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A P 8 C K E T 6 U l B E T O I R A N

CONTENTS

lnlroductnon a-Thc Worlds Lifcblmd 4

The Mdcm M i p n ra l n o r cvrorm md Msnom I5 h d o f l -

lxan snd he War 6 Your Double P m 7 Gmp Along in Inn 8 Meet h e llnoir 9

H i w md Covrromcnt 16 Sm ru)r Condiuona

PronounltingPcnmao

IYIIUCTIM

AS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER assigned to duty

important job of your life There is no 0th war t h e m where military ~ c r c s s by the United Starcs and her fight- inp Allies will contribute more to final victory aver rhe ampis

Youve heard a lot of tllk in this mar about life lines- rhe rca Ian nnd land muter by which military supplies Bow into the combat m n to be turned againrr the -7 Iran imuch more ttun z lifc 1ineh k r major source of rhc power that keep the United Nations mili- tary muchimc turning over-il

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b v a d ~tsp- rvatq lc value Inn rr the MI muotry m the world whcm t k e m of thxc of the Wnmi N + m d e Bsnnm Rutua md the U n d Ststeb-nre cpcratltq ro dady uurh wlth each othsr Thu ~ M l b r n m ~ lof greu powen rmpmtxng m the amphc of Inn la a clear-zut vldlnuw of thc dsxSnxamp mpmenw sf thc camp ybu ssd ymu ouampt lnvs becp rnllcd apm m amp

You ar an Amman hwe r mps~btluythat gaq beyard the mdmary milrury ampus raquutdof l o muavy har 8 rrpucaua thmughout tbc world ancg and unulbhnca lo ru dcnlnna nth ot uonr That repueat~onD r mspr s~ fw us globnl war Bp ywr v t x - pcsa uphdd a LB

Rusnn and Gmn Lk~tb-and wth the pcople of (Inn)Mmt of tbau you mm wmt a h MKmw mapl b rrplhaon m roc how you an and what ysu do to rhemulw Sa thm u what Amaccun nc And w h t t h ~ ythmk of ut wdl h v e muamp m do ourm d w -cu or 6I-

It wt a a r y thfficult pb You71 ~ h ~ ~ y s u d d I t h m r e

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rrnrc m tell 9w what w do when you run inro a tosigh situation Youll be c x p t e d to keep your mouth shut ad ysur eyer open wen after you arc rue of your ground And youll need to rnpa the ways of thinking and d+ ing things of the Irani and of the British and Rvuian soldiers no matter hav different they may bc from your own If you adopt the ztritudc that we Americans dont know all the answers and that rhc wodd darnr rcvolvc =round Kmkakce 111 you wmr bc very far off the target in y o u dealings with 0th- peoples

Beyond r spirit of tolerance and a willingncst t o m ~ n f h c ether fellow half way the thing your1 nctd most in order to get along in Iran is information Your opinion of the country and the p p l c w~ll never be any k t c r than your k~owlcdgeof themamp you ercrclv yourcvrror~ty and gazn fresh kwwlcdge you wtll mcr- yarr cScmcy as a d dlrr and wdl add pcrron1 value and pleasure to tough job

This guidrbmL is to h d p you mmc in that direction but it ir little more rhm r preview A smart raldicr will nnn know far marc abwt rhe couutv rham is to be fofond kr-n these urvcrr That rr the rargcr w shorn at and rhcrc a M k t t s way to kgtn gcrtsng acquamtcd w ~ t h the ~ o u n n y thawby undcnrandng Irans prucnt pont~on in thiglobal war

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O I L - T W I W 0 I L m S Ll l ImL00n

IRAN is imporant to the United Nations for a number of msonr It is the land bridge by which to get supplier to Russia and it might have bcconx the paamp ovcr which Hirlcrs m i c s au ld drivc into lndiorrothc Red Scn and the Suer Canal But more important than anything dm Iran is one of the gmt power reservoirs of r h wodd N a w h n once mid that an arm marcher on itr nomach ~ a l a ~ a11 supplies d ail oud- armies march on oil ~ L r e dcnly to vanish cvuy lrrgc indurubl nation in the world would collap almost wcmight Oil is the lifcblwd d the modern world 8

In that p m of the-world m which youe ken nrrigncd i $lt 1that m p t h e r m n N t u ~ t

there arc ampgreat oil-bearingIII

the pwcrhwx of the Unkd N~ti ins The northwest g m a strcuhing k w ~ nrhc Araxcs River in South Russia to the w c p p north of the Caucasusir the hurt of thc Sornct Unaon mcailurcd in tcrmr of bumlsol orl h n d i only m t h e bxl fields m and around Baku on the ampspaan Su arc thaw m Iran and Iraq whlch supply Gren Brrtnin and us m thc Mddk East North Afr~fcaand an thc N d 7 Atlentlc j One of the grut md~tsry t W a r d thc p x n t day bm 5 G

uld that the quadnogle bounded by amp cltlcr d A m -khan Tcheran Ehrra and Alepp a amp true rtmrcg m

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awcr center of the war an a m in which P G c m n auc-7swould mean the almost certain r d l a p of Rusk and he probable cdhpse of Great Britain ar wcll Should its cupation lead to a German conquest of the Ncar Ert la only would the British Empire bc cut in half but the rcstigc of thc United Nations would h radinlly lowered rlote the oamcs of tlu c~rkrmd rhrn lmk ar rhc map io he centerof this guide Youwill see that you a d your fellow aldicn arc hold-

ng down two r ide of the quadrangleYou will continue o hold them down x long 2s there ir unity between the rmiuofrhc Urnired Nsrions in Iran-amp unity that comer mm mutual d c r r c end respect It ir familk strategy sf Hider and his Axis gvlg ta create dirtrust and doubt bcrwccn dlicr d the p p k fricndly to t h You can hclp ampeat that strategy by working to Lcep the gmd will of your allied mmradcr in nrmr and of the Irani p p l e

Sddoing you will bc- s form in keeping Irnn on the Allied side You will hclp to keep it opco as s channel by which to move lend-learupplia inte Russia And iamp mnml pmduction of 8oowooo barrels of oil origiruting in the fields near Bandar Shapur and Kcrmanrhah will mntinue to supply our tanks a d fighting planer in amp

ddle East a d North Africa and to fud the sh ip of the ~tbhampa in the Mediw~ancsa and the lndiaa Ocean

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I l A Y a TWE WAR

FDR about ~ p wycnn Iran has beon a bartkgroun Isp p l c tmk turns m mnquerlngand bcrcg conqu AfKr jpoo yean d a thcy grew tlrrd of war wratcd to sny m u d xtt t h ~ swar u they dnd tn tk

Uodl he UUUL~HiWr

-1st~ and h ~ rrsurwi could drmmlwz ple and sn army the pnxs had mn eat= )ob

mawrd He utcd the nmc smtig m Iran Long bcfm we got mw che war hu ag-m

poured Into thc r w n q raey held key J In sanpnrer la heamp and m a to gwnnmem -re tampy nnfrrted tbe towm and czua and war

Ua Hltleis plbllc pmpdndnn tw

Na film Vaory 1 the Wur wm r r w b m Teherm the uptnl cay rhuru mnnagcr favarng German brewbmn other lus cvrn td Hlrler mallJ wsr a )damamptsd ta ihru gmt M b m d

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I t dldnt work After many protcrr~ agamat Nan actxv ay ~nthe counny the Ruanm and the Brtnrh moved m M August q941 That war one trme rvc got there finr m e Shah Rem Khan abdrcrtcd 14s son took aver the throne and concluded a wary wrrh the Allted Nat~onr Nazx sgencnts w h ~could be found wcrc xnternsd or fled rhc country

Now wtth the consent of the Iran Governmmt tmopr of the U n M Naroans guard thsr great land br tdg be tween Eurooc and Aua tu oll wells and rcfincncr m d the highwar and railrolds which form the life line to our Russlzin alller Our rmop =re in the minority among thcu acupying forces Ow whole Bcitirh Army organ- ized in rhc summer d 942 1M duty in this thutcr The Russians reacting to devclopmcnr noamp of the Caucanus hevc had M lean more a d mori upan the military crtahlirhmcm in Iran as r prop to the forcer operating brw- tbe Black Sca and the Caspian Meas-ured against r h e ~rcspnnbiliticr and undertakings our own effort in Iran has bur rclatlvcly limited and wc can appropiately be modcst born it

YOU DDULI P I I T

YOU entcr Iran not only rr r d i c r bur dro rs an indi-v i d d T h r isour emamp-if wearc Mart enough to uw

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a As a roldrcr lour dwtes =dl be c l u r l m l Bot ampna plzce l~kcIrmwhayoudowan ~ d v i d d - m y o u r m a u l k dm- rr lmpmunt I n n u r psbk MUamp spa A perr dal of au ruccew or f r l l u ~mr)rdepend on wherhn r k lranaltkc us If the]r lskc us thcy o n help US sn C I X I D ~

krr unp If ampy don they n n uue us rmoblr If they uc ampbeamp f r d y am m y m thurmfdmec

CFTII~ rramr rlmrr GETITNOe l m g ~ nIt t haneuceptlraamp ow doeracypdnw- h e m b k Bur be r And member alw c h p or dmrhc Irana bmcrureampthingruhom have been mDugh fm

zth~cbe~laamporld~-gtdfon t h e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f m r w ~ t h amp l r ~ ~ l ~ Y I d C f l w k P O V a f e ~ i tlungr abmurhm Ibmare mow w p l dnsr pmnt Thoampr rad the r ~ l x p ~ hsrq w of mpmCIU a IMIMIMI~Ief eubw In amp SmI p l pu dm knm smvgh about thcm to I n -6 themopnuon

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plncc they arent your business in the third pkrc you can make a lot more friends fm WI aide by julf being a deccnt ordinnry frkndly American

I S I T T W C rm1WIS

IN THE dticr you will find mon of the Iranir friendly to Americans I a n ha often turned for help in her prob Icma to American scientists and ecmomirtr and the lrnoi apprccilv what hAmcrbnr have done ro help them They rpprrciau tw thc dons of Amerim miuionuicr to build horpiralr and r m p out hQuite a few of Irans pmfertionrl men such aa doctors w r e cdvnrcd in the United States and they have brought back fivanblc rcporu bout us and our mumtry

In the country dirtricrn you will find that the p o p k know less about Aoxrkam Her the Geman agenu have been p r r id r r ly acrive a d shrewd Since the mtive lrnnir have r din- of morr fmigncn the Nazis ha ent thir rg~ntr-dis~uiwda3 native and wdl mpplid with moncy-inw d l mr of r c m e pkce m $4their lier uul stir up uoublc (It is belicvcd that at Larroo of thew

Axis undercover a p t r arc still active in vnriml parm of Iran in spite of the efforts w weed them out) Your b e t wny to but this game b to br friendly and not to offend rhc Irania by cadcm disregard for their customs

The zgpoooao Irmis ace a mixhlce of poplcr Thcg belong to the ampled Gucarian race like ourwlvn derpirs the dark color of the ampin of mmy of them T d y many d them arc marc Mutcrnized than the inhabitants of bordcrine counrrier You will ue Buroocan wrtvmes quin pnctnlly in thc zitla but l a r in the country One thing m d y all B n i r have in common is the Moslem idi-gion which we willtdkrboutnlbrklarcr on

In the wuntry mt of thc pcoplc arc m m r fame and they arc very pmr They grow cereals fruits cotton opium and some vcgeubla Fmm onethird w twc- thirds of their product g a s to the kndlord they live on Ithe rat Lack of warm for iirigation (only about lo pr- cent of the land is undcr culrivstion) rltmunrr for much of Irmn poverty In many diruicra you will see mmnQ that laok like giant anthillr They hnrt i which mark wclls --red by underground channrlr thmugh which -ter is bmught to ampIds m d villngu ponibly fmm 20 or 30 mller awry Water ia so precious in Iran that you should be cxrrcmcly careful nor to damage any kanrcyou may mmc wrou

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Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

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N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

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CONTENTS

lnlroductnon a-Thc Worlds Lifcblmd 4

The Mdcm M i p n ra l n o r cvrorm md Msnom I5 h d o f l -

lxan snd he War 6 Your Double P m 7 Gmp Along in Inn 8 Meet h e llnoir 9

H i w md Covrromcnt 16 Sm ru)r Condiuona

PronounltingPcnmao

IYIIUCTIM

AS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER assigned to duty

important job of your life There is no 0th war t h e m where military ~ c r c s s by the United Starcs and her fight- inp Allies will contribute more to final victory aver rhe ampis

Youve heard a lot of tllk in this mar about life lines- rhe rca Ian nnd land muter by which military supplies Bow into the combat m n to be turned againrr the -7 Iran imuch more ttun z lifc 1ineh k r major source of rhc power that keep the United Nations mili- tary muchimc turning over-il

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b v a d ~tsp- rvatq lc value Inn rr the MI muotry m the world whcm t k e m of thxc of the Wnmi N + m d e Bsnnm Rutua md the U n d Ststeb-nre cpcratltq ro dady uurh wlth each othsr Thu ~ M l b r n m ~ lof greu powen rmpmtxng m the amphc of Inn la a clear-zut vldlnuw of thc dsxSnxamp mpmenw sf thc camp ybu ssd ymu ouampt lnvs becp rnllcd apm m amp

You ar an Amman hwe r mps~btluythat gaq beyard the mdmary milrury ampus raquutdof l o muavy har 8 rrpucaua thmughout tbc world ancg and unulbhnca lo ru dcnlnna nth ot uonr That repueat~onD r mspr s~ fw us globnl war Bp ywr v t x - pcsa uphdd a LB

Rusnn and Gmn Lk~tb-and wth the pcople of (Inn)Mmt of tbau you mm wmt a h MKmw mapl b rrplhaon m roc how you an and what ysu do to rhemulw Sa thm u what Amaccun nc And w h t t h ~ ythmk of ut wdl h v e muamp m do ourm d w -cu or 6I-

It wt a a r y thfficult pb You71 ~ h ~ ~ y s u d d I t h m r e

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rrnrc m tell 9w what w do when you run inro a tosigh situation Youll be c x p t e d to keep your mouth shut ad ysur eyer open wen after you arc rue of your ground And youll need to rnpa the ways of thinking and d+ ing things of the Irani and of the British and Rvuian soldiers no matter hav different they may bc from your own If you adopt the ztritudc that we Americans dont know all the answers and that rhc wodd darnr rcvolvc =round Kmkakce 111 you wmr bc very far off the target in y o u dealings with 0th- peoples

Beyond r spirit of tolerance and a willingncst t o m ~ n f h c ether fellow half way the thing your1 nctd most in order to get along in Iran is information Your opinion of the country and the p p l c w~ll never be any k t c r than your k~owlcdgeof themamp you ercrclv yourcvrror~ty and gazn fresh kwwlcdge you wtll mcr- yarr cScmcy as a d dlrr and wdl add pcrron1 value and pleasure to tough job

This guidrbmL is to h d p you mmc in that direction but it ir little more rhm r preview A smart raldicr will nnn know far marc abwt rhe couutv rham is to be fofond kr-n these urvcrr That rr the rargcr w shorn at and rhcrc a M k t t s way to kgtn gcrtsng acquamtcd w ~ t h the ~ o u n n y thawby undcnrandng Irans prucnt pont~on in thiglobal war

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O I L - T W I W 0 I L m S Ll l ImL00n

IRAN is imporant to the United Nations for a number of msonr It is the land bridge by which to get supplier to Russia and it might have bcconx the paamp ovcr which Hirlcrs m i c s au ld drivc into lndiorrothc Red Scn and the Suer Canal But more important than anything dm Iran is one of the gmt power reservoirs of r h wodd N a w h n once mid that an arm marcher on itr nomach ~ a l a ~ a11 supplies d ail oud- armies march on oil ~ L r e dcnly to vanish cvuy lrrgc indurubl nation in the world would collap almost wcmight Oil is the lifcblwd d the modern world 8

In that p m of the-world m which youe ken nrrigncd i $lt 1that m p t h e r m n N t u ~ t

there arc ampgreat oil-bearingIII

the pwcrhwx of the Unkd N~ti ins The northwest g m a strcuhing k w ~ nrhc Araxcs River in South Russia to the w c p p north of the Caucasusir the hurt of thc Sornct Unaon mcailurcd in tcrmr of bumlsol orl h n d i only m t h e bxl fields m and around Baku on the ampspaan Su arc thaw m Iran and Iraq whlch supply Gren Brrtnin and us m thc Mddk East North Afr~fcaand an thc N d 7 Atlentlc j One of the grut md~tsry t W a r d thc p x n t day bm 5 G

uld that the quadnogle bounded by amp cltlcr d A m -khan Tcheran Ehrra and Alepp a amp true rtmrcg m

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awcr center of the war an a m in which P G c m n auc-7swould mean the almost certain r d l a p of Rusk and he probable cdhpse of Great Britain ar wcll Should its cupation lead to a German conquest of the Ncar Ert la only would the British Empire bc cut in half but the rcstigc of thc United Nations would h radinlly lowered rlote the oamcs of tlu c~rkrmd rhrn lmk ar rhc map io he centerof this guide Youwill see that you a d your fellow aldicn arc hold-

ng down two r ide of the quadrangleYou will continue o hold them down x long 2s there ir unity between the rmiuofrhc Urnired Nsrions in Iran-amp unity that comer mm mutual d c r r c end respect It ir familk strategy sf Hider and his Axis gvlg ta create dirtrust and doubt bcrwccn dlicr d the p p k fricndly to t h You can hclp ampeat that strategy by working to Lcep the gmd will of your allied mmradcr in nrmr and of the Irani p p l e

