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'Military Report on S. W. Persia, Volume II, Arabistan' [35v] (75/96)
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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12 The watchmen of the dep6ta such as guards, etcetera, shall all b e
ppointed by the Persian Government.
,o No one belonging to any vessel has any right whatsoever to buy, sell
mortgage, etcetera; any property from or to any Persian subject.
14 From the vessels navigating the Kaiiin to Ahwaz, for going and re
turning if a steam vessel, a tonnage of one Wn per ton and xf a sailing yes-
Bel ten’sMfe as toll and right of way will be levied. Unladen vessels shall
a half tolls. Sailing vessels under 30 tons belonging to Persian subjects
will be exempted from these dues.
15 Porters for the porterage from the landing places to the vessels and
from the vessels to the loading places shall be provided by the Persian Gov-
ernment; who will keep a register of them and supply them with a badge.
16 When a Persian subject who, with the permission of the Persian
Government has entered the service of the vessel, renders himself liable to
the law, his trial and punishment shall be conducted by the Persian represent
ative without any interference.
17. The flags flown by vessels will be regulated by the general maritime
la'w on the subject.
18. Employes of the vessels are prohibited from lending Persians gen
erally any sums of money in excess of 2 tumans, trading being excepted.
19. No friendly Government has any right whatsoever to interfere with
the depth, course, or bed of the river.
20. The number, names and employment of persons who with the per
mission of the Government are employed on the vessels of friendly Govern
ments shall be entered in the Government books and should have a Persian
passport otherwise they are not allowed to take service.
21. As this permission to the mercantile marines of friendly Govern
ments to navigate the Karun is solely for the purpose of facilitating and
stimulating trade and nothing else : this will by no means be allowed to be
made a pretext for political discussion of any sort.
22. The regulations obtaining regarding wrecks on shores generally shall
govern such cases and the salvage shall be paid to the natives of the shore.
23. Dangerous goods such as arms, etcetera, shall not be sold by the em
ployes of the vessels to Persian subjects, nomads, or tribes : if so they will
be seized and their value returned.
24. Should any vessel of a friendly power violate these regulations, if
a steamer, 600 turmyis, and if a sailing vessel 300 tumdns fine will be inflicted,
and the vessel shall be prohibited from navigation for two years.
, !_A r ote. —In case of dispute, the Persian text shall be deemed binding. ,
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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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