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'Military Report on S. W. Persia, Volume II, Arabistan' [35r] (74/96)
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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appendix VI.
Translation of the Kdrun River Regulations issued in 1888 by proclamation o* the
Imperial Government of Persia.
Government Proclamation.
The Persian Government in order to facilitate commerce, increase the
wealth of the country and render her lands profitable has opened the river
KarOn, subject to the following regulations, and has allowed the navigation
from Muhammareh to Ahwaz by the mercantile marine of all nations. The
vessels navigating the Karun will carry out the regulations of the Govern-
ment, which regulations should hold good for ten years without fail, after
which they will be modified according to the exigencies of circumstances.
1. The commercial steamers of merchants of friendly Governments must
not remain at the landing place nor in the river longer than necessary for the
purpose of loading, unloading, and provisioning themselves for the journey.
2. Persons whose presence is detrimental to order and who would cause
difficulties by their presence should not be taken on board the vessels: whoever
comes should be provided with a passport from his own Government, other
wise if anyone arrives without a passport it is impossible to understand
what his business may be.
3. Under no pretext whatsoever will any vessel have the right to protect
any Persian subject in any way,
4. The transport of arms is absolutely prohibited and if this rule be dis
regarded the arms will be seized.
5. No explosive goods whatsoever shall be transported.
6. Ship-owners shall not erect any buildings whatsoever such as coal
depfits, warehouses, shops, caravanserais or manufactories etcetera on the
I banks of the river.
7. For the storage of merchandise and coal, depots and warehouses as
well as landing places in sufficient quantity will be constructed on the part
of the Persian Government or Persian merchants.
8. Reasonable rates, to be paid by the ship-owners, will be fixed for the
hire of the depots and warehouses.
9. The storekeepers of the coal stores shall be Persian subjects.
10. The ships shall not proceed higher than Ahwaz.
11. For the merchandise depots a trustworthy man shall be chosen m
Persia, and another shall be chosen on the part of the whole of the ship
owners : together they shall look after the depots.
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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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