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 73; 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.
- Arrangement:
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The contents of this volume are arranged by subject.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)