Sddoing you will bc- s form in keeping Irnn on the Allied side You will hclp to keep it opco as s channel by which to move lend-learupplia inte Russia And iamp mnml pmduction of 8oowooo barrels of oil origiruting in the fields near Bandar Shapur and Kcrmanrhah will mntinue to supply our tanks a d fighting planer in amp

ddle East a d North Africa and to fud the sh ip of the ~tbhampa in the Mediw~ancsa and the lndiaa Ocean

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I l A Y a TWE WAR

FDR about ~ p wycnn Iran has beon a bartkgroun Isp p l c tmk turns m mnquerlngand bcrcg conqu AfKr jpoo yean d a thcy grew tlrrd of war wratcd to sny m u d xtt t h ~ swar u they dnd tn tk

Uodl he UUUL~HiWr

-1st~ and h ~ rrsurwi could drmmlwz ple and sn army the pnxs had mn eat= )ob

mawrd He utcd the nmc smtig m Iran Long bcfm we got mw che war hu ag-m

poured Into thc r w n q raey held key J In sanpnrer la heamp and m a to gwnnmem -re tampy nnfrrted tbe towm and czua and war

Ua Hltleis plbllc pmpdndnn tw

Na film Vaory 1 the Wur wm r r w b m Teherm the uptnl cay rhuru mnnagcr favarng German brewbmn other lus cvrn td Hlrler mallJ wsr a )damamptsd ta ihru gmt M b m d

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I t dldnt work After many protcrr~ agamat Nan actxv ay ~nthe counny the Ruanm and the Brtnrh moved m M August q941 That war one trme rvc got there finr m e Shah Rem Khan abdrcrtcd 14s son took aver the throne and concluded a wary wrrh the Allted Nat~onr Nazx sgencnts w h ~could be found wcrc xnternsd or fled rhc country

Now wtth the consent of the Iran Governmmt tmopr of the U n M Naroans guard thsr great land br tdg be tween Eurooc and Aua tu oll wells and rcfincncr m d the highwar and railrolds which form the life line to our Russlzin alller Our rmop =re in the minority among thcu acupying forces Ow whole Bcitirh Army organ- ized in rhc summer d 942 1M duty in this thutcr The Russians reacting to devclopmcnr noamp of the Caucanus hevc had M lean more a d mori upan the military crtahlirhmcm in Iran as r prop to the forcer operating brw- tbe Black Sca and the Caspian Meas-ured against r h e ~rcspnnbiliticr and undertakings our own effort in Iran has bur rclatlvcly limited and wc can appropiately be modcst born it

YOU DDULI P I I T

YOU entcr Iran not only rr r d i c r bur dro rs an indi-v i d d T h r isour emamp-if wearc Mart enough to uw

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a As a roldrcr lour dwtes =dl be c l u r l m l Bot ampna plzce l~kcIrmwhayoudowan ~ d v i d d - m y o u r m a u l k dm- rr lmpmunt I n n u r psbk MUamp spa A perr dal of au ruccew or f r l l u ~mr)rdepend on wherhn r k lranaltkc us If the]r lskc us thcy o n help US sn C I X I D ~

krr unp If ampy don they n n uue us rmoblr If they uc ampbeamp f r d y am m y m thurmfdmec

CFTII~ rramr rlmrr GETITNOe l m g ~ nIt t haneuceptlraamp ow doeracypdnw- h e m b k Bur be r And member alw c h p or dmrhc Irana bmcrureampthingruhom have been mDugh fm

zth~cbe~laamporld~-gtdfon t h e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f m r w ~ t h amp l r ~ ~ l ~ Y I d C f l w k P O V a f e ~ i tlungr abmurhm Ibmare mow w p l dnsr pmnt Thoampr rad the r ~ l x p ~ hsrq w of mpmCIU a IMIMIMI~Ief eubw In amp SmI p l pu dm knm smvgh about thcm to I n -6 themopnuon

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plncc they arent your business in the third pkrc you can make a lot more friends fm WI aide by julf being a deccnt ordinnry frkndly American

I S I T T W C rm1WIS

IN THE dticr you will find mon of the Iranir friendly to Americans I a n ha often turned for help in her prob Icma to American scientists and ecmomirtr and the lrnoi apprccilv what hAmcrbnr have done ro help them They rpprrciau tw thc dons of Amerim miuionuicr to build horpiralr and r m p out hQuite a few of Irans pmfertionrl men such aa doctors w r e cdvnrcd in the United States and they have brought back fivanblc rcporu bout us and our mumtry

In the country dirtricrn you will find that the p o p k know less about Aoxrkam Her the Geman agenu have been p r r id r r ly acrive a d shrewd Since the mtive lrnnir have r din- of morr fmigncn the Nazis ha ent thir rg~ntr-dis~uiwda3 native and wdl mpplid with moncy-inw d l mr of r c m e pkce m $4their lier uul stir up uoublc (It is belicvcd that at Larroo of thew

Axis undercover a p t r arc still active in vnriml parm of Iran in spite of the efforts w weed them out) Your b e t wny to but this game b to br friendly and not to offend rhc Irania by cadcm disregard for their customs

The zgpoooao Irmis ace a mixhlce of poplcr Thcg belong to the ampled Gucarian race like ourwlvn derpirs the dark color of the ampin of mmy of them T d y many d them arc marc Mutcrnized than the inhabitants of bordcrine counrrier You will ue Buroocan wrtvmes quin pnctnlly in thc zitla but l a r in the country One thing m d y all B n i r have in common is the Moslem idi-gion which we willtdkrboutnlbrklarcr on

In the wuntry mt of thc pcoplc arc m m r fame and they arc very pmr They grow cereals fruits cotton opium and some vcgeubla Fmm onethird w twc- thirds of their product g a s to the kndlord they live on Ithe rat Lack of warm for iirigation (only about lo pr- cent of the land is undcr culrivstion) rltmunrr for much of Irmn poverty In many diruicra you will see mmnQ that laok like giant anthillr They hnrt i which mark wclls --red by underground channrlr thmugh which -ter is bmught to ampIds m d villngu ponibly fmm 20 or 30 mller awry Water ia so precious in Iran that you should be cxrrcmcly careful nor to damage any kanrcyou may mmc wrou

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Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

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N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

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arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

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I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

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A P 8 C K E T 6 U l B E T O I R A N

CONTENTS

lnlroductnon a-Thc Worlds Lifcblmd 4

The Mdcm M i p n ra l n o r cvrorm md Msnom I5 h d o f l -

lxan snd he War 6 Your Double P m 7 Gmp Along in Inn 8 Meet h e llnoir 9

H i w md Covrromcnt 16 Sm ru)r Condiuona

PronounltingPcnmao

IYIIUCTIM

AS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER assigned to duty

important job of your life There is no 0th war t h e m where military ~ c r c s s by the United Starcs and her fight- inp Allies will contribute more to final victory aver rhe ampis

Youve heard a lot of tllk in this mar about life lines- rhe rca Ian nnd land muter by which military supplies Bow into the combat m n to be turned againrr the -7 Iran imuch more ttun z lifc 1ineh k r major source of rhc power that keep the United Nations mili- tary muchimc turning over-il

1

b v a d ~tsp- rvatq lc value Inn rr the MI muotry m the world whcm t k e m of thxc of the Wnmi N + m d e Bsnnm Rutua md the U n d Ststeb-nre cpcratltq ro dady uurh wlth each othsr Thu ~ M l b r n m ~ lof greu powen rmpmtxng m the amphc of Inn la a clear-zut vldlnuw of thc dsxSnxamp mpmenw sf thc camp ybu ssd ymu ouampt lnvs becp rnllcd apm m amp

You ar an Amman hwe r mps~btluythat gaq beyard the mdmary milrury ampus raquutdof l o muavy har 8 rrpucaua thmughout tbc world ancg and unulbhnca lo ru dcnlnna nth ot uonr That repueat~onD r mspr s~ fw us globnl war Bp ywr v t x - pcsa uphdd a LB

Rusnn and Gmn Lk~tb-and wth the pcople of (Inn)Mmt of tbau you mm wmt a h MKmw mapl b rrplhaon m roc how you an and what ysu do to rhemulw Sa thm u what Amaccun nc And w h t t h ~ ythmk of ut wdl h v e muamp m do ourm d w -cu or 6I-

It wt a a r y thfficult pb You71 ~ h ~ ~ y s u d d I t h m r e

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rrnrc m tell 9w what w do when you run inro a tosigh situation Youll be c x p t e d to keep your mouth shut ad ysur eyer open wen after you arc rue of your ground And youll need to rnpa the ways of thinking and d+ ing things of the Irani and of the British and Rvuian soldiers no matter hav different they may bc from your own If you adopt the ztritudc that we Americans dont know all the answers and that rhc wodd darnr rcvolvc =round Kmkakce 111 you wmr bc very far off the target in y o u dealings with 0th- peoples

Beyond r spirit of tolerance and a willingncst t o m ~ n f h c ether fellow half way the thing your1 nctd most in order to get along in Iran is information Your opinion of the country and the p p l c w~ll never be any k t c r than your k~owlcdgeof themamp you ercrclv yourcvrror~ty and gazn fresh kwwlcdge you wtll mcr- yarr cScmcy as a d dlrr and wdl add pcrron1 value and pleasure to tough job

This guidrbmL is to h d p you mmc in that direction but it ir little more rhm r preview A smart raldicr will nnn know far marc abwt rhe couutv rham is to be fofond kr-n these urvcrr That rr the rargcr w shorn at and rhcrc a M k t t s way to kgtn gcrtsng acquamtcd w ~ t h the ~ o u n n y thawby undcnrandng Irans prucnt pont~on in thiglobal war

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O I L - T W I W 0 I L m S Ll l ImL00n

IRAN is imporant to the United Nations for a number of msonr It is the land bridge by which to get supplier to Russia and it might have bcconx the paamp ovcr which Hirlcrs m i c s au ld drivc into lndiorrothc Red Scn and the Suer Canal But more important than anything dm Iran is one of the gmt power reservoirs of r h wodd N a w h n once mid that an arm marcher on itr nomach ~ a l a ~ a11 supplies d ail oud- armies march on oil ~ L r e dcnly to vanish cvuy lrrgc indurubl nation in the world would collap almost wcmight Oil is the lifcblwd d the modern world 8

In that p m of the-world m which youe ken nrrigncd i $lt 1that m p t h e r m n N t u ~ t

there arc ampgreat oil-bearingIII

the pwcrhwx of the Unkd N~ti ins The northwest g m a strcuhing k w ~ nrhc Araxcs River in South Russia to the w c p p north of the Caucasusir the hurt of thc Sornct Unaon mcailurcd in tcrmr of bumlsol orl h n d i only m t h e bxl fields m and around Baku on the ampspaan Su arc thaw m Iran and Iraq whlch supply Gren Brrtnin and us m thc Mddk East North Afr~fcaand an thc N d 7 Atlentlc j One of the grut md~tsry t W a r d thc p x n t day bm 5 G

uld that the quadnogle bounded by amp cltlcr d A m -khan Tcheran Ehrra and Alepp a amp true rtmrcg m

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awcr center of the war an a m in which P G c m n auc-7swould mean the almost certain r d l a p of Rusk and he probable cdhpse of Great Britain ar wcll Should its cupation lead to a German conquest of the Ncar Ert la only would the British Empire bc cut in half but the rcstigc of thc United Nations would h radinlly lowered rlote the oamcs of tlu c~rkrmd rhrn lmk ar rhc map io he centerof this guide Youwill see that you a d your fellow aldicn arc hold-

ng down two r ide of the quadrangleYou will continue o hold them down x long 2s there ir unity between the rmiuofrhc Urnired Nsrions in Iran-amp unity that comer mm mutual d c r r c end respect It ir familk strategy sf Hider and his Axis gvlg ta create dirtrust and doubt bcrwccn dlicr d the p p k fricndly to t h You can hclp ampeat that strategy by working to Lcep the gmd will of your allied mmradcr in nrmr and of the Irani p p l e

Sddoing you will bc- s form in keeping Irnn on the Allied side You will hclp to keep it opco as s channel by which to move lend-learupplia inte Russia And iamp mnml pmduction of 8oowooo barrels of oil origiruting in the fields near Bandar Shapur and Kcrmanrhah will mntinue to supply our tanks a d fighting planer in amp

ddle East a d North Africa and to fud the sh ip of the ~tbhampa in the Mediw~ancsa and the lndiaa Ocean

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I l A Y a TWE WAR

FDR about ~ p wycnn Iran has beon a bartkgroun Isp p l c tmk turns m mnquerlngand bcrcg conqu AfKr jpoo yean d a thcy grew tlrrd of war wratcd to sny m u d xtt t h ~ swar u they dnd tn tk

Uodl he UUUL~HiWr

-1st~ and h ~ rrsurwi could drmmlwz ple and sn army the pnxs had mn eat= )ob

mawrd He utcd the nmc smtig m Iran Long bcfm we got mw che war hu ag-m

poured Into thc r w n q raey held key J In sanpnrer la heamp and m a to gwnnmem -re tampy nnfrrted tbe towm and czua and war

Ua Hltleis plbllc pmpdndnn tw

Na film Vaory 1 the Wur wm r r w b m Teherm the uptnl cay rhuru mnnagcr favarng German brewbmn other lus cvrn td Hlrler mallJ wsr a )damamptsd ta ihru gmt M b m d

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I t dldnt work After many protcrr~ agamat Nan actxv ay ~nthe counny the Ruanm and the Brtnrh moved m M August q941 That war one trme rvc got there finr m e Shah Rem Khan abdrcrtcd 14s son took aver the throne and concluded a wary wrrh the Allted Nat~onr Nazx sgencnts w h ~could be found wcrc xnternsd or fled rhc country

Now wtth the consent of the Iran Governmmt tmopr of the U n M Naroans guard thsr great land br tdg be tween Eurooc and Aua tu oll wells and rcfincncr m d the highwar and railrolds which form the life line to our Russlzin alller Our rmop =re in the minority among thcu acupying forces Ow whole Bcitirh Army organ- ized in rhc summer d 942 1M duty in this thutcr The Russians reacting to devclopmcnr noamp of the Caucanus hevc had M lean more a d mori upan the military crtahlirhmcm in Iran as r prop to the forcer operating brw- tbe Black Sca and the Caspian Meas-ured against r h e ~rcspnnbiliticr and undertakings our own effort in Iran has bur rclatlvcly limited and wc can appropiately be modcst born it

YOU DDULI P I I T

YOU entcr Iran not only rr r d i c r bur dro rs an indi-v i d d T h r isour emamp-if wearc Mart enough to uw

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a As a roldrcr lour dwtes =dl be c l u r l m l Bot ampna plzce l~kcIrmwhayoudowan ~ d v i d d - m y o u r m a u l k dm- rr lmpmunt I n n u r psbk MUamp spa A perr dal of au ruccew or f r l l u ~mr)rdepend on wherhn r k lranaltkc us If the]r lskc us thcy o n help US sn C I X I D ~

krr unp If ampy don they n n uue us rmoblr If they uc ampbeamp f r d y am m y m thurmfdmec

CFTII~ rramr rlmrr GETITNOe l m g ~ nIt t haneuceptlraamp ow doeracypdnw- h e m b k Bur be r And member alw c h p or dmrhc Irana bmcrureampthingruhom have been mDugh fm

zth~cbe~laamporld~-gtdfon t h e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f m r w ~ t h amp l r ~ ~ l ~ Y I d C f l w k P O V a f e ~ i tlungr abmurhm Ibmare mow w p l dnsr pmnt Thoampr rad the r ~ l x p ~ hsrq w of mpmCIU a IMIMIMI~Ief eubw In amp SmI p l pu dm knm smvgh about thcm to I n -6 themopnuon

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plncc they arent your business in the third pkrc you can make a lot more friends fm WI aide by julf being a deccnt ordinnry frkndly American

I S I T T W C rm1WIS

IN THE dticr you will find mon of the Iranir friendly to Americans I a n ha often turned for help in her prob Icma to American scientists and ecmomirtr and the lrnoi apprccilv what hAmcrbnr have done ro help them They rpprrciau tw thc dons of Amerim miuionuicr to build horpiralr and r m p out hQuite a few of Irans pmfertionrl men such aa doctors w r e cdvnrcd in the United States and they have brought back fivanblc rcporu bout us and our mumtry

In the country dirtricrn you will find that the p o p k know less about Aoxrkam Her the Geman agenu have been p r r id r r ly acrive a d shrewd Since the mtive lrnnir have r din- of morr fmigncn the Nazis ha ent thir rg~ntr-dis~uiwda3 native and wdl mpplid with moncy-inw d l mr of r c m e pkce m $4their lier uul stir up uoublc (It is belicvcd that at Larroo of thew

Axis undercover a p t r arc still active in vnriml parm of Iran in spite of the efforts w weed them out) Your b e t wny to but this game b to br friendly and not to offend rhc Irania by cadcm disregard for their customs

