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'Military Report on S. W. Persia, Volume II, Arabistan' [‎9r] (22/96)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (44 folios). It was created in 1910. 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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; The Shaikh's relations with the Bakhtiari.-^lvi 1907 a treaty {vide
Appendix I) was signed by Shaikh Khaz'al and several of the Bakh-
tiari Khans, which promised among other things mutual friend-,
ship, and mutual assistance in case of external aggression. It re
mains to be seen how far this treaty wi 1 prove to be effective : all that
can be said is that the interests of the signatories on matters of
general policy run on parallel lines.
The Shaikh has of late years entered into cordial relations with
Shaikh Mubarak of Kiiwait, and in 1908 received very substantial
assistance from him, in the form of a large number of rifles and
cartridges on loan for use against the Bani Turiif. The object of his
entering into such close relations with Shaikh Mubarak is not clear,
but it is a factor to be reckoned with in the future. Shaikh Mubarak,
like Shaikh Ki az’al, owns much land on the Turkish bank of the
Shatt-al- ’Arab, and this gives him an excuse for paying frequent
visits to Failleh.
Relations with the Turkish Government. —The Perso-Turkish
boundary is for about 200 miles that of the Shaikh’s territories, and
the important commercial centre of Basrah is less than 20 miles from 5
Muhammareh. It is therefore natural that the Shaikh should have
more or less close relations, both political and commercial, with his *
western neighbours. Furthermore, many ’Arab tribesmen, though
Turkish subjects, acknowledge him as their chief and flock to his
standard when called upon, as in 1908. : t
On the other hand the Bam Turuf near Hawlzeh, whilst little
under the control of any central authority, are almost as closely *
allied to Turkish as to Persian Arabs as far as their tribal relation
ships are concerned ; and in case of an attempt on the part of the 1
Shaikh to enforce his authority such tribes would find a ready >
asylum in Turkish territory.
The possibility of an attack upon Muhammareh by the Turks, and
the defenceless state of that town, and of his palace at Failleh,
makes the Shaikh look with anxiety upon any measures calculated to
strengthen the hold of Turkey upon Mesopotamia, and it is not im
probable that Shaikh Mubarak’s fellow-feeling in this matter has
contributed towards cementing the friendship alluded to above.
For this reason, if for no other, the Shaikh of Muhammareh is likely
to throw himself more and more into the hands of the British Gov
ernment.
. Relations with the Sag wand. —The Shaikh of Muhammareh’s
interests extend W. of the R. Diz to, the extreme N. W. of
5 Arabistan, and it is in this direction that he comes into, contact with

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It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Arabistan [Khūzestān], created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1910.

It includes a preface by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quarter-Master General, Intelligence Branch.

It is divided into the following sections:

  • general considerations – geographical, political, and commercial;
  • military considerations – communications, supplies, transport, climate, military capacities of inhabitants, medical, and harbour reports;
  • route reports – incorporating comments on the road, climate, supplies, grazing, fuel, water, transport and physical obstacles;
  • appendices – including a table of principal tribes of Arabistan, a translation of Kārūn River Regulations, and abstracts of: the terms of an agreement between Sheikh Khaz'al and the Bakhtīārī Khāns; the Treaty of Erzeroum (1847), the Turko-Persian Boundary Agreement (England and Russia); the Boundary Agreement (Turkey and Persia); and the Nāsirī Company's Concession.

Also includes one map on folio 45: 'MAP to illustrate Military Report on S.W. PERSIA'.

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1 volume (44 folios)
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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 5) and index at the rear (ff 39-43) both reference the volume’s original printed pagination.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 46; 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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