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'Report on Fars by Captain A T Wilson, Indian Political Department' [‎24r] (52/396)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (196 folios). It was created in 1916. 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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CHAPTER III.
The Nomad Tribes of Ears.
(1) Nomad Tribes—(2) Comparison with other tribes of S.-W. Persia—
(3) Individual tribes—Boir Ahmadi, Chehar-jRahl, Khamseh, Lashani,
Mamassani— (4) Qashqal: Habitat, numbers, customs and organization,
migrations, tribal sections, notes on sections, genealogy of Khans.
Note.— This Chapter has been compiled principally from a recent report by Mr. H. G.
Chick, Commercial Adviser to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in 1911, supple
mented by notes made by Captain A. T. W ilson, Political Department, in 1911.
The Nomad Tribes of Ears.
79. The principal nomad tribes of Pars are the Qashqal and
Khamseh tribes, the former Turks, the latter partly Arabs of mixed
origin. Of secondary importance are the Mamassani, Boir Ahmadi and
Lashani who take no part in provincial politics, but, like the others,
v indulge freely in highway robbery ; the last two-named exercising
their talent in this direction, not only in h ars, but as far afield as
the provinces, and neighbourhood of Isfahan, Kirman and Aazd.
All these tribes, whose total numbers are estimated at^ something
under 77,000 tents, are described in detail below. The role of
Khamseh and Qashqal in the politics of Ears is Touched on in the
preceding chapter on recent events m I ais, in w hit h is added a short
history of the Qashqal \ it is sufficient here to note the (auses which
have enabled the tribes to attain their present predominant position,
and to remark on some of the more important differences between
them and other tribes in South-West Persia.
80. Always lawdess, and seldom completely under the control of
^ the Central Government, the nomads of Ears were nevertheless
seldom a source of serious anxiety to the Governor-General of Ears,
until the last decade of the XIX Century. They were ill-armed,
and in consequence unable to withstand Government tioops under
proper leadership i they even furnished military forces to Govern
ment ; above all, their forces were uneducated and disunited.
81. In 1892 the late General Gordon estimated that the Qashqal
possessed 200 Martinis: by 1900 they possessed something like 2,000,
but magazine rifles were still rarities, and European firms had not
yet taken up the trade in earnest at Masqat. The tribes were
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This volume consists of a report on Fars (a province of Persia) was written by Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson, Deputy Civil Commissioner in the Indian Political Department (General Staff Branch), and was published in Simla at the Government Monotype Press. The volume is divided into subject sections.

Within the report, there are genealogical trees for some tribes and families, including: the Kashkuli Khans (folio 41), the Qashqai Ilkhanis (folio 42) and the Hashimieh family of Shiraz (folio 51).

Following the main report, there are two appendices: one relating to the approximate population of Fars and one relating to the mineral resources of Fars. The volume ends with an alphabetical index for the entire report and a map showing 'Routes in Persia'.

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1 volume (196 folios)
Arrangement

The volume opens with a contents page (folio 4). The report is then divided into subject sections (folios 5-301). Following the main report, there are two appendices (folios157-160) and an alphabetical index for the entire report (folios 161-194). The last folio is a map which is enclosed in a pocket at the back of the volume (folios 194-195). The contents and index pages use the report’s pagination system.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at a map, at the inside back cover, with 196; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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