The zgpoooao Irmis ace a mixhlce of poplcr Thcg belong to the ampled Gucarian race like ourwlvn derpirs the dark color of the ampin of mmy of them T d y many d them arc marc Mutcrnized than the inhabitants of bordcrine counrrier You will ue Buroocan wrtvmes quin pnctnlly in thc zitla but l a r in the country One thing m d y all B n i r have in common is the Moslem idi-gion which we willtdkrboutnlbrklarcr on

In the wuntry mt of thc pcoplc arc m m r fame and they arc very pmr They grow cereals fruits cotton opium and some vcgeubla Fmm onethird w twc- thirds of their product g a s to the kndlord they live on Ithe rat Lack of warm for iirigation (only about lo pr- cent of the land is undcr culrivstion) rltmunrr for much of Irmn poverty In many diruicra you will see mmnQ that laok like giant anthillr They hnrt i which mark wclls --red by underground channrlr thmugh which -ter is bmught to ampIds m d villngu ponibly fmm 20 or 30 mller awry Water ia so precious in Iran that you should be cxrrcmcly careful nor to damage any kanrcyou may mmc wrou

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Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

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T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

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h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

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arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

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ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

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bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

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IYIIUCTIM

AS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER assigned to duty

important job of your life There is no 0th war t h e m where military ~ c r c s s by the United Starcs and her fight- inp Allies will contribute more to final victory aver rhe ampis

Youve heard a lot of tllk in this mar about life lines- rhe rca Ian nnd land muter by which military supplies Bow into the combat m n to be turned againrr the -7 Iran imuch more ttun z lifc 1ineh k r major source of rhc power that keep the United Nations mili- tary muchimc turning over-il

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b v a d ~tsp- rvatq lc value Inn rr the MI muotry m the world whcm t k e m of thxc of the Wnmi N + m d e Bsnnm Rutua md the U n d Ststeb-nre cpcratltq ro dady uurh wlth each othsr Thu ~ M l b r n m ~ lof greu powen rmpmtxng m the amphc of Inn la a clear-zut vldlnuw of thc dsxSnxamp mpmenw sf thc camp ybu ssd ymu ouampt lnvs becp rnllcd apm m amp

You ar an Amman hwe r mps~btluythat gaq beyard the mdmary milrury ampus raquutdof l o muavy har 8 rrpucaua thmughout tbc world ancg and unulbhnca lo ru dcnlnna nth ot uonr That repueat~onD r mspr s~ fw us globnl war Bp ywr v t x - pcsa uphdd a LB

Rusnn and Gmn Lk~tb-and wth the pcople of (Inn)Mmt of tbau you mm wmt a h MKmw mapl b rrplhaon m roc how you an and what ysu do to rhemulw Sa thm u what Amaccun nc And w h t t h ~ ythmk of ut wdl h v e muamp m do ourm d w -cu or 6I-

It wt a a r y thfficult pb You71 ~ h ~ ~ y s u d d I t h m r e

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rrnrc m tell 9w what w do when you run inro a tosigh situation Youll be c x p t e d to keep your mouth shut ad ysur eyer open wen after you arc rue of your ground And youll need to rnpa the ways of thinking and d+ ing things of the Irani and of the British and Rvuian soldiers no matter hav different they may bc from your own If you adopt the ztritudc that we Americans dont know all the answers and that rhc wodd darnr rcvolvc =round Kmkakce 111 you wmr bc very far off the target in y o u dealings with 0th- peoples

Beyond r spirit of tolerance and a willingncst t o m ~ n f h c ether fellow half way the thing your1 nctd most in order to get along in Iran is information Your opinion of the country and the p p l c w~ll never be any k t c r than your k~owlcdgeof themamp you ercrclv yourcvrror~ty and gazn fresh kwwlcdge you wtll mcr- yarr cScmcy as a d dlrr and wdl add pcrron1 value and pleasure to tough job

This guidrbmL is to h d p you mmc in that direction but it ir little more rhm r preview A smart raldicr will nnn know far marc abwt rhe couutv rham is to be fofond kr-n these urvcrr That rr the rargcr w shorn at and rhcrc a M k t t s way to kgtn gcrtsng acquamtcd w ~ t h the ~ o u n n y thawby undcnrandng Irans prucnt pont~on in thiglobal war

3

O I L - T W I W 0 I L m S Ll l ImL00n

IRAN is imporant to the United Nations for a number of msonr It is the land bridge by which to get supplier to Russia and it might have bcconx the paamp ovcr which Hirlcrs m i c s au ld drivc into lndiorrothc Red Scn and the Suer Canal But more important than anything dm Iran is one of the gmt power reservoirs of r h wodd N a w h n once mid that an arm marcher on itr nomach ~ a l a ~ a11 supplies d ail oud- armies march on oil ~ L r e dcnly to vanish cvuy lrrgc indurubl nation in the world would collap almost wcmight Oil is the lifcblwd d the modern world 8

In that p m of the-world m which youe ken nrrigncd i $lt 1that m p t h e r m n N t u ~ t

there arc ampgreat oil-bearingIII

the pwcrhwx of the Unkd N~ti ins The northwest g m a strcuhing k w ~ nrhc Araxcs River in South Russia to the w c p p north of the Caucasusir the hurt of thc Sornct Unaon mcailurcd in tcrmr of bumlsol orl h n d i only m t h e bxl fields m and around Baku on the ampspaan Su arc thaw m Iran and Iraq whlch supply Gren Brrtnin and us m thc Mddk East North Afr~fcaand an thc N d 7 Atlentlc j One of the grut md~tsry t W a r d thc p x n t day bm 5 G

uld that the quadnogle bounded by amp cltlcr d A m -khan Tcheran Ehrra and Alepp a amp true rtmrcg m

4

i

awcr center of the war an a m in which P G c m n auc-7swould mean the almost certain r d l a p of Rusk and he probable cdhpse of Great Britain ar wcll Should its cupation lead to a German conquest of the Ncar Ert la only would the British Empire bc cut in half but the rcstigc of thc United Nations would h radinlly lowered rlote the oamcs of tlu c~rkrmd rhrn lmk ar rhc map io he centerof this guide Youwill see that you a d your fellow aldicn arc hold-

ng down two r ide of the quadrangleYou will continue o hold them down x long 2s there ir unity between the rmiuofrhc Urnired Nsrions in Iran-amp unity that comer mm mutual d c r r c end respect It ir familk strategy sf Hider and his Axis gvlg ta create dirtrust and doubt bcrwccn dlicr d the p p k fricndly to t h You can hclp ampeat that strategy by working to Lcep the gmd will of your allied mmradcr in nrmr and of the Irani p p l e

Sddoing you will bc- s form in keeping Irnn on the Allied side You will hclp to keep it opco as s channel by which to move lend-learupplia inte Russia And iamp mnml pmduction of 8oowooo barrels of oil origiruting in the fields near Bandar Shapur and Kcrmanrhah will mntinue to supply our tanks a d fighting planer in amp

ddle East a d North Africa and to fud the sh ip of the ~tbhampa in the Mediw~ancsa and the lndiaa Ocean

5

I l A Y a TWE WAR

FDR about ~ p wycnn Iran has beon a bartkgroun Isp p l c tmk turns m mnquerlngand bcrcg conqu AfKr jpoo yean d a thcy grew tlrrd of war wratcd to sny m u d xtt t h ~ swar u they dnd tn tk

Uodl he UUUL~HiWr

-1st~ and h ~ rrsurwi could drmmlwz ple and sn army the pnxs had mn eat= )ob

mawrd He utcd the nmc smtig m Iran Long bcfm we got mw che war hu ag-m

poured Into thc r w n q raey held key J In sanpnrer la heamp and m a to gwnnmem -re tampy nnfrrted tbe towm and czua and war

Ua Hltleis plbllc pmpdndnn tw

Na film Vaory 1 the Wur wm r r w b m Teherm the uptnl cay rhuru mnnagcr favarng German brewbmn other lus cvrn td Hlrler mallJ wsr a )damamptsd ta ihru gmt M b m d

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I t dldnt work After many protcrr~ agamat Nan actxv ay ~nthe counny the Ruanm and the Brtnrh moved m M August q941 That war one trme rvc got there finr m e Shah Rem Khan abdrcrtcd 14s son took aver the throne and concluded a wary wrrh the Allted Nat~onr Nazx sgencnts w h ~could be found wcrc xnternsd or fled rhc country

Now wtth the consent of the Iran Governmmt tmopr of the U n M Naroans guard thsr great land br tdg be tween Eurooc and Aua tu oll wells and rcfincncr m d the highwar and railrolds which form the life line to our Russlzin alller Our rmop =re in the minority among thcu acupying forces Ow whole Bcitirh Army organ- ized in rhc summer d 942 1M duty in this thutcr The Russians reacting to devclopmcnr noamp of the Caucanus hevc had M lean more a d mori upan the military crtahlirhmcm in Iran as r prop to the forcer operating brw- tbe Black Sca and the Caspian Meas-ured against r h e ~rcspnnbiliticr and undertakings our own effort in Iran has bur rclatlvcly limited and wc can appropiately be modcst born it

YOU DDULI P I I T

YOU entcr Iran not only rr r d i c r bur dro rs an indi-v i d d T h r isour emamp-if wearc Mart enough to uw

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a As a roldrcr lour dwtes =dl be c l u r l m l Bot ampna plzce l~kcIrmwhayoudowan ~ d v i d d - m y o u r m a u l k dm- rr lmpmunt I n n u r psbk MUamp spa A perr dal of au ruccew or f r l l u ~mr)rdepend on wherhn r k lranaltkc us If the]r lskc us thcy o n help US sn C I X I D ~

krr unp If ampy don they n n uue us rmoblr If they uc ampbeamp f r d y am m y m thurmfdmec

CFTII~ rramr rlmrr GETITNOe l m g ~ nIt t haneuceptlraamp ow doeracypdnw- h e m b k Bur be r And member alw c h p or dmrhc Irana bmcrureampthingruhom have been mDugh fm

zth~cbe~laamporld~-gtdfon t h e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f m r w ~ t h amp l r ~ ~ l ~ Y I d C f l w k P O V a f e ~ i tlungr abmurhm Ibmare mow w p l dnsr pmnt Thoampr rad the r ~ l x p ~ hsrq w of mpmCIU a IMIMIMI~Ief eubw In amp SmI p l pu dm knm smvgh about thcm to I n -6 themopnuon

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plncc they arent your business in the third pkrc you can make a lot more friends fm WI aide by julf being a deccnt ordinnry frkndly American

I S I T T W C rm1WIS

IN THE dticr you will find mon of the Iranir friendly to Americans I a n ha often turned for help in her prob Icma to American scientists and ecmomirtr and the lrnoi apprccilv what hAmcrbnr have done ro help them They rpprrciau tw thc dons of Amerim miuionuicr to build horpiralr and r m p out hQuite a few of Irans pmfertionrl men such aa doctors w r e cdvnrcd in the United States and they have brought back fivanblc rcporu bout us and our mumtry

In the country dirtricrn you will find that the p o p k know less about Aoxrkam Her the Geman agenu have been p r r id r r ly acrive a d shrewd Since the mtive lrnnir have r din- of morr fmigncn the Nazis ha ent thir rg~ntr-dis~uiwda3 native and wdl mpplid with moncy-inw d l mr of r c m e pkce m $4their lier uul stir up uoublc (It is belicvcd that at Larroo of thew

Axis undercover a p t r arc still active in vnriml parm of Iran in spite of the efforts w weed them out) Your b e t wny to but this game b to br friendly and not to offend rhc Irania by cadcm disregard for their customs

The zgpoooao Irmis ace a mixhlce of poplcr Thcg belong to the ampled Gucarian race like ourwlvn derpirs the dark color of the ampin of mmy of them T d y many d them arc marc Mutcrnized than the inhabitants of bordcrine counrrier You will ue Buroocan wrtvmes quin pnctnlly in thc zitla but l a r in the country One thing m d y all B n i r have in common is the Moslem idi-gion which we willtdkrboutnlbrklarcr on

In the wuntry mt of thc pcoplc arc m m r fame and they arc very pmr They grow cereals fruits cotton opium and some vcgeubla Fmm onethird w twc- thirds of their product g a s to the kndlord they live on Ithe rat Lack of warm for iirigation (only about lo pr- cent of the land is undcr culrivstion) rltmunrr for much of Irmn poverty In many diruicra you will see mmnQ that laok like giant anthillr They hnrt i which mark wclls --red by underground channrlr thmugh which -ter is bmught to ampIds m d villngu ponibly fmm 20 or 30 mller awry Water ia so precious in Iran that you should be cxrrcmcly careful nor to damage any kanrcyou may mmc wrou

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Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

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h

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oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

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W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

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h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

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What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

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~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

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ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

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m a T E

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Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

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Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

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4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

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b v a d ~tsp- rvatq lc value Inn rr the MI muotry m the world whcm t k e m of thxc of the Wnmi N + m d e Bsnnm Rutua md the U n d Ststeb-nre cpcratltq ro dady uurh wlth each othsr Thu ~ M l b r n m ~ lof greu powen rmpmtxng m the amphc of Inn la a clear-zut vldlnuw of thc dsxSnxamp mpmenw sf thc camp ybu ssd ymu ouampt lnvs becp rnllcd apm m amp

You ar an Amman hwe r mps~btluythat gaq beyard the mdmary milrury ampus raquutdof l o muavy har 8 rrpucaua thmughout tbc world ancg and unulbhnca lo ru dcnlnna nth ot uonr That repueat~onD r mspr s~ fw us globnl war Bp ywr v t x - pcsa uphdd a LB

Rusnn and Gmn Lk~tb-and wth the pcople of (Inn)Mmt of tbau you mm wmt a h MKmw mapl b rrplhaon m roc how you an and what ysu do to rhemulw Sa thm u what Amaccun nc And w h t t h ~ ythmk of ut wdl h v e muamp m do ourm d w -cu or 6I-

It wt a a r y thfficult pb You71 ~ h ~ ~ y s u d d I t h m r e

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rrnrc m tell 9w what w do when you run inro a tosigh situation Youll be c x p t e d to keep your mouth shut ad ysur eyer open wen after you arc rue of your ground And youll need to rnpa the ways of thinking and d+ ing things of the Irani and of the British and Rvuian soldiers no matter hav different they may bc from your own If you adopt the ztritudc that we Americans dont know all the answers and that rhc wodd darnr rcvolvc =round Kmkakce 111 you wmr bc very far off the target in y o u dealings with 0th- peoples

Beyond r spirit of tolerance and a willingncst t o m ~ n f h c ether fellow half way the thing your1 nctd most in order to get along in Iran is information Your opinion of the country and the p p l c w~ll never be any k t c r than your k~owlcdgeof themamp you ercrclv yourcvrror~ty and gazn fresh kwwlcdge you wtll mcr- yarr cScmcy as a d dlrr and wdl add pcrron1 value and pleasure to tough job

This guidrbmL is to h d p you mmc in that direction but it ir little more rhm r preview A smart raldicr will nnn know far marc abwt rhe couutv rham is to be fofond kr-n these urvcrr That rr the rargcr w shorn at and rhcrc a M k t t s way to kgtn gcrtsng acquamtcd w ~ t h the ~ o u n n y thawby undcnrandng Irans prucnt pont~on in thiglobal war

3

O I L - T W I W 0 I L m S Ll l ImL00n

IRAN is imporant to the United Nations for a number of msonr It is the land bridge by which to get supplier to Russia and it might have bcconx the paamp ovcr which Hirlcrs m i c s au ld drivc into lndiorrothc Red Scn and the Suer Canal But more important than anything dm Iran is one of the gmt power reservoirs of r h wodd N a w h n once mid that an arm marcher on itr nomach ~ a l a ~ a11 supplies d ail oud- armies march on oil ~ L r e dcnly to vanish cvuy lrrgc indurubl nation in the world would collap almost wcmight Oil is the lifcblwd d the modern world 8

In that p m of the-world m which youe ken nrrigncd i $lt 1that m p t h e r m n N t u ~ t

there arc ampgreat oil-bearingIII

the pwcrhwx of the Unkd N~ti ins The northwest g m a strcuhing k w ~ nrhc Araxcs River in South Russia to the w c p p north of the Caucasusir the hurt of thc Sornct Unaon mcailurcd in tcrmr of bumlsol orl h n d i only m t h e bxl fields m and around Baku on the ampspaan Su arc thaw m Iran and Iraq whlch supply Gren Brrtnin and us m thc Mddk East North Afr~fcaand an thc N d 7 Atlentlc j One of the grut md~tsry t W a r d thc p x n t day bm 5 G

uld that the quadnogle bounded by amp cltlcr d A m -khan Tcheran Ehrra and Alepp a amp true rtmrcg m

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i

awcr center of the war an a m in which P G c m n auc-7swould mean the almost certain r d l a p of Rusk and he probable cdhpse of Great Britain ar wcll Should its cupation lead to a German conquest of the Ncar Ert la only would the British Empire bc cut in half but the rcstigc of thc United Nations would h radinlly lowered rlote the oamcs of tlu c~rkrmd rhrn lmk ar rhc map io he centerof this guide Youwill see that you a d your fellow aldicn arc hold-

ng down two r ide of the quadrangleYou will continue o hold them down x long 2s there ir unity between the rmiuofrhc Urnired Nsrions in Iran-amp unity that comer mm mutual d c r r c end respect It ir familk strategy sf Hider and his Axis gvlg ta create dirtrust and doubt bcrwccn dlicr d the p p k fricndly to t h You can hclp ampeat that strategy by working to Lcep the gmd will of your allied mmradcr in nrmr and of the Irani p p l e

