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'Military Report on S. W. Persia, Volume II, Arabistan' [18r] (40/96)
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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principal fuel, and fair quantities of charcoal are available in the
bazaar.
Oil. —Standard Oil Company have a depot for petroleum
in tins, but large stocks are not kept: large quantities no doubt
available at Basrah. The Concession Syndicate will in a few years
be able to provide at all events crude oil for fuel in any quantity.
Camping grounds. —On new canal 1 m. from town : good roads
could be made very easily : good water from canal: alluvial soil:
unlimited area.
Buzieh.
Roadstead. —On a creek 12 m. from the mouth of the Khor
Musa: town approachable only by baghalas of 40 tons, and
only at high water: room for about 50 in a single line in the
creek.
BanTcs of creek are muddy, and steep, alluvial plain or date groves
on either side.
Tides give about 8' water at high tide, nil at low tide.
The entrance to the Khor Buzieh is approachable via the Khor
Musa, and only by baghalas.
Landing places. —E. bank of creek available for landing stores
and troops by planks; no wharves.
Supplies.—Barley and com usually plentiful; fuel plentiful 5
fodder usually very scarce indeed.
Ma’shur.
Roadstead— The town is 3 m. N. of the landing place; there
is always 3' of water opposite the landing place, which is approach
able by baghalas only: room for about 50 in the creek without in
convenience.
Banks of creek-Muddy, steep in places: muddy alluvial plain
on either side, so boggy that it is impossible to proceed except
along a few narrow fishermen’s tracks.
Tides give 6’ to 8’ of water at high tide, 2 at low tide, but
a little more in the roadstead.
Entrance to creek.— Via Khor Muss, passable only for baghalas.
6 I. B. 15
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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'.
- Extent and format
- 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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- 'Military Report on S. W. Persia, Volume II, Arabistan'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:29v, 31r:31v, 39r:44v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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