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'Military Report on (S.-W.) Persia, Volume V. Luristan' [30v] (65/152)
The record is made up of 1 volume (72 folios). It was created in 1912. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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46
grazing only, and are marvellously sure footed on the hills, thus
greatly adding to the rider's comfort.
A reserve supply of flour and rice for servants and muleteers
should be taken, whatever may be said to the contrary; it is difficult
if not impossible, to get a regular supply of good bread from nomads’
who only have just enough flour for themselves, and eke it out with
barley corns and millet. Of other stores the less carried the better
Kam is almost unknown from early in May till the end of October.’
If the traveller has to make a survey, and ascend hills for the purpose’
and stop here and there on the route at inconvenient points, he must
make up his mind to do whatever he wishes, disregarding totally all
protests by Lurs, who will endeavour to dissuade him by stories of
hostile tribes occupying the hill in question, and suggest that the as
cent be made the next day, which is equivalent to a postponement
to the Greek Kalends. It is_ no good attempting to conceal one’s
motives, or causing one s native surveyor, if one be attached to the
party, to masquerade as a cook or servant. By announcing frankly
one s object and intention suspicion is amply disarmed, and almost
all Lurs will readily afford any information in their power to give
They do not really object to maps being made, but do their g best
by protests and excuses to prevent the traveller from climbin* un
necessary hills, as they do not want the trouble of providing an es-
labour^ ^ ^ 136 ^ Ue3e33lfcy of such ^P^ently gratuitous
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It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Luristan [Lorestān], created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled by Lieutenant A T Wilson, Indian Army, Political Department. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1912.
It is divided into the following sections:
- general – geographical boundaries and divisions, inhabitants, general description, mountain ranges, rivers, and geology;
- system of government – revenue;
- tribal – manners and customs of Lurs, numbers, divisions, and habitat;
- communications – railways, military considerations, and telegraphs;
- climate;
- strategical considerations;
- hints to travellers;
- notes on notables of Luristān;
- Gazetteer notes on Luristān;
- commerce;
- routes – broken down into stages and incorporating comments on: the road, climate, supplies, water, fuel, transport, physical obstacles, and alternative routes;
- appendices – including a list of entries in 'Gazetteer of Persia, Volume III' superseded by this report, a glossary of common Lur words, Lur songs, and a translation of the Luristān road concession (1890).
Also includes one map on folio 73: 'LURISTĀN'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (72 folios)
- Arrangement
The item consists of a single report and an accompanying map enclosed in a pocket on the inside back cover. A contents page at the front of the volume (f 4) and index at the rear (ff 68-71) both reference the volume’s original printed pagination.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Military Report on (S.-W.) Persia, Volume V. Luristan'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:65v, 68r:72v, back-i
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