Sddoing you will bc- s form in keeping Irnn on the Allied side You will hclp to keep it opco as s channel by which to move lend-learupplia inte Russia And iamp mnml pmduction of 8oowooo barrels of oil origiruting in the fields near Bandar Shapur and Kcrmanrhah will mntinue to supply our tanks a d fighting planer in amp

ddle East a d North Africa and to fud the sh ip of the ~tbhampa in the Mediw~ancsa and the lndiaa Ocean

5

I l A Y a TWE WAR

FDR about ~ p wycnn Iran has beon a bartkgroun Isp p l c tmk turns m mnquerlngand bcrcg conqu AfKr jpoo yean d a thcy grew tlrrd of war wratcd to sny m u d xtt t h ~ swar u they dnd tn tk

Uodl he UUUL~HiWr

-1st~ and h ~ rrsurwi could drmmlwz ple and sn army the pnxs had mn eat= )ob

mawrd He utcd the nmc smtig m Iran Long bcfm we got mw che war hu ag-m

poured Into thc r w n q raey held key J In sanpnrer la heamp and m a to gwnnmem -re tampy nnfrrted tbe towm and czua and war

Ua Hltleis plbllc pmpdndnn tw

Na film Vaory 1 the Wur wm r r w b m Teherm the uptnl cay rhuru mnnagcr favarng German brewbmn other lus cvrn td Hlrler mallJ wsr a )damamptsd ta ihru gmt M b m d

6

I t dldnt work After many protcrr~ agamat Nan actxv ay ~nthe counny the Ruanm and the Brtnrh moved m M August q941 That war one trme rvc got there finr m e Shah Rem Khan abdrcrtcd 14s son took aver the throne and concluded a wary wrrh the Allted Nat~onr Nazx sgencnts w h ~could be found wcrc xnternsd or fled rhc country

Now wtth the consent of the Iran Governmmt tmopr of the U n M Naroans guard thsr great land br tdg be tween Eurooc and Aua tu oll wells and rcfincncr m d the highwar and railrolds which form the life line to our Russlzin alller Our rmop =re in the minority among thcu acupying forces Ow whole Bcitirh Army organ- ized in rhc summer d 942 1M duty in this thutcr The Russians reacting to devclopmcnr noamp of the Caucanus hevc had M lean more a d mori upan the military crtahlirhmcm in Iran as r prop to the forcer operating brw- tbe Black Sca and the Caspian Meas-ured against r h e ~rcspnnbiliticr and undertakings our own effort in Iran has bur rclatlvcly limited and wc can appropiately be modcst born it

YOU DDULI P I I T

YOU entcr Iran not only rr r d i c r bur dro rs an indi-v i d d T h r isour emamp-if wearc Mart enough to uw

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a As a roldrcr lour dwtes =dl be c l u r l m l Bot ampna plzce l~kcIrmwhayoudowan ~ d v i d d - m y o u r m a u l k dm- rr lmpmunt I n n u r psbk MUamp spa A perr dal of au ruccew or f r l l u ~mr)rdepend on wherhn r k lranaltkc us If the]r lskc us thcy o n help US sn C I X I D ~

krr unp If ampy don they n n uue us rmoblr If they uc ampbeamp f r d y am m y m thurmfdmec

CFTII~ rramr rlmrr GETITNOe l m g ~ nIt t haneuceptlraamp ow doeracypdnw- h e m b k Bur be r And member alw c h p or dmrhc Irana bmcrureampthingruhom have been mDugh fm

zth~cbe~laamporld~-gtdfon t h e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f m r w ~ t h amp l r ~ ~ l ~ Y I d C f l w k P O V a f e ~ i tlungr abmurhm Ibmare mow w p l dnsr pmnt Thoampr rad the r ~ l x p ~ hsrq w of mpmCIU a IMIMIMI~Ief eubw In amp SmI p l pu dm knm smvgh about thcm to I n -6 themopnuon

8

plncc they arent your business in the third pkrc you can make a lot more friends fm WI aide by julf being a deccnt ordinnry frkndly American

I S I T T W C rm1WIS

IN THE dticr you will find mon of the Iranir friendly to Americans I a n ha often turned for help in her prob Icma to American scientists and ecmomirtr and the lrnoi apprccilv what hAmcrbnr have done ro help them They rpprrciau tw thc dons of Amerim miuionuicr to build horpiralr and r m p out hQuite a few of Irans pmfertionrl men such aa doctors w r e cdvnrcd in the United States and they have brought back fivanblc rcporu bout us and our mumtry

In the country dirtricrn you will find that the p o p k know less about Aoxrkam Her the Geman agenu have been p r r id r r ly acrive a d shrewd Since the mtive lrnnir have r din- of morr fmigncn the Nazis ha ent thir rg~ntr-dis~uiwda3 native and wdl mpplid with moncy-inw d l mr of r c m e pkce m $4their lier uul stir up uoublc (It is belicvcd that at Larroo of thew

Axis undercover a p t r arc still active in vnriml parm of Iran in spite of the efforts w weed them out) Your b e t wny to but this game b to br friendly and not to offend rhc Irania by cadcm disregard for their customs

The zgpoooao Irmis ace a mixhlce of poplcr Thcg belong to the ampled Gucarian race like ourwlvn derpirs the dark color of the ampin of mmy of them T d y many d them arc marc Mutcrnized than the inhabitants of bordcrine counrrier You will ue Buroocan wrtvmes quin pnctnlly in thc zitla but l a r in the country One thing m d y all B n i r have in common is the Moslem idi-gion which we willtdkrboutnlbrklarcr on

In the wuntry mt of thc pcoplc arc m m r fame and they arc very pmr They grow cereals fruits cotton opium and some vcgeubla Fmm onethird w twc- thirds of their product g a s to the kndlord they live on Ithe rat Lack of warm for iirigation (only about lo pr- cent of the land is undcr culrivstion) rltmunrr for much of Irmn poverty In many diruicra you will see mmnQ that laok like giant anthillr They hnrt i which mark wclls --red by underground channrlr thmugh which -ter is bmught to ampIds m d villngu ponibly fmm 20 or 30 mller awry Water ia so precious in Iran that you should be cxrrcmcly careful nor to damage any kanrcyou may mmc wrou

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Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

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N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

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h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

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Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

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h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

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M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

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~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

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nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

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Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

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rrnrc m tell 9w what w do when you run inro a tosigh situation Youll be c x p t e d to keep your mouth shut ad ysur eyer open wen after you arc rue of your ground And youll need to rnpa the ways of thinking and d+ ing things of the Irani and of the British and Rvuian soldiers no matter hav different they may bc from your own If you adopt the ztritudc that we Americans dont know all the answers and that rhc wodd darnr rcvolvc =round Kmkakce 111 you wmr bc very far off the target in y o u dealings with 0th- peoples

Beyond r spirit of tolerance and a willingncst t o m ~ n f h c ether fellow half way the thing your1 nctd most in order to get along in Iran is information Your opinion of the country and the p p l c w~ll never be any k t c r than your k~owlcdgeof themamp you ercrclv yourcvrror~ty and gazn fresh kwwlcdge you wtll mcr- yarr cScmcy as a d dlrr and wdl add pcrron1 value and pleasure to tough job

This guidrbmL is to h d p you mmc in that direction but it ir little more rhm r preview A smart raldicr will nnn know far marc abwt rhe couutv rham is to be fofond kr-n these urvcrr That rr the rargcr w shorn at and rhcrc a M k t t s way to kgtn gcrtsng acquamtcd w ~ t h the ~ o u n n y thawby undcnrandng Irans prucnt pont~on in thiglobal war

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O I L - T W I W 0 I L m S Ll l ImL00n

IRAN is imporant to the United Nations for a number of msonr It is the land bridge by which to get supplier to Russia and it might have bcconx the paamp ovcr which Hirlcrs m i c s au ld drivc into lndiorrothc Red Scn and the Suer Canal But more important than anything dm Iran is one of the gmt power reservoirs of r h wodd N a w h n once mid that an arm marcher on itr nomach ~ a l a ~ a11 supplies d ail oud- armies march on oil ~ L r e dcnly to vanish cvuy lrrgc indurubl nation in the world would collap almost wcmight Oil is the lifcblwd d the modern world 8

In that p m of the-world m which youe ken nrrigncd i $lt 1that m p t h e r m n N t u ~ t

there arc ampgreat oil-bearingIII

the pwcrhwx of the Unkd N~ti ins The northwest g m a strcuhing k w ~ nrhc Araxcs River in South Russia to the w c p p north of the Caucasusir the hurt of thc Sornct Unaon mcailurcd in tcrmr of bumlsol orl h n d i only m t h e bxl fields m and around Baku on the ampspaan Su arc thaw m Iran and Iraq whlch supply Gren Brrtnin and us m thc Mddk East North Afr~fcaand an thc N d 7 Atlentlc j One of the grut md~tsry t W a r d thc p x n t day bm 5 G

uld that the quadnogle bounded by amp cltlcr d A m -khan Tcheran Ehrra and Alepp a amp true rtmrcg m

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awcr center of the war an a m in which P G c m n auc-7swould mean the almost certain r d l a p of Rusk and he probable cdhpse of Great Britain ar wcll Should its cupation lead to a German conquest of the Ncar Ert la only would the British Empire bc cut in half but the rcstigc of thc United Nations would h radinlly lowered rlote the oamcs of tlu c~rkrmd rhrn lmk ar rhc map io he centerof this guide Youwill see that you a d your fellow aldicn arc hold-

ng down two r ide of the quadrangleYou will continue o hold them down x long 2s there ir unity between the rmiuofrhc Urnired Nsrions in Iran-amp unity that comer mm mutual d c r r c end respect It ir familk strategy sf Hider and his Axis gvlg ta create dirtrust and doubt bcrwccn dlicr d the p p k fricndly to t h You can hclp ampeat that strategy by working to Lcep the gmd will of your allied mmradcr in nrmr and of the Irani p p l e

Sddoing you will bc- s form in keeping Irnn on the Allied side You will hclp to keep it opco as s channel by which to move lend-learupplia inte Russia And iamp mnml pmduction of 8oowooo barrels of oil origiruting in the fields near Bandar Shapur and Kcrmanrhah will mntinue to supply our tanks a d fighting planer in amp

ddle East a d North Africa and to fud the sh ip of the ~tbhampa in the Mediw~ancsa and the lndiaa Ocean

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I l A Y a TWE WAR

FDR about ~ p wycnn Iran has beon a bartkgroun Isp p l c tmk turns m mnquerlngand bcrcg conqu AfKr jpoo yean d a thcy grew tlrrd of war wratcd to sny m u d xtt t h ~ swar u they dnd tn tk

Uodl he UUUL~HiWr

-1st~ and h ~ rrsurwi could drmmlwz ple and sn army the pnxs had mn eat= )ob

mawrd He utcd the nmc smtig m Iran Long bcfm we got mw che war hu ag-m

poured Into thc r w n q raey held key J In sanpnrer la heamp and m a to gwnnmem -re tampy nnfrrted tbe towm and czua and war

Ua Hltleis plbllc pmpdndnn tw

Na film Vaory 1 the Wur wm r r w b m Teherm the uptnl cay rhuru mnnagcr favarng German brewbmn other lus cvrn td Hlrler mallJ wsr a )damamptsd ta ihru gmt M b m d

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I t dldnt work After many protcrr~ agamat Nan actxv ay ~nthe counny the Ruanm and the Brtnrh moved m M August q941 That war one trme rvc got there finr m e Shah Rem Khan abdrcrtcd 14s son took aver the throne and concluded a wary wrrh the Allted Nat~onr Nazx sgencnts w h ~could be found wcrc xnternsd or fled rhc country

Now wtth the consent of the Iran Governmmt tmopr of the U n M Naroans guard thsr great land br tdg be tween Eurooc and Aua tu oll wells and rcfincncr m d the highwar and railrolds which form the life line to our Russlzin alller Our rmop =re in the minority among thcu acupying forces Ow whole Bcitirh Army organ- ized in rhc summer d 942 1M duty in this thutcr The Russians reacting to devclopmcnr noamp of the Caucanus hevc had M lean more a d mori upan the military crtahlirhmcm in Iran as r prop to the forcer operating brw- tbe Black Sca and the Caspian Meas-ured against r h e ~rcspnnbiliticr and undertakings our own effort in Iran has bur rclatlvcly limited and wc can appropiately be modcst born it

YOU DDULI P I I T

YOU entcr Iran not only rr r d i c r bur dro rs an indi-v i d d T h r isour emamp-if wearc Mart enough to uw

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a As a roldrcr lour dwtes =dl be c l u r l m l Bot ampna plzce l~kcIrmwhayoudowan ~ d v i d d - m y o u r m a u l k dm- rr lmpmunt I n n u r psbk MUamp spa A perr dal of au ruccew or f r l l u ~mr)rdepend on wherhn r k lranaltkc us If the]r lskc us thcy o n help US sn C I X I D ~

krr unp If ampy don they n n uue us rmoblr If they uc ampbeamp f r d y am m y m thurmfdmec

CFTII~ rramr rlmrr GETITNOe l m g ~ nIt t haneuceptlraamp ow doeracypdnw- h e m b k Bur be r And member alw c h p or dmrhc Irana bmcrureampthingruhom have been mDugh fm

zth~cbe~laamporld~-gtdfon t h e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f m r w ~ t h amp l r ~ ~ l ~ Y I d C f l w k P O V a f e ~ i tlungr abmurhm Ibmare mow w p l dnsr pmnt Thoampr rad the r ~ l x p ~ hsrq w of mpmCIU a IMIMIMI~Ief eubw In amp SmI p l pu dm knm smvgh about thcm to I n -6 themopnuon

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plncc they arent your business in the third pkrc you can make a lot more friends fm WI aide by julf being a deccnt ordinnry frkndly American

I S I T T W C rm1WIS

IN THE dticr you will find mon of the Iranir friendly to Americans I a n ha often turned for help in her prob Icma to American scientists and ecmomirtr and the lrnoi apprccilv what hAmcrbnr have done ro help them They rpprrciau tw thc dons of Amerim miuionuicr to build horpiralr and r m p out hQuite a few of Irans pmfertionrl men such aa doctors w r e cdvnrcd in the United States and they have brought back fivanblc rcporu bout us and our mumtry

In the country dirtricrn you will find that the p o p k know less about Aoxrkam Her the Geman agenu have been p r r id r r ly acrive a d shrewd Since the mtive lrnnir have r din- of morr fmigncn the Nazis ha ent thir rg~ntr-dis~uiwda3 native and wdl mpplid with moncy-inw d l mr of r c m e pkce m $4their lier uul stir up uoublc (It is belicvcd that at Larroo of thew

Axis undercover a p t r arc still active in vnriml parm of Iran in spite of the efforts w weed them out) Your b e t wny to but this game b to br friendly and not to offend rhc Irania by cadcm disregard for their customs

The zgpoooao Irmis ace a mixhlce of poplcr Thcg belong to the ampled Gucarian race like ourwlvn derpirs the dark color of the ampin of mmy of them T d y many d them arc marc Mutcrnized than the inhabitants of bordcrine counrrier You will ue Buroocan wrtvmes quin pnctnlly in thc zitla but l a r in the country One thing m d y all B n i r have in common is the Moslem idi-gion which we willtdkrboutnlbrklarcr on

In the wuntry mt of thc pcoplc arc m m r fame and they arc very pmr They grow cereals fruits cotton opium and some vcgeubla Fmm onethird w twc- thirds of their product g a s to the kndlord they live on Ithe rat Lack of warm for iirigation (only about lo pr- cent of the land is undcr culrivstion) rltmunrr for much of Irmn poverty In many diruicra you will see mmnQ that laok like giant anthillr They hnrt i which mark wclls --red by underground channrlr thmugh which -ter is bmught to ampIds m d villngu ponibly fmm 20 or 30 mller awry Water ia so precious in Iran that you should be cxrrcmcly careful nor to damage any kanrcyou may mmc wrou

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Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

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N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

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IRAN is imporant to the United Nations for a number of msonr It is the land bridge by which to get supplier to Russia and it might have bcconx the paamp ovcr which Hirlcrs m i c s au ld drivc into lndiorrothc Red Scn and the Suer Canal But more important than anything dm Iran is one of the gmt power reservoirs of r h wodd N a w h n once mid that an arm marcher on itr nomach ~ a l a ~ a11 supplies d ail oud- armies march on oil ~ L r e dcnly to vanish cvuy lrrgc indurubl nation in the world would collap almost wcmight Oil is the lifcblwd d the modern world 8

In that p m of the-world m which youe ken nrrigncd i $lt 1that m p t h e r m n N t u ~ t

there arc ampgreat oil-bearingIII

the pwcrhwx of the Unkd N~ti ins The northwest g m a strcuhing k w ~ nrhc Araxcs River in South Russia to the w c p p north of the Caucasusir the hurt of thc Sornct Unaon mcailurcd in tcrmr of bumlsol orl h n d i only m t h e bxl fields m and around Baku on the ampspaan Su arc thaw m Iran and Iraq whlch supply Gren Brrtnin and us m thc Mddk East North Afr~fcaand an thc N d 7 Atlentlc j One of the grut md~tsry t W a r d thc p x n t day bm 5 G

uld that the quadnogle bounded by amp cltlcr d A m -khan Tcheran Ehrra and Alepp a amp true rtmrcg m

