'Report on a journey to Shuster, Dizful, Behbehan, and Shiraz'
IOR/L/PS/18/C38
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The record is made up of 14 folios. It was created in 24 Jan 1882. 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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The memorandum consists of a report of Walter Baring's journey from Ispahan [Eşfahān] to Shuster [Shūshtar], Dizful [Dezfūl], Behbehan [Behbehān], and Shiraz; he was accompanied on this journey by Captain H Wells, Royal Engineers, and the Assistant Superintendent of the Indian Government Telegraph. This journey took place between 27 October and 16 December 1881.
The report includes observations on local cultivation, the local economy, geography, water quality, and wild life. From time to time it also includes information on local history, political intrigues, and local tribes (especially the Bakhtyari [Bakhtiari] tribe). It also reports on the daily weather conditions and the quality of the roads being traversed.
The appendix which can be found on folios 152-153 contains the following:
- a tabular statement of the revenue of Fars (f 152);
- a list of the altitudes of principal points mentioned in the report (f 152);
- a list of the distances of the various stages between Ahwaz and Shiraz (f 152v);
- a memorandum concerning Mr Baring's observations on opium cultivation during the course of his journey (f 153).
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- 14 folios
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 140 and terminates at f 153, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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 item also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/18/C38
- Date(s)
- 24 Jan 1882 (CE, Gregorian)
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- AgricultureGeography
- Places
- ArabistanShusterDizful
- People & organisations
- Walter BaringBaḵtīārī (Tribe)
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- IOR/L/PS/18/C38
- Title
- 'Report on a journey to Shuster, Dizful, Behbehan, and Shiraz'
- Pages
- 140r:153v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence