'Military Report on (S.-W.) Persia, Volume V. Luristan'

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/10/5

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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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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  • appendices – including a list of entries in 'Gazetteer of Persia, Volume III' superseded by this report, a glossary of common Lur words, Lur songs, and a translation of the Luristān road concession (1890).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)
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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.

Physical characteristics

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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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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Archive reference
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/10/5
Former external reference(s)
P. 53 Con. No. 70 C 242 GSB

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1912 (CE, Gregorian)

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