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awcr center of the war an a m in which P G c m n auc-7swould mean the almost certain r d l a p of Rusk and he probable cdhpse of Great Britain ar wcll Should its cupation lead to a German conquest of the Ncar Ert la only would the British Empire bc cut in half but the rcstigc of thc United Nations would h radinlly lowered rlote the oamcs of tlu c~rkrmd rhrn lmk ar rhc map io he centerof this guide Youwill see that you a d your fellow aldicn arc hold-

ng down two r ide of the quadrangleYou will continue o hold them down x long 2s there ir unity between the rmiuofrhc Urnired Nsrions in Iran-amp unity that comer mm mutual d c r r c end respect It ir familk strategy sf Hider and his Axis gvlg ta create dirtrust and doubt bcrwccn dlicr d the p p k fricndly to t h You can hclp ampeat that strategy by working to Lcep the gmd will of your allied mmradcr in nrmr and of the Irani p p l e

Sddoing you will bc- s form in keeping Irnn on the Allied side You will hclp to keep it opco as s channel by which to move lend-learupplia inte Russia And iamp mnml pmduction of 8oowooo barrels of oil origiruting in the fields near Bandar Shapur and Kcrmanrhah will mntinue to supply our tanks a d fighting planer in amp

ddle East a d North Africa and to fud the sh ip of the ~tbhampa in the Mediw~ancsa and the lndiaa Ocean

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I l A Y a TWE WAR

FDR about ~ p wycnn Iran has beon a bartkgroun Isp p l c tmk turns m mnquerlngand bcrcg conqu AfKr jpoo yean d a thcy grew tlrrd of war wratcd to sny m u d xtt t h ~ swar u they dnd tn tk

Uodl he UUUL~HiWr

-1st~ and h ~ rrsurwi could drmmlwz ple and sn army the pnxs had mn eat= )ob

mawrd He utcd the nmc smtig m Iran Long bcfm we got mw che war hu ag-m

poured Into thc r w n q raey held key J In sanpnrer la heamp and m a to gwnnmem -re tampy nnfrrted tbe towm and czua and war

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Na film Vaory 1 the Wur wm r r w b m Teherm the uptnl cay rhuru mnnagcr favarng German brewbmn other lus cvrn td Hlrler mallJ wsr a )damamptsd ta ihru gmt M b m d

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I t dldnt work After many protcrr~ agamat Nan actxv ay ~nthe counny the Ruanm and the Brtnrh moved m M August q941 That war one trme rvc got there finr m e Shah Rem Khan abdrcrtcd 14s son took aver the throne and concluded a wary wrrh the Allted Nat~onr Nazx sgencnts w h ~could be found wcrc xnternsd or fled rhc country

Now wtth the consent of the Iran Governmmt tmopr of the U n M Naroans guard thsr great land br tdg be tween Eurooc and Aua tu oll wells and rcfincncr m d the highwar and railrolds which form the life line to our Russlzin alller Our rmop =re in the minority among thcu acupying forces Ow whole Bcitirh Army organ- ized in rhc summer d 942 1M duty in this thutcr The Russians reacting to devclopmcnr noamp of the Caucanus hevc had M lean more a d mori upan the military crtahlirhmcm in Iran as r prop to the forcer operating brw- tbe Black Sca and the Caspian Meas-ured against r h e ~rcspnnbiliticr and undertakings our own effort in Iran has bur rclatlvcly limited and wc can appropiately be modcst born it

YOU DDULI P I I T

YOU entcr Iran not only rr r d i c r bur dro rs an indi-v i d d T h r isour emamp-if wearc Mart enough to uw

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a As a roldrcr lour dwtes =dl be c l u r l m l Bot ampna plzce l~kcIrmwhayoudowan ~ d v i d d - m y o u r m a u l k dm- rr lmpmunt I n n u r psbk MUamp spa A perr dal of au ruccew or f r l l u ~mr)rdepend on wherhn r k lranaltkc us If the]r lskc us thcy o n help US sn C I X I D ~

krr unp If ampy don they n n uue us rmoblr If they uc ampbeamp f r d y am m y m thurmfdmec

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zth~cbe~laamporld~-gtdfon t h e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f m r w ~ t h amp l r ~ ~ l ~ Y I d C f l w k P O V a f e ~ i tlungr abmurhm Ibmare mow w p l dnsr pmnt Thoampr rad the r ~ l x p ~ hsrq w of mpmCIU a IMIMIMI~Ief eubw In amp SmI p l pu dm knm smvgh about thcm to I n -6 themopnuon

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I S I T T W C rm1WIS

IN THE dticr you will find mon of the Iranir friendly to Americans I a n ha often turned for help in her prob Icma to American scientists and ecmomirtr and the lrnoi apprccilv what hAmcrbnr have done ro help them They rpprrciau tw thc dons of Amerim miuionuicr to build horpiralr and r m p out hQuite a few of Irans pmfertionrl men such aa doctors w r e cdvnrcd in the United States and they have brought back fivanblc rcporu bout us and our mumtry

In the country dirtricrn you will find that the p o p k know less about Aoxrkam Her the Geman agenu have been p r r id r r ly acrive a d shrewd Since the mtive lrnnir have r din- of morr fmigncn the Nazis ha ent thir rg~ntr-dis~uiwda3 native and wdl mpplid with moncy-inw d l mr of r c m e pkce m $4their lier uul stir up uoublc (It is belicvcd that at Larroo of thew

Axis undercover a p t r arc still active in vnriml parm of Iran in spite of the efforts w weed them out) Your b e t wny to but this game b to br friendly and not to offend rhc Irania by cadcm disregard for their customs

The zgpoooao Irmis ace a mixhlce of poplcr Thcg belong to the ampled Gucarian race like ourwlvn derpirs the dark color of the ampin of mmy of them T d y many d them arc marc Mutcrnized than the inhabitants of bordcrine counrrier You will ue Buroocan wrtvmes quin pnctnlly in thc zitla but l a r in the country One thing m d y all B n i r have in common is the Moslem idi-gion which we willtdkrboutnlbrklarcr on

In the wuntry mt of thc pcoplc arc m m r fame and they arc very pmr They grow cereals fruits cotton opium and some vcgeubla Fmm onethird w twc- thirds of their product g a s to the kndlord they live on Ithe rat Lack of warm for iirigation (only about lo pr- cent of the land is undcr culrivstion) rltmunrr for much of Irmn poverty In many diruicra you will see mmnQ that laok like giant anthillr They hnrt i which mark wclls --red by underground channrlr thmugh which -ter is bmught to ampIds m d villngu ponibly fmm 20 or 30 mller awry Water ia so precious in Iran that you should be cxrrcmcly careful nor to damage any kanrcyou may mmc wrou

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Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

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N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

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oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

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Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

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Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

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n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

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h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

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What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

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~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

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ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

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m a T E

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mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

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Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

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awcr center of the war an a m in which P G c m n auc-7swould mean the almost certain r d l a p of Rusk and he probable cdhpse of Great Britain ar wcll Should its cupation lead to a German conquest of the Ncar Ert la only would the British Empire bc cut in half but the rcstigc of thc United Nations would h radinlly lowered rlote the oamcs of tlu c~rkrmd rhrn lmk ar rhc map io he centerof this guide Youwill see that you a d your fellow aldicn arc hold-

ng down two r ide of the quadrangleYou will continue o hold them down x long 2s there ir unity between the rmiuofrhc Urnired Nsrions in Iran-amp unity that comer mm mutual d c r r c end respect It ir familk strategy sf Hider and his Axis gvlg ta create dirtrust and doubt bcrwccn dlicr d the p p k fricndly to t h You can hclp ampeat that strategy by working to Lcep the gmd will of your allied mmradcr in nrmr and of the Irani p p l e

Sddoing you will bc- s form in keeping Irnn on the Allied side You will hclp to keep it opco as s channel by which to move lend-learupplia inte Russia And iamp mnml pmduction of 8oowooo barrels of oil origiruting in the fields near Bandar Shapur and Kcrmanrhah will mntinue to supply our tanks a d fighting planer in amp

ddle East a d North Africa and to fud the sh ip of the ~tbhampa in the Mediw~ancsa and the lndiaa Ocean

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I l A Y a TWE WAR

FDR about ~ p wycnn Iran has beon a bartkgroun Isp p l c tmk turns m mnquerlngand bcrcg conqu AfKr jpoo yean d a thcy grew tlrrd of war wratcd to sny m u d xtt t h ~ swar u they dnd tn tk

Uodl he UUUL~HiWr

-1st~ and h ~ rrsurwi could drmmlwz ple and sn army the pnxs had mn eat= )ob

mawrd He utcd the nmc smtig m Iran Long bcfm we got mw che war hu ag-m

poured Into thc r w n q raey held key J In sanpnrer la heamp and m a to gwnnmem -re tampy nnfrrted tbe towm and czua and war

Ua Hltleis plbllc pmpdndnn tw

Na film Vaory 1 the Wur wm r r w b m Teherm the uptnl cay rhuru mnnagcr favarng German brewbmn other lus cvrn td Hlrler mallJ wsr a )damamptsd ta ihru gmt M b m d

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I t dldnt work After many protcrr~ agamat Nan actxv ay ~nthe counny the Ruanm and the Brtnrh moved m M August q941 That war one trme rvc got there finr m e Shah Rem Khan abdrcrtcd 14s son took aver the throne and concluded a wary wrrh the Allted Nat~onr Nazx sgencnts w h ~could be found wcrc xnternsd or fled rhc country

Now wtth the consent of the Iran Governmmt tmopr of the U n M Naroans guard thsr great land br tdg be tween Eurooc and Aua tu oll wells and rcfincncr m d the highwar and railrolds which form the life line to our Russlzin alller Our rmop =re in the minority among thcu acupying forces Ow whole Bcitirh Army organ- ized in rhc summer d 942 1M duty in this thutcr The Russians reacting to devclopmcnr noamp of the Caucanus hevc had M lean more a d mori upan the military crtahlirhmcm in Iran as r prop to the forcer operating brw- tbe Black Sca and the Caspian Meas-ured against r h e ~rcspnnbiliticr and undertakings our own effort in Iran has bur rclatlvcly limited and wc can appropiately be modcst born it

YOU DDULI P I I T

YOU entcr Iran not only rr r d i c r bur dro rs an indi-v i d d T h r isour emamp-if wearc Mart enough to uw

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a As a roldrcr lour dwtes =dl be c l u r l m l Bot ampna plzce l~kcIrmwhayoudowan ~ d v i d d - m y o u r m a u l k dm- rr lmpmunt I n n u r psbk MUamp spa A perr dal of au ruccew or f r l l u ~mr)rdepend on wherhn r k lranaltkc us If the]r lskc us thcy o n help US sn C I X I D ~

krr unp If ampy don they n n uue us rmoblr If they uc ampbeamp f r d y am m y m thurmfdmec

CFTII~ rramr rlmrr GETITNOe l m g ~ nIt t haneuceptlraamp ow doeracypdnw- h e m b k Bur be r And member alw c h p or dmrhc Irana bmcrureampthingruhom have been mDugh fm

zth~cbe~laamporld~-gtdfon t h e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f m r w ~ t h amp l r ~ ~ l ~ Y I d C f l w k P O V a f e ~ i tlungr abmurhm Ibmare mow w p l dnsr pmnt Thoampr rad the r ~ l x p ~ hsrq w of mpmCIU a IMIMIMI~Ief eubw In amp SmI p l pu dm knm smvgh about thcm to I n -6 themopnuon

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plncc they arent your business in the third pkrc you can make a lot more friends fm WI aide by julf being a deccnt ordinnry frkndly American

I S I T T W C rm1WIS

IN THE dticr you will find mon of the Iranir friendly to Americans I a n ha often turned for help in her prob Icma to American scientists and ecmomirtr and the lrnoi apprccilv what hAmcrbnr have done ro help them They rpprrciau tw thc dons of Amerim miuionuicr to build horpiralr and r m p out hQuite a few of Irans pmfertionrl men such aa doctors w r e cdvnrcd in the United States and they have brought back fivanblc rcporu bout us and our mumtry

In the country dirtricrn you will find that the p o p k know less about Aoxrkam Her the Geman agenu have been p r r id r r ly acrive a d shrewd Since the mtive lrnnir have r din- of morr fmigncn the Nazis ha ent thir rg~ntr-dis~uiwda3 native and wdl mpplid with moncy-inw d l mr of r c m e pkce m $4their lier uul stir up uoublc (It is belicvcd that at Larroo of thew

Axis undercover a p t r arc still active in vnriml parm of Iran in spite of the efforts w weed them out) Your b e t wny to but this game b to br friendly and not to offend rhc Irania by cadcm disregard for their customs

The zgpoooao Irmis ace a mixhlce of poplcr Thcg belong to the ampled Gucarian race like ourwlvn derpirs the dark color of the ampin of mmy of them T d y many d them arc marc Mutcrnized than the inhabitants of bordcrine counrrier You will ue Buroocan wrtvmes quin pnctnlly in thc zitla but l a r in the country One thing m d y all B n i r have in common is the Moslem idi-gion which we willtdkrboutnlbrklarcr on

In the wuntry mt of thc pcoplc arc m m r fame and they arc very pmr They grow cereals fruits cotton opium and some vcgeubla Fmm onethird w twc- thirds of their product g a s to the kndlord they live on Ithe rat Lack of warm for iirigation (only about lo pr- cent of the land is undcr culrivstion) rltmunrr for much of Irmn poverty In many diruicra you will see mmnQ that laok like giant anthillr They hnrt i which mark wclls --red by underground channrlr thmugh which -ter is bmught to ampIds m d villngu ponibly fmm 20 or 30 mller awry Water ia so precious in Iran that you should be cxrrcmcly careful nor to damage any kanrcyou may mmc wrou

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Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

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find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

90

I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

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h

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oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

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W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

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h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

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~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

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nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

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m a T E

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mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

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Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

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I l A Y a TWE WAR

FDR about ~ p wycnn Iran has beon a bartkgroun Isp p l c tmk turns m mnquerlngand bcrcg conqu AfKr jpoo yean d a thcy grew tlrrd of war wratcd to sny m u d xtt t h ~ swar u they dnd tn tk

Uodl he UUUL~HiWr

-1st~ and h ~ rrsurwi could drmmlwz ple and sn army the pnxs had mn eat= )ob

mawrd He utcd the nmc smtig m Iran Long bcfm we got mw che war hu ag-m

poured Into thc r w n q raey held key J In sanpnrer la heamp and m a to gwnnmem -re tampy nnfrrted tbe towm and czua and war

Ua Hltleis plbllc pmpdndnn tw

Na film Vaory 1 the Wur wm r r w b m Teherm the uptnl cay rhuru mnnagcr favarng German brewbmn other lus cvrn td Hlrler mallJ wsr a )damamptsd ta ihru gmt M b m d

6

I t dldnt work After many protcrr~ agamat Nan actxv ay ~nthe counny the Ruanm and the Brtnrh moved m M August q941 That war one trme rvc got there finr m e Shah Rem Khan abdrcrtcd 14s son took aver the throne and concluded a wary wrrh the Allted Nat~onr Nazx sgencnts w h ~could be found wcrc xnternsd or fled rhc country

Now wtth the consent of the Iran Governmmt tmopr of the U n M Naroans guard thsr great land br tdg be tween Eurooc and Aua tu oll wells and rcfincncr m d the highwar and railrolds which form the life line to our Russlzin alller Our rmop =re in the minority among thcu acupying forces Ow whole Bcitirh Army organ- ized in rhc summer d 942 1M duty in this thutcr The Russians reacting to devclopmcnr noamp of the Caucanus hevc had M lean more a d mori upan the military crtahlirhmcm in Iran as r prop to the forcer operating brw- tbe Black Sca and the Caspian Meas-ured against r h e ~rcspnnbiliticr and undertakings our own effort in Iran has bur rclatlvcly limited and wc can appropiately be modcst born it

YOU DDULI P I I T

YOU entcr Iran not only rr r d i c r bur dro rs an indi-v i d d T h r isour emamp-if wearc Mart enough to uw

7

a As a roldrcr lour dwtes =dl be c l u r l m l Bot ampna plzce l~kcIrmwhayoudowan ~ d v i d d - m y o u r m a u l k dm- rr lmpmunt I n n u r psbk MUamp spa A perr dal of au ruccew or f r l l u ~mr)rdepend on wherhn r k lranaltkc us If the]r lskc us thcy o n help US sn C I X I D ~

krr unp If ampy don they n n uue us rmoblr If they uc ampbeamp f r d y am m y m thurmfdmec

CFTII~ rramr rlmrr GETITNOe l m g ~ nIt t haneuceptlraamp ow doeracypdnw- h e m b k Bur be r And member alw c h p or dmrhc Irana bmcrureampthingruhom have been mDugh fm

zth~cbe~laamporld~-gtdfon t h e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f m r w ~ t h amp l r ~ ~ l ~ Y I d C f l w k P O V a f e ~ i tlungr abmurhm Ibmare mow w p l dnsr pmnt Thoampr rad the r ~ l x p ~ hsrq w of mpmCIU a IMIMIMI~Ief eubw In amp SmI p l pu dm knm smvgh about thcm to I n -6 themopnuon

