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File 3154/1912 Pt 1 ‘Turco-Persian Frontier: the position of Hawizeh’ [43r] (79/148)
The record is made up of 1 item (74 folios). It was created in 5 May 1912-30 May 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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4* Hansen Itsalf, whataver It may have fteen In its
Palm/ days, iv.s at tne ^resent time a dilapidated and squalid
sottlement of aud-built dwell ngs. THe resident popul tion at
the time of ay visit was e rtalnly not more tiian aooo souls*
SSara^SncEtwk Signs of the former more extensive settlement
are a till of aour&e plentiful, in the shape of ruined house??,
and compound walls, while numerous Imams or shrines scattered
far and ic'o in the nelghhourlng country hear evidence to its
former prosperity
m© settlement is situated on both hsnfes, hut mainly on the
left or westhanh ; of a stream from so to yards wide f.nd( in
Aprit) 4 to 5 feet deop in f$id—c2iaxm©X, wh oh flows from the
direction of ;cut Mohr Hashlm ana is said by the inhabitants
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to ?.?e the rCarrheh, tliough it can only be one of many tentacles
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of hat Ilivor*
The inhabitants say that at the present djry this stream gives a
regular How tor eight months in the year^from November to Jim©
inclusive, bat during the ren&in^lng four months it drier u > and
they are reduced for their drinudlng supply to water-holes sun£
in the bod, from irovember to <Xua© they have a regular
highway by water to huaib, na thence to *Amarah on the Tigris %
ana this accounts for the fact thsy they trade with 'Aaarah
rather than Baslri.
5. 3j|ga*-?L, 15; alios on a be ring of g degrees I?, of West froa
Kawiset^is a set tied village of the Baal Salih containing about
150 adult men nd between goo and coo souls livine in permanen t
dwell n o,built and tha tched with stout reeds fr < t tee adjacent
aarch. *>art from the produce of the oultivatlan of tee ground
in the latMdlate vicinity the inhabitants ale go in extensively
for spearing and nettin fish.
The village Is prettily situated on both banhs of a saodtxrt.
naali streea at the point where it aitara the marsh. Th.s stream.
entering fr a the north, receiv e the waters of the ffawlzeh streai^
shea flowing,but is also joined by other feeders from the North //
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Correspondence, reports and maps relating to surveys of the Turco-Persian frontier between Hawizeh [Hoveyzeh] and the Shatt-al-Arab, undertaken in May 1912 by 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox, and again in June and July 1912 by Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson and Lieutenant Henry Aloysius Bruno Digby-Beste. The surveys were carried out in order to fix the precise locations of the village of Hawizeh and the Turco-Persian border at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. The reports submitted by Cox and Wilson set out the topography of the region, its canals and rivers, populations, jurisdiction, tribal affiliations and tribal rulers. Digby-Beste’s report (ff 16-18) details the survey measurements taken between 15 June and 2 July 1912, with calculations of longitude and latitude measurements for Hawizeh.
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