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'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars' [‎93] (128/466)

The record is made up of 1 volume (390 pages). It was created in 1885. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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Walls in Ills place» The old man, for he is now upwards of ninety years of
age, took refuge with a small body of adherents amcmg the Arabs of the
Assyrian plains, where, for some time, he baffled all the attacks of his enemies,
and lately the Iliyats, finding that they alone were the party likely to
suffer in the struggle between their rulers, and the consequent extension of the
Persian authority over them, have obliged the father and sons to be reconciled ;
and Hasan Kli^n now again governs the territory of Pusht-i-Kuh with the
power and energy of an independent prince {see page 85), When the whole of
Lur-i-Kuchak was under the dominion of the Walls, all the tribes were included,
under the general denomination of Peili, the peculiar title of Husain Khan^s clan.
At present, however, the inhabitants of Pish-Kuh do not acknowledge the name
in any way; they have a distinct classification of their own, • and the title of
Feili is applied alone to the tribes of Pusht-i-Kuh, who are under the sway of
the Waif. The maps therefore are incorrect when they describe the whole of
Lur-i-Kuchak as a a mountainous country, inhabited by the FaiK tribes/''
I found Ahmad Khan a man of agreeable manners, and far better
acquainted with the general state of Eastern politics than I could possibly have
expected. There was a tincture of bigotry, however, in his conversation,
which forcibly reminded me of his being the representative, both in family
and station, of the infamous Kalb AH Khan, who murdered for a conscientious
refusal to pronounce the halemah of Islam,* my unfortunate countrymen,
Captains Grant and Fotheringham.f The family of the Wall indeed are
notorious for their intolerant spirit; and I should recommend any European
traveller visiting the province of Pusht-i-Kuh, in order to examine its remark-
^ able antiquities, to appear in the meanest guise, and
i-KiihTribes 0 . 6 U8 ^ ^ Ve eiltire ]y among the wandering lliyat, who are
mostly Ali Ilahis, and are equally ignorant and indif
ferent on all matters of religion. In my own case, of course, I had nothing to
apprehend, as I was marching at the head of a regiment, and the rulers of
the province were anxious to propitiate the favour of the prince of Karmanshah,
in whose service I was known to be; but I saw enough on this journey, and
upon subsequent occasions, of the extreme jealousy and intolerance of the
Walls"' family, to feel assured that the attempt of an European to explore the
country in an open and undisguised character, with any less efficient support,
would be attended with the greatest danger [see pages 9 to 11 and below).
The Feilis are considered by the Bakhtians to be less civilized than
themselves; certainly their chiefs are so, and moreover they are more worthy of
trust and have their tribes in better subjection [see page 22),
Loftus thus travesties the Sag wand J tribe
Methkur's (chief of the Beni Lam) protection was valid among the
insurgent Segwendis, whose camp lay on my next day's journey. All Khan
(chief of the Sagwand) at first seemed disposed to be inhospitable, and perhaps
thought what a diversion it would be to his respected followers if he gave the
order for an onslaught on the party. His fears, or better feelings, however,
prevailed, and he feasted me that night on good wheaten bread and national
lamb. If any truth is to be placed in physiognomy, that of AK Khan
# There is no God but God, and Muhammad is his prophet.
t See Malcolm's t *ersia i Vol. II, page 4B8.
is ( ^ Ulte a ni ^ sta ^ e t0 cal l the Lurs of this or any other of the tribes savages; each man in
dividually is far advanced in the scale of civilization. That they are lawless is admitted (see
Character, page 100) •

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Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars by Major and Bt. Lieut-Col. Mark S. Bell, V.C., R.E.

Publication Details: Simla: Government Central Branch Press, 1885. Prepared in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India.

Physical Description: 3 maps in end pockets. 41 plates.

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