8

plncc they arent your business in the third pkrc you can make a lot more friends fm WI aide by julf being a deccnt ordinnry frkndly American

I S I T T W C rm1WIS

IN THE dticr you will find mon of the Iranir friendly to Americans I a n ha often turned for help in her prob Icma to American scientists and ecmomirtr and the lrnoi apprccilv what hAmcrbnr have done ro help them They rpprrciau tw thc dons of Amerim miuionuicr to build horpiralr and r m p out hQuite a few of Irans pmfertionrl men such aa doctors w r e cdvnrcd in the United States and they have brought back fivanblc rcporu bout us and our mumtry

In the country dirtricrn you will find that the p o p k know less about Aoxrkam Her the Geman agenu have been p r r id r r ly acrive a d shrewd Since the mtive lrnnir have r din- of morr fmigncn the Nazis ha ent thir rg~ntr-dis~uiwda3 native and wdl mpplid with moncy-inw d l mr of r c m e pkce m $4their lier uul stir up uoublc (It is belicvcd that at Larroo of thew

Axis undercover a p t r arc still active in vnriml parm of Iran in spite of the efforts w weed them out) Your b e t wny to but this game b to br friendly and not to offend rhc Irania by cadcm disregard for their customs

The zgpoooao Irmis ace a mixhlce of poplcr Thcg belong to the ampled Gucarian race like ourwlvn derpirs the dark color of the ampin of mmy of them T d y many d them arc marc Mutcrnized than the inhabitants of bordcrine counrrier You will ue Buroocan wrtvmes quin pnctnlly in thc zitla but l a r in the country One thing m d y all B n i r have in common is the Moslem idi-gion which we willtdkrboutnlbrklarcr on

In the wuntry mt of thc pcoplc arc m m r fame and they arc very pmr They grow cereals fruits cotton opium and some vcgeubla Fmm onethird w twc- thirds of their product g a s to the kndlord they live on Ithe rat Lack of warm for iirigation (only about lo pr- cent of the land is undcr culrivstion) rltmunrr for much of Irmn poverty In many diruicra you will see mmnQ that laok like giant anthillr They hnrt i which mark wclls --red by underground channrlr thmugh which -ter is bmught to ampIds m d villngu ponibly fmm 20 or 30 mller awry Water ia so precious in Iran that you should be cxrrcmcly careful nor to damage any kanrcyou may mmc wrou

10

Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

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N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

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Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

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Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

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What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

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ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

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Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

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u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

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Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

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I t dldnt work After many protcrr~ agamat Nan actxv ay ~nthe counny the Ruanm and the Brtnrh moved m M August q941 That war one trme rvc got there finr m e Shah Rem Khan abdrcrtcd 14s son took aver the throne and concluded a wary wrrh the Allted Nat~onr Nazx sgencnts w h ~could be found wcrc xnternsd or fled rhc country

Now wtth the consent of the Iran Governmmt tmopr of the U n M Naroans guard thsr great land br tdg be tween Eurooc and Aua tu oll wells and rcfincncr m d the highwar and railrolds which form the life line to our Russlzin alller Our rmop =re in the minority among thcu acupying forces Ow whole Bcitirh Army organ- ized in rhc summer d 942 1M duty in this thutcr The Russians reacting to devclopmcnr noamp of the Caucanus hevc had M lean more a d mori upan the military crtahlirhmcm in Iran as r prop to the forcer operating brw- tbe Black Sca and the Caspian Meas-ured against r h e ~rcspnnbiliticr and undertakings our own effort in Iran has bur rclatlvcly limited and wc can appropiately be modcst born it

YOU DDULI P I I T

YOU entcr Iran not only rr r d i c r bur dro rs an indi-v i d d T h r isour emamp-if wearc Mart enough to uw

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a As a roldrcr lour dwtes =dl be c l u r l m l Bot ampna plzce l~kcIrmwhayoudowan ~ d v i d d - m y o u r m a u l k dm- rr lmpmunt I n n u r psbk MUamp spa A perr dal of au ruccew or f r l l u ~mr)rdepend on wherhn r k lranaltkc us If the]r lskc us thcy o n help US sn C I X I D ~

krr unp If ampy don they n n uue us rmoblr If they uc ampbeamp f r d y am m y m thurmfdmec

CFTII~ rramr rlmrr GETITNOe l m g ~ nIt t haneuceptlraamp ow doeracypdnw- h e m b k Bur be r And member alw c h p or dmrhc Irana bmcrureampthingruhom have been mDugh fm

zth~cbe~laamporld~-gtdfon t h e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f m r w ~ t h amp l r ~ ~ l ~ Y I d C f l w k P O V a f e ~ i tlungr abmurhm Ibmare mow w p l dnsr pmnt Thoampr rad the r ~ l x p ~ hsrq w of mpmCIU a IMIMIMI~Ief eubw In amp SmI p l pu dm knm smvgh about thcm to I n -6 themopnuon

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plncc they arent your business in the third pkrc you can make a lot more friends fm WI aide by julf being a deccnt ordinnry frkndly American

I S I T T W C rm1WIS

IN THE dticr you will find mon of the Iranir friendly to Americans I a n ha often turned for help in her prob Icma to American scientists and ecmomirtr and the lrnoi apprccilv what hAmcrbnr have done ro help them They rpprrciau tw thc dons of Amerim miuionuicr to build horpiralr and r m p out hQuite a few of Irans pmfertionrl men such aa doctors w r e cdvnrcd in the United States and they have brought back fivanblc rcporu bout us and our mumtry

In the country dirtricrn you will find that the p o p k know less about Aoxrkam Her the Geman agenu have been p r r id r r ly acrive a d shrewd Since the mtive lrnnir have r din- of morr fmigncn the Nazis ha ent thir rg~ntr-dis~uiwda3 native and wdl mpplid with moncy-inw d l mr of r c m e pkce m $4their lier uul stir up uoublc (It is belicvcd that at Larroo of thew

Axis undercover a p t r arc still active in vnriml parm of Iran in spite of the efforts w weed them out) Your b e t wny to but this game b to br friendly and not to offend rhc Irania by cadcm disregard for their customs

The zgpoooao Irmis ace a mixhlce of poplcr Thcg belong to the ampled Gucarian race like ourwlvn derpirs the dark color of the ampin of mmy of them T d y many d them arc marc Mutcrnized than the inhabitants of bordcrine counrrier You will ue Buroocan wrtvmes quin pnctnlly in thc zitla but l a r in the country One thing m d y all B n i r have in common is the Moslem idi-gion which we willtdkrboutnlbrklarcr on

In the wuntry mt of thc pcoplc arc m m r fame and they arc very pmr They grow cereals fruits cotton opium and some vcgeubla Fmm onethird w twc- thirds of their product g a s to the kndlord they live on Ithe rat Lack of warm for iirigation (only about lo pr- cent of the land is undcr culrivstion) rltmunrr for much of Irmn poverty In many diruicra you will see mmnQ that laok like giant anthillr They hnrt i which mark wclls --red by underground channrlr thmugh which -ter is bmught to ampIds m d villngu ponibly fmm 20 or 30 mller awry Water ia so precious in Iran that you should be cxrrcmcly careful nor to damage any kanrcyou may mmc wrou

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Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

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N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

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oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

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Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

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Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

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n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

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h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

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What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

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~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

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ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

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m a T E

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mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

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Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

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I S I T T W C rm1WIS

IN THE dticr you will find mon of the Iranir friendly to Americans I a n ha often turned for help in her prob Icma to American scientists and ecmomirtr and the lrnoi apprccilv what hAmcrbnr have done ro help them They rpprrciau tw thc dons of Amerim miuionuicr to build horpiralr and r m p out hQuite a few of Irans pmfertionrl men such aa doctors w r e cdvnrcd in the United States and they have brought back fivanblc rcporu bout us and our mumtry

In the country dirtricrn you will find that the p o p k know less about Aoxrkam Her the Geman agenu have been p r r id r r ly acrive a d shrewd Since the mtive lrnnir have r din- of morr fmigncn the Nazis ha ent thir rg~ntr-dis~uiwda3 native and wdl mpplid with moncy-inw d l mr of r c m e pkce m $4their lier uul stir up uoublc (It is belicvcd that at Larroo of thew

Axis undercover a p t r arc still active in vnriml parm of Iran in spite of the efforts w weed them out) Your b e t wny to but this game b to br friendly and not to offend rhc Irania by cadcm disregard for their customs

The zgpoooao Irmis ace a mixhlce of poplcr Thcg belong to the ampled Gucarian race like ourwlvn derpirs the dark color of the ampin of mmy of them T d y many d them arc marc Mutcrnized than the inhabitants of bordcrine counrrier You will ue Buroocan wrtvmes quin pnctnlly in thc zitla but l a r in the country One thing m d y all B n i r have in common is the Moslem idi-gion which we willtdkrboutnlbrklarcr on

In the wuntry mt of thc pcoplc arc m m r fame and they arc very pmr They grow cereals fruits cotton opium and some vcgeubla Fmm onethird w twc- thirds of their product g a s to the kndlord they live on Ithe rat Lack of warm for iirigation (only about lo pr- cent of the land is undcr culrivstion) rltmunrr for much of Irmn poverty In many diruicra you will see mmnQ that laok like giant anthillr They hnrt i which mark wclls --red by underground channrlr thmugh which -ter is bmught to ampIds m d villngu ponibly fmm 20 or 30 mller awry Water ia so precious in Iran that you should be cxrrcmcly careful nor to damage any kanrcyou may mmc wrou

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Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

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heed

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m m h

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W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

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arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

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h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

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ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

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Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

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I S I T T W C rm1WIS

IN THE dticr you will find mon of the Iranir friendly to Americans I a n ha often turned for help in her prob Icma to American scientists and ecmomirtr and the lrnoi apprccilv what hAmcrbnr have done ro help them They rpprrciau tw thc dons of Amerim miuionuicr to build horpiralr and r m p out hQuite a few of Irans pmfertionrl men such aa doctors w r e cdvnrcd in the United States and they have brought back fivanblc rcporu bout us and our mumtry

In the country dirtricrn you will find that the p o p k know less about Aoxrkam Her the Geman agenu have been p r r id r r ly acrive a d shrewd Since the mtive lrnnir have r din- of morr fmigncn the Nazis ha ent thir rg~ntr-dis~uiwda3 native and wdl mpplid with moncy-inw d l mr of r c m e pkce m $4their lier uul stir up uoublc (It is belicvcd that at Larroo of thew

Axis undercover a p t r arc still active in vnriml parm of Iran in spite of the efforts w weed them out) Your b e t wny to but this game b to br friendly and not to offend rhc Irania by cadcm disregard for their customs

The zgpoooao Irmis ace a mixhlce of poplcr Thcg belong to the ampled Gucarian race like ourwlvn derpirs the dark color of the ampin of mmy of them T d y many d them arc marc Mutcrnized than the inhabitants of bordcrine counrrier You will ue Buroocan wrtvmes quin pnctnlly in thc zitla but l a r in the country One thing m d y all B n i r have in common is the Moslem idi-gion which we willtdkrboutnlbrklarcr on

In the wuntry mt of thc pcoplc arc m m r fame and they arc very pmr They grow cereals fruits cotton opium and some vcgeubla Fmm onethird w twc- thirds of their product g a s to the kndlord they live on Ithe rat Lack of warm for iirigation (only about lo pr- cent of the land is undcr culrivstion) rltmunrr for much of Irmn poverty In many diruicra you will see mmnQ that laok like giant anthillr They hnrt i which mark wclls --red by underground channrlr thmugh which -ter is bmught to ampIds m d villngu ponibly fmm 20 or 30 mller awry Water ia so precious in Iran that you should be cxrrcmcly careful nor to damage any kanrcyou may mmc wrou

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Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

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N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

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Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

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Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

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Axis undercover a p t r arc still active in vnriml parm of Iran in spite of the efforts w weed them out) Your b e t wny to but this game b to br friendly and not to offend rhc Irania by cadcm disregard for their customs

The zgpoooao Irmis ace a mixhlce of poplcr Thcg belong to the ampled Gucarian race like ourwlvn derpirs the dark color of the ampin of mmy of them T d y many d them arc marc Mutcrnized than the inhabitants of bordcrine counrrier You will ue Buroocan wrtvmes quin pnctnlly in thc zitla but l a r in the country One thing m d y all B n i r have in common is the Moslem idi-gion which we willtdkrboutnlbrklarcr on

In the wuntry mt of thc pcoplc arc m m r fame and they arc very pmr They grow cereals fruits cotton opium and some vcgeubla Fmm onethird w twc- thirds of their product g a s to the kndlord they live on Ithe rat Lack of warm for iirigation (only about lo pr- cent of the land is undcr culrivstion) rltmunrr for much of Irmn poverty In many diruicra you will see mmnQ that laok like giant anthillr They hnrt i which mark wclls --red by underground channrlr thmugh which -ter is bmught to ampIds m d villngu ponibly fmm 20 or 30 mller awry Water ia so precious in Iran that you should be cxrrcmcly careful nor to damage any kanrcyou may mmc wrou

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Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

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[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

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heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

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m m h

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W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

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Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

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h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

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nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

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Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

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Wheat bread is the rraff of l i in Iran Everywhere you will see people eating round Raps of whole wheat

bread-a working man will get away with about 50 pounds of ampIpn month

In the more mountainous part of the country them arc about two m rhrcc million rmi-wandering tribesmen who tend he sheep fmm which comer the fine wool used in the hmour Persian rugs Bccavse of the kck of grazing hnd coupled with the =verity of the winerr thuc

tribumcn follow the grass through the seasons-in the high upland valleys in the summer and in the lowland ranges in winter

The majority of pcople in thc citier are handicraft workcn-carpcntcn shocmkcrs bakers marom and milorr Each haa a mdl r hop in the bazaar where all the work is done by hand The mt of the city pcoplc arc mcrchantr Government oEialr and big Inndowncrs Except for the oil indunry (developed m d opcrntcd by the British with Iranian pmonnel) and far romc rcccntly introduced frctorics mmanvficruring in Iran ir still in thc handicnft stage

Hand-woven rugs even d a y arc Irndr maar impoMnf product 11 r matter of fact many of rhc modern rnrpm now made in the United States arc woven in old lrrninn dcsignr

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

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Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

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Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

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n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

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Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

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What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

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~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

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ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

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Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

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u m b c M k Y A H R

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THE - 0 S L I M I I L I E I O I

UNTIL a b w y- ago if a foreigner had attempted to cntu e marquc (Modem church) in Iran he would prob ably have btcn beaten to death md even today it k

- srfert to keep ru idy sway from mosques unlcs you are invited there by a responsible person At Jut ti- thc lrnnis were among rhe mart fanaticalof dl Moslems nnd the mullahs (prints) were the men who redly mn the country T O ~ S ~ the sitvat~onin smewhat chmnd The

wertemization sf the covouy h u greatly bwned the pomr of the mullahs so t h t although most lranir are still very devour religion is no longer the mnuolling national fmce it MF -9 YOUwill find generally speak ing t b t the mullah hold greater power in the munuy

than in thc ci t iq and that the counuy popk thermclver arc stronger in their religioua h licfs p r t i cd r ly thdr distmrr of inf~dau they rcgard my on-Mdm

At any ntc the Modem religion ir r d l a force dl over the country ro that you rhould

n~ about i t in order m nvoid

Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

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N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

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h

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heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

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W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

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Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

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h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

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arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

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ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

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Followers of the M o h religion believe in onc God Allah and obey the teachings of his prophet Mobmmcd Thcy follow the mligious pmcru which are set fonh in their sacred boamp the Kbran Mort Morluns are v u y sonwicntiov~ about ampserving carefully the ruler of thdr religion Hem are the fivc most important rulu

I Marlems are forbidden to ear pork To thun the pig is en unclean animal They also belicvc dogs r e unclean Ncvcr offer pork to r Morlm and if you have a mawa dog be avrc to keep him away h m d Morlemr and crpccially fmm maquer

2 The Maslcm is forbidden to drink my kind of fermented or diiilled liquor Dont offer him n drink or Ict h ~ m see you drunk T o do either will offend hir reliiow principles

3 The gmd Modem prays fivc rime a day facing rhc holy city M e p in Arabia kneeling and bowing to the ground no mrncr where he happens to be when the dlm prayer comes If he rtaru doing this in ymr pr-CC mspm his religious sincerity Do not laugh bur look the other m y until he has finished

4 The Mmlm day of r a t is Friday You will find dmmt all pacer of bushes closed

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

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N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

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w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

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5 One month during eech y a r all M d m s observe the fast of Ramadan During that time thcy do not cat drink or amokc b s w k runrire and sunwt although thcy may rtzy up ell night ro make up for it This m- that thcy are ofen irritlblc at thisseasen Y) make allownncn la 1943 R a m d m (Ramazm in Inn ) will begin a b u t Scptcmber I and last until about October I

Mmt of thc Irrnis Momg to the Sbia serr of the Morlm religion which differs in xnne of iu beliefs ampom the Sunni to which morr of the Md-r of orhcr urun-u i a bclong This probably wnr make m k h diLruve in your rdarions with the lrrnis bur it mi ht mmc in handy to know about it In the past the S i n i and thc Shia senr have fought hlmdy and hirvr wnra over their religions dSercnccr

