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'Military report on Arabistan (Area no 13)' [53] (68/364)
The record is made up of 1 volume (178 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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(c) Adminisiration. —The town being now the property of
the Bakhtiari khans is entirely controlled by them or their
agents. Three years ago a certain amount of revenue was paid
to 'Arabistan but the town and district is gradually cutting itself
more and more away from 'Arabistan and ruled by the Bakhtiari,
who own much property in the neighbourhood as well as the
town itself. The present chief, Azizullah Khan, is strict but
does not tyrannise the people. No alcoholic drinking nor
prostitutes are allowed and only 1 opium smoking den. As
however in most native villages there is no attempt at sanita
tion.
(7) MUHAMMARAH.—L at . 30'25-40. L ong . 48-1M3.
(a) General Description. —The capital and most important
town of Southern 'Arabistan, and it may be described as the
sole seaport and entrepot of foreign trade in all 'Arabistan.
Muhammarah stands on the right or north bank of the
Haffar canal, a continuation of the Karun river. The native
houses begin some miles above the confluence of the Haffar
and the Shatt-al-'Arab, and the frontage of the town extends
upwards from that point, between which and the Shatt-al-
'Arab are the new offices and bungalows of the Anglo-Persian Oil
Company. The town stands on alluvial soil, and the bank of the
canal, which would be otherwise subject to erosion, is protected
within the limits of the town by revetments of date logs laid
horizontally, and forming quays and wharves. Muhammarah
is shut in upon its upper side by the date plantations of Nahr
Slyab; on its lower side by those of H zan. These groves,
however, are only J mile deep, and behind the town is an open,
treeless desert stretching away into the interior, no high ground
being within sight of Muhammarah. This country is bounded
on the east by the river Karun, on the west by the Shatt-al-
'Arab, and the south by the Haffar canal. The town, which is
constantly increasing in size consists at present of about 1,500
houses. Upon the river are some fine modern buildings ; among
the most conspicuous are the offices and residential houses of
the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and the palatial mansion of
Haji Muhammad 'Ali, Rais-ut-Tujjar. There are 8 mosques,
3 public baths and 4 main bazaars, the Shaikh Khaza'l bazaar,
which was widened and improved in 1921, the Suq-al-Shatt,
Suq-al-Bedah {i.e., piece goods), and the Suq-al-Khadarah (meat
bazaar). The town itself is divided into 4 quarters, Seef
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Military report on Arabistan [Khuzestan] province, compiled by Air Headquarters, Iraq, and printed in 1924 (Simla: Government of India Press).
The report is organised into nine chapters (with subsections), each covering a different subject, plus appendices, as follows:
Chapter I - History (General; Ancient; Modern; Political Attitude).
Chapter II - Geography (Boundaries; Area; General description; Altitude; Mountains; Rivers (Navigable); Other Rivers and Fords; Towns; Villages; Tracts of land; Islands; Fortified places; Political divisions).
Chapter III - Climate (General; Temperature; Winds; Rainfall; Mirage; General Medical and Sanitary Conditions; Chief diseases; Conditions affecting Aviation; Conditions affecting Operations).
Chapter IV - Economic Resources (General; Labour; Agriculture; Livestock; Manufactures; Power; Commerce; Customs; Banking; Revenue; Tables A, B and C).
Chapter V - Ethnography (General; Population; Races; Religions; Languages).
Chapter VI - Tribes (General; Armed Forces; Tribes in relation to possible centres of disturbance; Political Attitude; Military Considerations; Tribal Action; Punitive Measures; Recapitulation; Tribal Lists (separate index in alphabetical order)).
Chapter VII - Personalities (General; Personalities (in alphabetical order); Index to Personalities (in alphabetical order)).
Chapter VIII - Communications (General; Communication with the sea; Inland Water; Methods of travelling; Railways; Telegraphs and Telephones; Postal; Aerodromes; Possible aerodromes; Wireless Communication; Visual Communication; Principal Routes).
Chapter IX - Administration (General; Government Establishments; Northern Province; Southern Province).
Appendices: A. Bibliographical Notes; B. Weights and Measures, Coinage and Time; C. Glossary of Topographical Terms; D. Karun River Regulations; E. Concession granted to the 'Nasiri Company'; F. Customs Schedule; G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company [APOC].
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- 1 volume (178 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a table of contents at the beginning (folios 4-5) of the volume, with numbers referring to printed pagination. At the back (folios 171-177) there is an index, arranged alphabetically, with numbers also referring to printed pagination.
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Foliation: the sequence is circled in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 180.
Pagination: there is also an original printed pagination sequence.
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