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'Military Report on S. W. Persia, Volume II, Arabistan' [12r] (28/96)
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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MILITABY CONSIDERATIONS»
CoMMtTjNICATXONS.
Communications with the^ The case o! any army wishing
to pass through S. ^Arabistan has already been dealt with
in Part I (Bakhtiari GarmsTr), in which it has been assumed that
the objective of the force would be the Bakhtiari hills, and that the
Intervening country would be friendly. It was shown that the
Karun offers the only reliable line of communication, and that a
force of at least 5,000 men could be rapidly transported from
Muhammareh to ISTasirl and thence to Shushtar.^ Also that the
Buzleh-Ramuz route is practicable for small bodies . m autumn
Ram Hormuz could be reached direct from Muhammareh by this
route, but at other times the extent of the marshes of the Jam
rahi would prevent the use of this route. Small boats could be
used between Muhammareh and Khalfabad for baggage, the
boats being man-handled for five or six yards over the dam at
Darreh Kkazlneh*
It may be further mentioned that the ports of Ilind an and
Dllam afford a quick route from the sea to Behbehan, but other,
considerations prevent these ports from being of much military
importance for the actual landing of troops : for supplying troops
at Behbehan, however, these two ports, particularly the latter,
would be invaluable. Deh Mulla can be reached by lallams
from Hindlan. The ports of Buzleh and Ma shur are similarly
of little value for landing troops, but useful for supplying troops
at Ramuz, if for any reason the Muhammareh-Nasm-Ramuz line
is not available. Ma shur has no internal water communication,
and the three stages intervening between ^ this port and Rainuz
must be covered by pack mules, although it should be noted that
a few days' work would make an excellent road for carts, the Jar-
rahi R. ordinarily offering no obstacle. Buzleh has communi
cation by water with Khalfabad, whence it is only two short
stages to Ramuz.
Communimtions along the coast.-Fvom Muhammareh to Bas
rah and to the Gulf there is of course the Shatt-al- Arab, navi
gable by all classes of boats : also the Bahmanshn, a tidal stream
parallel to the Shatt-al-’Arab, and passable at all times by native
craft.
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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)
- 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 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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:29v, 31r:31v, 39r:44v, back-i
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