In addition to Rnmnbn (Ramnzan) which bath the Sh~a a d Sunni rccts observe the Shim in Iran havs a week of mavrning d l c d Moharrm even more importlot to them than Runadm During that wcek the Shipr ( mourn three dercendantn of the Prophet Moh-cd w h m h h s in a quarrd over the suecession to Mc- hammed as Caliph of the Mmlcm religion brought abbot the split betw- the nvo wru During the week of Moharrem it is a good i d o to he u ~ i r l l ycareful in

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

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N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

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oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

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W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

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Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

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n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

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Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

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What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

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ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

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your dealings with the Imnir F d n g runs high at lhar time and in the p s t many blmdy lights L v c aurrmd between the Shia Ma~lcms Sunnk and nonbeliever

While M c m is the holy city of all Moslems the Shia sect in Iran have r holy city of their own-Meshed in eastern Iran ncu the Afghan border Pilgrim fmm India and Afghanistan visit the city yearly worrhipprng at the grcnt golden molque W i a t in Iran Meshed is s b the center of education for the mullahr the rcligioua Icndezs

In addxtion to the Modem them are dm in I n n small groups of Christians Icm and a very ancient religious group the Zoroastrians All thcx religions nrc q-o ixd officially a kcr which rhowr that the average in-habitant has a kind of broad rolermm Respect his d i - gion and hell respect yourn Thrr k i t 1W d e at all timer So if romcbady cakes you to visit a Modem mosqvc (and that is the only safe wry to go) dont laugh or think it funny that thc Morlmr keep their hats on in church hut ukc their ah- of Thcy would think our custom just P( odd but would probably bc too polite to my m

IRA CUSTOM A MAtI

POLITENESSas r matter of fact is one of thc firrt things youll notice when you begin to maer the Iradr Their language is onc of the mar amperg in the world

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

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N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

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W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

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h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

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nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

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Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

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and one of the rxhm m plttc p h n w They nre dw very csmom- There u no backalappmg or rough- I

h w g And they dont know n thmg abu t bxmg or fighung w~th thnr Bsrr If you should happn to 1- 4-y o u DmpCr and knock an lrsm down your outfit would unmcdqnly get n bad repumaon to say nothmg of the fact that )PU mtght ruo mnto a mcrJ of trouble m w n c r

lam Persod d~gmtya very ~mprtnntta an 1-1 It IS n p m t to be kept m mmd Thc DINamp e-y of Iramr my be n ba mlslldmg somctuncr Often you wdl ftnd that the Iran19you mawrll agree with you no mamr what you ray or d tell you what they thnnk d please you nth- than what you redly wdnt to know I

AoMher thmg mom of the pcopk are enmnely con-xmr of them long bmory and thur culture and they behew that I- s vruquc among d the DnUMI of the world Thcrc nr an old anymg m I- Hathc Wmld u )Idahan lrfnhmwar o m o m of the hsmmt beauufulutzr nnywhercand I- bel~evedthat ~f fmkdl the rest ofamp $ world to e q u ~a ~ e ~ m g wenstso the kmrr p h ~ y Q belleve nns boasur you do about lourown sounay I

h t h e r thxng ltknow m ccmmemm mth m n e r s u that the Mmlun 19 very madclf about a p m g bbody m thep m m of orhcrs Runember thu andw a d oampnding hir ruucofwhat lapmpr and mnnmu~

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

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N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

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heed

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W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

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arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

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h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

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I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

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nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

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Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

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11CMly l h Irani mo t v e q pmpcrous mdsy but cvcn ro they are known for their hapidiry and

in the citicr the m d i cntcn thc runt wry u in the United States There arc tabla chairs phtu and rilverwam

In the pmrcr home however and in the country the old c u m am followed The h r t thing to do ir to watch your hmt and do as hc docs You probably wodt pc thc women of the family at all You will i t c-lcggcd on the Bmr aod cat with your fingers from a way in the centamp Ea only wrd your +Ihond cvsn if you arc a oouthpaw This is a stria custom Donr cat rwmuch h u e what is ldt is for the wqlen and child-

Whcn y m knvc you will h expccrcd to rhnlic hands But do this gently The lrnnis do not have a v M i k c grip or pump the h a d up and down If you want to rmLca gift to your hat romc American cigarctresor aomc fonn of JMCU will h appreciated Better still send them dong to him later

When you arc in an lrnni home dont h tw mthushii abut admiring wrme pdticulsr objca Out of muney your host might feel obliged to give it to youIf an 1-

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

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h

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oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

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W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

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m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

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n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

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h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

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~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

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ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

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A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

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Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

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mnks you a gift the proper thing to do is to give himone of c q u l value in return 1

often in n home or even in shop you will koffered 7 mffceor tuIf you dont went my you may rcfux Bur if you rake onecup or glruyau will be expected to driamp PI lean two and p r i b ly thmTo stop at less once you haye rmrtcd is urnridcd rude Butdo nottaker founhltmry be ampred but you arc expected to rcfure it Often the third cup or glass is considered a signal that your visit is at m end and it is time fm you to punlnr you arc quancced io the houw

f iInnl Waolsn The paition of wancn in I- is far more advanced than in many Moslem cow-tries In the cities the veil has dirapparcd h a t entirely except on dder women and European

dreu is bccoming the rule Howcver yon will find that you canna do in I a n rr yon would at

home You adnor pick up or amptc nn r an i girl You mu wait for a f a d inmoducrion Even then most Irani girls do nn yet have the hcial life that we ~ T Cuuuyomcd to In m r homes you will find that the be-mon or fmm part of thchousz ismewed formen while the women are in the andismn or back part of the hme where no man is dowed to cnviorcven Imk in

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

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h

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heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

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m m h

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W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

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m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

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n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

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h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

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nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

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Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

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Ocqariodly you will see Irani men and women together in public bur most wwial life is nil1 for men only You will never m a man and woman walking rm in arm On the other hand v w will freauentlv we men walkine hand in hand Donr let this give you any funny i d n r abut them It ir simply rhc way of cxpru~ing friendship

Any approach you might make to an l n n i woman either in the country or the city would be svrc to be resented and would nurc almost ccrtrin trouble So keep your dinmnce Dont make pares Dont even aarc at thc women To do this would only ltsure trouble and my- way it wmt get YOU mywhere

Bargaininamp Mort tradcnmcn have stalls in the bamarr which you will find in all the cities and bargaining ir a great national pastime You will have to bargain tor almost cvcryrhing you buy The price first quaccd is always higher than you should pay A little g d - n a m e d American horw trading will p the price d a u o any-whcrc from r third to two-thirds However you must c x p r m pay morc for t h i n e than rhc lnnir do As an Anvriun aoldter you are p i d as much in a month as many nativcr earn in half n year or morc and they will think it only fair that you should pay higher price

lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

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[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

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heed

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W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

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arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

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nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

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Dl sad

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lam Them u really no smgglc language m Irm 1 The k n p g e you wdl hear mll amp p d on the put of the country you are m Io the north m y of the pople $perk r form of Turkzsh Near the Puuvl Gulf m the south you wdl hca~ b b r c Thuc am nummu other I n n p g n md dmlects and many of the eduutcd Inn ampJuna s p k F m h md Engluh However the o amp d 1sngulgc of the munq 3s known aa Fa- or more commonly Persrm and rmrly all Iranlr understand aomc of rt Smdy the Farsee words and phr- ni the end of thxr guxde and u e t h md you wxll be able ra gn dongYou should prtlcdrrly learn aamc of rhc most c m

mon phte phr- of grmmg prnng nc such la

raLAH-nun o U Y kum (Peace be on you) wbch u u3~dm H A H ~ ~ Zm u g KHOO-A (cod be your ~ m -4 -or) wbch u uld when nkrng leave of someone qbu MIUlr (In the name of God) whlch u mad befolr cpug and mem-NOON- whlch u one of the many ways of uyrng Thmk you Rununbu agaro your cue u to be polite but OM 5

~ l v i aPd lnuaawnb Except m Tchcrm you wont

find movru or hM r p n s md youll depend on what

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

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[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

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w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

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nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

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sporu equipment your outfit brings with it for nmure- mcnr There i s however gmd hunting and m e fuhing Iran has plcnty of quail snipe and wmdcak and youll find wild boar in some rmionr If you arc out after rhc latter dont make the mistake of blasting sway rt h i with nn ordinary rhor gun Thc b u l k will hmnce off his tough hide and MU probably run you all thc wry back to u m p i f you can keep nhnd of him

Another favorin sport is chasing k r d l c in r jeep Thc main dikultculty ir lo catch up with thunfor the pile is dmmt as rwifr and shifty as our own western ante-lope Also youd bcncr watch out for c h d hok during the chnw

The Iranir h e a w d and andent way d arching ducks worth trying Youll need a Large Bashlight n pce of net rigged likc a bvttcrEy act a dishpan and r dub Plant yourmlf in rhc r e amp ar night rurn on the Bsh-light bang on the dishpan with your dub and w p up the duck in the net when he flies down at the light Its not 1s easy 18 it a n d l and m m fua than banging swng with n gun

L I Y D O 1 1 1

T H E kindom of Irnn m u p i e thc -ern rwwhirdr of the great Iranian platnu that r m h c s rcmr routharetern Asin from the Indus Riwr in India to the Tigris in Imq

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

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Iran iuelf extends mughly 6w miles fmm the Caspian Sea on the north to the Pcrrinn Gulf on the m t h a b u t goo mile fmm Afghanistan and Baluchisrnn on the cast to Turltcv and lraa on the west It has an a m caual ro a b u t onefifth that of the United Sraterd28ooo square mule+ with a population a b u t onetcnrh a great as ours

Mon of the country is tahlelmd nnging in elevation fmm 3 o ~to 8000 feet abvc aea Icud but there am two amar of m a d lowlands The one along the shores of the PCamp Gulf is n dcwrt with very hot dry winds The other bordering the Carpian Sea is hot and wet with rropiul jungles where there arc tigers to be hunted At the of the tableland arc n n g u of mountains which resemble our Rockies To cross there mountaim the Trans-Iranian Railway mquimr 124 tunnel and gloz bridges in h e cows of its ampo milcr from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea

The grcatcr part of thc tnblcland where most of the pee-plc live ir dcrerr-much like the drier regions of western Unircd Stater In the summer rhc muntryridc ir brown and derolau and in the eastern part u c such areas aa the Darht-i-Kavir (salt dcsr t ) and the Lut Ducrt which are

barren Very few people l i x in this cartern part of the tableland T h o s who do make their living a shep hcrdr In the western portion there rm mountain nnges

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

90

I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

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W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

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arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

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h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

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and high valleys Here wherever water is avrilablethere is irrigation farming much like that practiced in Utah and Nrvrls--

The large cities arc located in the irrigated sptr Teheran the capitalhas a ppulation of morethan 3oomo Tabriz in the northwest corner has abovt 2mooo p p l c Irfahan in the wcarcrn mountains rwooo Merhcdin the cartern mountainr 1 4 o o ~ and Rcrhr on the reiny Car pian coast about gowo Some of thew cities arc very inter-esting for rhcir architccrurc and pcoplc while Teheran is modern in many rcrpccrr though you WBU not find the kind of cntcrtarnmenrto which you are accurrorned at home The climate of Iran is healthful except in rhc a s p i a n

lowlands whem malarial m o s q ~ ~ t ~ s arc a danger ODthe tableland the weeher m m b l u that of low Nebmska and the Dakotaa though there ir less rainfall In winter rcnlperaruru are low although they aeldorn drop M o w uro In Jummcr they avcmgc bcrwccn 70 and 90 degrees sometimer rar ing abavc ~wOn the tabllmd even when the day am hot bc prepared for sudden d m p in tcmpcra-rurc after the run gocr down

Evcrywhcrc ucept along the northern -st rainfall ir ronry On the rssccrn tableland the rnio ddom exceeds cighr inchu annually and the wcrrcrn tableland averages rg incher-abaut t h e m e as If LnkcCicy

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

29

alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

27

wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

20

beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

90

I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

31

1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

35

I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

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heed

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h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

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arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

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h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

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ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

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W l S T D l l l AND C O V I l Y l L N T

T W O THOUSAND five hundred yean aeo Iran then Perria was the military nation of the world C y w the Great the first of r series of mldier king csmhlirhcd an empire that included the whale of thc Middle East fmm lndla to rhc Med~urraneaa and from the Caucms b p to the Ind~an Ocean

In chow early years as a world empire Iran war or-ganized for total war According to military hirmrirns it war the hnr nation to mt up a system of univcraal mili- tar service Bovs of five beran trainins in the use of a m and at thc age of 15 cntered into a Fyear period of advanced training After thrr they wcrc rerervirrr liable for militnry duty when needed until they reached the age of 50

The Persians were also believed to have been rhc hnt m employ 1 4 e r r on a large ale to increase the fu power of rhcir forces And they developed this arm fur-ther by puning rhc bowmen on honcbark

Darius rhc First gr~ndranof Cyrus war m u d par- ticularly for his atrcnrion to rhc prohlcmr of supply One of his major work war the conruucrion of a vast net-work of military rmdr cvcr which umps and rvppliu could be rnnrputed to any threatened pan of thc on-pirc He alro crrablirhcd an empire-wide rprcm of mm-

29

alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

27

wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

20

beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

90

I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

31

1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

35

I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

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- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

10

Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

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h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

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~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

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nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

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m a T E

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A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

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Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

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alunicarioll by mounted carriers-not unlike thc famow

In 33 B Cthe Iranian Empire was finally over-duown by Alexander the Grcnt at the Battle of Arbela With about qwo men hc defeated more than a mil-

Pcrrianr uxd clephanu probably ihc fin1 time in hirwry r h ~ t they appeared on a battlefield as offeosim -pons rhcir tncrical employment being quite like that of the rnnk in wdays wzrfarc

It tmk 500 years for Ican w make r comehack as a nation Then under Ardashk a tribal chief the pmplc rnconquercd much of their old empire in the Middle East and again dmve into Indla For thcncxt 4w yarr the Perrhns were constantly at wac kh t i ng about 15 major wan with the Roman Empire a d numerous smaller ~ u rwith the Whirc Hvns the A d s the Turks and the Khazarr

In the 11th century Inn dong with orhcr countries suffered one of the worst blitzkriegs in history Hordcs of Monzol horsemen caolbls of tnvcline So miles a b v or xwo mile a month swept out of the East dcsuby-ing everything in their p t h At Mcrv a city in the north- wcstcrn p r t of the empire p4wo p p l c were killed Ar Nirhnpur all things living cvcn the mimalr were

27

wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

20

beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

90

I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

31

1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

35

I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

10

Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

41

Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

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What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

4

ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

U

u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

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~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

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wipcd our and the city war Icvclcd For the next roo van the counrrv-what there war left of it-was mled by rhc dcwcndanfs of rhc Mongol conqueror

Split rnro small narcs and dommnarcd by forcmgn ruler for ~cvoal hundred years Pcra~a armc again m the 16th century undcr the Safavid kings the of which war Shah Abbar Partially undcr the heel of Turkey whose military power wnr nearly at i u hcighr Shah Ahbas began the rmrganization of the P u ~ i l n A m y which wrs then composed almost cxdusively of light cavalry Wirh the help of two Rritish soldier-advcnrurera thc Shidcys n wellsquipped army of cavalry infantry and anillcry divisions war created In lu fim major trid the new army met and dcfcared 1 ~upcrior Tvrkih km iqRicting mom than 20ooo carualticr

From the 17thcentury on the history of I n n was onc of increasing foreign influence with England and Russia the predominant nations Wars and internal strife were almmt ~nccrrantx that by rhc time the First World War bmkc out I nn war slmmt i nn ststc of anarchy During the war thc Rritish Rusimr and Tvrkl mvpicd prtr of the country In 1921 a new Icadc~ R- Khan arose an oampr in the famous b a c k Division her to be-come Shah Under his lcadcnhip many s tep t-rd modeiniution of the country wem ampen In A u p t

2)

h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

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1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

35

I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

10

Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

41

Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

ydPI

What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

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ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

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4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

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ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

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Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

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C l b M A H H4S1I

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h Today Iran is n constitutional momrrh~ with a Shah

and r prliamcnt which is elected evuy 2 years Iranian politics are in a m c w h a t dcl~czrc rratc due to the war simaion so it ir imponant that you avoid any crprcuion of opinion on polaka1 masers

S A l l T A m l COWDIT IONS

YOU will find few of the sanitary precautions which you rake for ganrcd nr home Even in thc apital Teheran which the Iranians mnrldcr the mon bcautifd capital in rhc world and which has wide mar and modern build- inp you will find no wnud water supply and no serverage system

In thc cities m a r of rhc tc~lctrarc crude outhouws In the villagu ampltreare not even these and you will have lo p r uud u relieving ymrwlf outdoan ar my con-venient uld scclvded spot In both the cirin m d the country you will have to carry youiown supply of toilet

PPBeaure of the lack of swage dirporal yo0 must never

drink y a ha her nor brrn BoilcS The open irriptian ditches =re so full of germs it is na even safe to wash in ampem The k t drink is hot tea Ires (shcr-

20

beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

90

I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

31

1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

35

I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

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an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

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oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

10

Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

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Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

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What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

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~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

4

ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

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u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

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Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

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HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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beta) nm no ufer than the water from ahrch thq srs made and m gncral should k rvo~ded

