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Mss Eur F111/373
- Record Id:
- 040-002308199
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002307428
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x00011a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100076659241.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F111/373
- Title:
- Report on the Persian Army
- Scope & Content:
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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).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002307428
036-002308188
040-002308199 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F111-112 : Papers of the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India 1898-1905; Lord Privy Seal 1915-19; Foreign Secretary 1919-24
Mss Eur F111-112 Series 63 : Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India 1898-1905: official printed material on India: foreign affairs: Persia
Mss Eur F111/373 : Report on the Persian Army - Contains:
- Mss Eur F111/373, f 84 : Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Baluchistan]
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Mss Eur F111/373 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002307428[0065]/036-002308188[0011]/040-002308199
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F111-112
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (83 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x00011a
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1900
- Date Range:
- 1900
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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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 side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The report has a table of contents (folios 4-5) with reference to the original pagination.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)