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How to Find the Records
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Historical Background
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Coverage and Compliance
1871-1873: Mizra Hosein Khan Sepahsalar instigated reforms that led to census style data collection. ​ 1930-1940: Full census attempted and abandoned after Anglo-Soviet Invasion ​ 1956: First complete, national census. ​

Information Recorded in the Records
1871-1873: ​ 1956-2016: Most of the data contains: May include: ​
 * Names and ages of every man, woman, and child in their villages
 * List of the dead and the newborn each year
 * district and province
 * population size
 * number of households
 * mean household size
 * approximate number of migrant tribe population
 * names
 * ages
 * head of house
 * relationship to head of house