Wma rr curled by morqulmcr and masqurw nets am a n ~ s s ~ f y are Thewherever thcrc t n r a s f o u d nar d l also hdp to protect you from Jcorptona whrd ldoL a ba like cnyfuh and whrch have n pznful and wmermu dangemur amg They lrkc to rlccp xn shoe lo be sure w shamp youn out m the morning kforc you pub them on Shnrcdp and cyc d l r a m are common 90 p r m a l

d-lmcs rr vup tmportnnr Be urcful tm never w rub your cycr Vcnucd diacase IS prcvalcnt Dodt take chuleesl

T h e are some generalhealth hmm Yourmedrul and ruutnq amprs wdl glvc you more dctndcd lruuucuoru

MISCELLINEOUS I M F O R I I T I O W

EUlmMy The pnnopd unlr of currency m Inn a the nd (pronounced mAHL) It lo wonh dour three centa m Ameracan money and lo dw worth IW dznmr (DEEnai) ~ur rar the Amerncan dollar IS worth rw lten- There xr no c a n for r rlnglc dina however The mdcrc Iran m ~ n1s an dummum ar b m z ptcrc wonh five drmn Other coxnr are 10 25 50 d m a prmc6 and r 2 and 5 nd nlver colnt The offimro of your outfit

90

I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

31

1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

35

I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

10

Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

41

Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

ydPI

What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

4

ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

U

u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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I very likely make arrangemenu for you to change r money into Iranian cuncncy If you chvlge your

howcvcc barer go to a repurablc bank The rate change varies constantly and the professional money

arc quick to take advantage of yovr ignorance gc rater

l o Iran the Government and most burinur follow a calendar peculiar to Iran Their Ncw

r r Day called No Rooz is the ~ 1 s tof March There 12 months of 30 or ~r days each starting from that The lunar or mwn calendar is uacd by rcli-

us group That means that there are 13 months of drys each It also mcnns that rpcial dater will nor

bccur at the ram rime of thc year as on our calendar For instance in rgq the feast of Ramadan began =boat September 10 but in 1943thc dare fsllr amund Scptcmhr I All religious holidays arc figured by the lunar cdcn dar and thu vary from year toyer

TlmL Train xhcdulcr md government o5-r urn the I(-hour clack which ia the same as our official Army time On this c l a l r p m ordinary tims hcomer rs dclmk 6 p m IS 18 oelack I T pm ir 23 ddock m Ouside of the cities the Moslcrns are very vague about the time and gemally uw suarbe and 3-r as a rwd

31

1-them u d InfPcqtmedwnorhsvcaptda lo fmtaning bthcULtaw~chLaLqlemorr

Spcsd and haste are almost mkmmm hn0ncofauq)mm WhenmIlsoluprnavhcmerm~rhrnanhour01 How- thc Innu have ~eenl a Wbm he np mmmrd (FAR-DAH) freqwrady b m l ywm of msho and mru h m a r m the fuaur ura of lhar sun If gou run mtoIof t k you wtU -ply hrve m W ~ l a d Y l l r u n r T h r m c m r p ~ ~ n u u a d b r d l Lsmthemwkmtheumcmmer ampm c m r a m t and m g h a m I- The un of In mnl dltnmpnmsululy th hghm thc mtmr y u ~ is937 are snguc about duturanr thc mmcr amph lr-amporrhampmorrthmendourpudr Thmt M are abmt amp nq hrsc of mad duwrru thc kthmer ahamp IS r w mrra ~ 1 s L d e m y l n l e p d amp m t b w

or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

35

I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

10

Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

41

Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

ydPI

What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

4

ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

U

u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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or about fi-hthr (a Itamp over mhrlf) of M L ~of our h o c s Do not place mo much rmlcl Thr ~ ~ n fof wampt it thc +gram which cm6amprxc m n+mg they tdl pu

( sn pounds m our qm L ~ q u darc

C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

35

I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

10

Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

41

Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

ydPI

What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

4

ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

U

u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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C 1 1 1 C I L I S T O I DOS IPS D0WT

Rerpcct the lrrnir as men and ar roldicrr recognize that their way of lrfc is as right and natural for them a youn is for you

E x p t to barpin for your purchavr and always arrive ar a price bcforc accepting any gmdr or services what- m C r

Alwsya wash your hands before caring and say Bi~milldif Mmlcmr arc prcxnr

Respar the Morlcmr at pnycr Keep any dogs of your own away from mosques and

from Modem home Drink water only as hot tea or after bailing In general take your cues on manncn from rhc I r v l i ~

and remember that your mission may fail if you rmkc cncmin of rhcm

h r try to tell Innis how much bcttcr cvcryrhing b in rhc United Srarcr They think most things ue bnrcr in Iran

Dont discus religion Donr diwuu polaicr Dont cntcr mmqucs vnlcrr you arc invited and escorted

rhcrc by r Mmlem Donr offer an lrani liquor or drink it in front of h i

Dont offer en Inni pork in any fom b n murage or food -Led in lard

Dodc much or jade Irani men cvcn thms you know quite well will n n t it

Dont twcb a rnpchlMe Irni woman or even I d at one unneccrnrily

Dont rvike an Inni Donr threaten Innis use pcnuaaion cxplmmion and re

wards m gcr things done Dont c r p c your body in the presence of an Inni Dont rnirrakc courtesy for friendship an Inni is dwap

polite but he is hrndsmcnrnlly ~vrpiciou~ of forcignua Dont expect definite future commiuncnu when an lnni

rays now he means thb very hour when he rays FAR-DAH (tomorrow) he means metime m the futurc

Donr expect definite knowledge of distances fmm mun-try menthey travel little and have never lurncd nurr numbcrs (except very s d onn) with any e

Dont ridicule or criticize rhc Irnnb in English in public places Some know

English qviv as well la you do Above all lus common ~ o s con all

-ion$ And member chat cvcry American roldicr is an unofficial em basador of gmd will

WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

35

I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

10

Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

41

Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

ydPI

What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

4

ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

U

u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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WIMTS ON mowocwcwa P1ItS14M

THESE am pronuncution hints to hclp you in h i o g to the Persian language recordswhich have bccn supplied to your trmp unit They will alm help p u with the p m nunciation of sdditional words and phr- given in the vorsbulary below which arc nn indudcd in rhc records

There is nothing very dil6cult about Persian-cepr that you wont bc able to read signs and mwapapers you wiUc That ir bccau~ethc Pcrrirnr we a diffuent rilphabcr fmm ours lhreforc the insmiom and v cabulary helow arc not bared on the written Pcrdnn lan- guage but are n aimplifvd system of repruenting the language as it rouad This system mnrainr letters for d l rhc yrvnds you rnrur make to be underrood Ir docs nor contain Icrrcrs far sane of the sounds you will hear but it will give you enough to g a by on both listening and speaking The rounds of Persian Yarg fmm region to C ~ ~ D I I v a n e in pronunciation inwry much rr English this country The dialect you will hear on the records i a nathcrn dialcrt and if you follow it you will be under- rrmd almost cvcrywherr

Here uc n few simple ruler to hclp you I Arrmrr You know what the accented syllable of r

word is of course It is the syllable which ir spoken louder than the other sylbblcs in the word We

35

I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

10

Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

41

Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

ydPI

What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

4

ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

U

u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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I1 show accented (loud) syllable m cap~tlllctten and accented syllable ~nm l l letters r Yoamp Thnc arc the kxnd d aoundr we mprernt Engltsh by a r o uday etc rust follow the keg lavand you wtll have no tmublc

or A 0 in w (EXWIP~WYIIL N A me=niwm) or N1 qurL dw he in father (EumpL CHAHRmeanurL

ins Your) rn AY qml the ay in day (Elmplc a-LAH-ox

-LAY-kxn mnninz gmd b y ) or E equsud the bl in iot (Exam YEK mamp- or EE q u l r Ih ee b lzet (Example BEEST miw

~ W ~ V ) or I ~ ~ u r Ldw i bc(ElrmplcI s m i m n i n ~my

nunc 3 ) or Aw equals the au in w l n l but d i w d hbon (Er-

ample jvnS muniw Fndn~) m or 00 amps dw 00 boat (Ewnphm a - N O O N -

irs wdm WYou) or U qwl the her m w (Example kdNUM ma i8 ladun or Mu)

o or 0 qulls the o in lac iexmplpl AHBB I 0 0-0 Iw k)

3 Consaanu The mmmntr nre all thc sound that arc not vowels Pronounce t k m jurr as you know them in Englnrh All uuuonsoll ampodd h pronounced

a7

N~~~~ ~ l i ~ h r them Here arc PDW -manlt sounds to h n

h ~rndlh is~ lvnyrpmnouod ftuwlrh the h s o d Liren arrfully m Ibc h round on ~k-dl

kh ir prom-rd wko yovr amp r a t wko you b ~ o i t -lvlly for r on Ibc -rdI

g isp m m m d like t h rrccp it 3 not 3a smng nod 70 pn

h u Ilks lhc rh in r h u d Ilk= 1htd in d w c h rh is 1kc he r in uurc O I Ibc in m-re ng ilicIbcbcllolZ

L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

10

Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

41

Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

ydPI

What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

4

ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

U

u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

10

Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

41

Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

ydPI

What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

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4

ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

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u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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L LIST ST USEFUL WOIDS I W O PWIASKS

HU1E isa h of rhc morr wchrl words and phc- you w i l l need in Persian You should e m rhrsr by heart They arc the words and phrwr includcd on the Persian

gusgc recordsand a p p r here in the order rhcy acvr

C-np n -C M

[Engkh--SiirFd Pnnn Swflnpl -n - W H - nus n - Y-BXIe

M A Undcnrrnd ml --

M E E C i d Iclont uodmund-NA-me--

- H E W M E euro - man - PI- ~ p o k Ilowly-khnl-

an-NOON- her-TE W R F BE---NEED

h

Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

-YEK U V - P - ~ P D A ~ d A W + h ~ d e e i D A h M E oinmr-oorDdh f 0 v r S H A H R m m y - m f i v c P d N 1 MxaryoncBEESTltwYEK k-sHISH thVty-sEs x-HAFT t h i - t H E z ~ z c D 0 amp-heHASHT fo-heHIL n i n c N d W h fihp-wm+AHh -DAh r i x W H A S I clr-hi-DAh 8mmnJf-TdHD - I ~ ~ V ~ ~ D A ~ amp ~ ~ + ~ T A H D tbm-s -DAh n i n w - V A D bmcm- - iWrDh one hndnd4AD -Mtee-hu-DAh r l h ~ Z N I R h-hahDAh

10

Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

41

Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

ydPI

What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

4

ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

U

u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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Mltl

oum right--amp RAHST B E w rn light Id-UmT BE r M n-rrnl

I h - k CHAP 8 E - m P I - point+hd-HISX MEB r h d kw-mn niJHAHN BEamp

heed

olruraur drm in hilomeun nor mila Onr hlomnr 4d of s mil

W W J o 4 I E T R

m m h

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10

Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

41

Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

ydPI

What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

4

ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

U

u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

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ul-u

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-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

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Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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Wh lcCHEEST I want rig--MAN a-I d N CAHR MEEkbhn

W h Ib3--IN CHEEST m ur--BEampbwwm I-MAN I w a r m --MAN MEE

armen-a-GAHR 4h- B E k h l ~ ~ rntd(EEkhhrn

r-

Bnd-NAHN Milk--SHEER Prut-mceVE B a d H B - e 10 Wa-AH A 8Is d h Y E K nnLAHS Ems-TAWKH-nr MAWRGH AHamp I0 MsCCUSHT A NP ofd -YEK lAHN Poetas-SEEamp n-me-NEE CAh-VE h diWL0 A NP d tn-YEK fn-IAHN

dhEE kb-mdHEE

TOfin4 out h r n d lbiom -I yo my

Howmwh-4HAND

m w Onc -AKL-YEK Two - A W - D A W me

AHL AHL

n-What tin hl-amp-XI Ten w -Ah d - r n ~ R

CHAND M AZ YEK wxub-TE

41

Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

ydPI

What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

4

ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

U

u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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Qmmr p t f ivf iYEK RAWB AZ PAN) p w d T E

h o t y psrt W-BEPST 1 a AZ HAJT In mh T E

Hdf p t t w-SHISH-a N E W

T w n t y of npbcEEEST d r -ce amp HASHT MeE amph+-rd

arm of w ~ Y E K R A W Bbr DAW MEE-mnAd-rd

w b u t i m c C H e VAKW h e moiCeMAH mnenehi)ROO MeBrha-v-rd

N what nmr dos Ih mmu sun--CUE VAKHT m n MAH I ~ S ~ R O OMee Aamd

h e h l rp lanhJHIN h v 4 e r a KAT M E E b b -

Md What am dm dc rm

I ~ ~ X - C H E V A K H P nnS-SHIN h m - M T MEE- 4 - a d

Thy--1M-ROO2 T ~ ~ w - F A R - D A H

D b tkl SundarYEK-hSn-BP Thunda+ANI-rbn-BE Mond~yDAw-r6an -BE Prida-n-E Turrdry--SEhm-BE S a N n t y - - h - B E Wamp)cCHAH8-s4am-Beuro

ydPI

What i your n---IS-m S ~ - M H C H E E ~

M y onmc L Jamp--ISns MAN lobs M

I b r do )ou uy ublr io - DAR amp-SEE

~1641CHE MEEwrrd c d b ~ h a m ~ ~ ~k h m

4

ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

U

u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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ummlllFNl eII

nk (dr nv+r)--ru HEL IaXcDAR ah CHE

ryom (1lght)-ROO2 mn4ulYAW Icxn--ldh RAW n 6n-h amphPAHN

nva--ROOD k k h NE mow--nn(k3

x r or vask-pn GAL $lag or -r hol-woods n g r o r c ) n SHE MEYSH ME

mars- ltah R ax-ROOD ru-hf TdHB utad-RAHD

Tln

a n M A H h

m a T E

yabldampOoz

mu-

Jd ts wusul n-M a y =-4e b DAHD

A W I m Lprlnbr 2-to 1-r -her SH4hrn VAR

4

Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

U

u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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Scptemk zr m C e o k 2- h b r 21 m 21-MEhR DAY

Cdzampr n m Novemkr 21- January 21 10 Lbrvvyd -BAHN ddh-MAN

Nwrmbr n m Ircmber I- ~ ~ b r u a r yat m -b I- NI-ZIR FAND

bey (or )-+SAR h m b n d u h - H d R kotherdmhDAR m A A R D cbild-h-CHE mether-d-DAR dlvgbler (or glrl)--dukh-TAR dsw-khh-NAR f a m i l ~ - K n A H d Q E w - 4 d N Lampr l r r l rDAR

Dl sad

nn-amphZOO ycCHESHM bck-PAWSHT fmgt-n-cfwsH+ W - k D A N frnt-PAN d O O S H h d O O bnod--D4fl nacdnM4HCH or ampNEE - J A R rampdadnhHAH I s rSdHGH-r PdH dqI-PulHN mamp~-HAN l o c m e C d W S M - r PAH ~ k - m D 4 N

Yuadlunun S T A K H te KHAHB r-II KAWN blamp-TOo aow (amp p l u e ) - u ampandm I h REE

r r ~ ~

U

u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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u m b c M k Y A H R

o n d m MOO

g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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g l o u d e - K E W m ~ h I V A H R hu--t--t-LAHh undcnhin-ZPER pcndk n rkdckr rh -VNI+ NEE

ul-u

4 - K H O O B ro ld - -SAD 6nd--BdD hecCARM Xi large gxa~-AwRC +TAR smdl or lttl-kc+CHEK d-KHAWSHK nghl-RAHST ~ ~ 0 ~ i r c ~ e - R d ~ ~ I d d 4 H A P c h c l p a Z A H N rick-d-KAWSH c ~ o h - U amp ulCKHOOB or KKAWSH amplI-PAWR hungry--paumur-NE long-4r-UHZ thiy--ybNE har-frn-TAHh bbr-sYAHb h v r u s G b E N wbi--FEED h z b w B A W K red--SAWRYH dd id Femol)-PEER blu-ampBEE old (of ~ ~ ) - 4 a w b - N E c e M B T new-xo ycUoampARD y e V A H N bgh4u-LAND elcar-PAHK lo -h -TAH1 dir~--4a-SsEF d e H O D or a-MEECH -OR rhallw--COD NEEST -sDEU[ N o d - r k M A H L sL4HARGH S s v M w N O O B Wnt -GHARB

-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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-b

w ~ P K E E w b c - C H E how mny-6sd-TAH how f H H E CHADR RIH

h a m y o n c K A - ~ everytdy--HR~a

f o r 4 ~ - R A H - ) r +AZ i P D A R or TOO w

Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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Wbrt ampe is mdnyI--EV--~vz How br 8 v s e r l d r AHBE CHAND DOMe MAH- CHE GHADR R N t ~ t h z

Wbrl amps d th wk--EH Wbov bovr u mu- k-NEW KPEST

W k IS th wrrn s d ~ l -m-DEEK -m -REEN DE6 4mIAHST

-1-ampASTAR

~ I bsrcol my m o H N

HEETCHPOOL NAampampnn I )uw --MAN -

GAHR ampRAM Ism amp-AN mh-KHAIYSH

HAS-I M I an Am-AN m-

+heuroE x4Sm lam your f m d - + f A NWOS-

C l b M A H H4S1I

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