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'Military Report on S.-W. Persia, Vol. I. Bakhtiari Garmsir' [‎34v] (73/168)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (80 folios). It was created in 1909. 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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56
Route No. 1—con/i.
JPW.—Plentiful only at stages 6 . 6 and 7.
Transport .—Camels used on the road in small numbers. Mules and donkeys very
largely used. Caravans of 200 animals not uncommon. A day’s barley usually kept in band,
but bhusa is rarely loaded. Mules are hired at rates varying from 2| to 4 krdns per mule
per day. Camels at 3 to 5 krdns. See Appendix II for Eoad Statistics. Shoeing can be
done sometimes at Ahwaz and Ramuz, and usually at Shush tar, but it would be necessary
to bring out nalbands and horse shoes, etc., sufficient for all the horses of the force. The
usual Persian shoe can be obtained in the above towns for the use of mules : it is well
suited for horses in the hill country also, but the large size required by Indian horses is
not easy to procure in any quantity.
Purchase of large numbers of animals would be difficult to arrange, and it would be
found best to hire the animals, and permit the owners to make their own arrangements
as to feeding, etc., as far as possible. Caravans march by day in winter, mainly by night
in summer.-
Donkeys are usually given 21b, mules 61b barley per diem when in full work.
Bhusa ad lib to mules, and a certain quantity to donkeys, to supplement poor grazing.
Mules are seldom grazed except in April and May.
Physical obstacles .—No repairs could fit the track for wheels. Fit throughout for
pack animals, but stages 3 and 5 would require repair if in regular use by an army. Each
stage would occupy a Pioneer regiment for not less than a week. No blasting: local
labour the worst in the world, expensive and scarce. Very few tools available, and would
have to be supplied from the field park.
Alternative stages .—Raghaiweh near Salmieh.
Qalgah, near Chashmeh-i-Raughanl.
Bagh Malik and neighbourhood, near ’Aala Khfirshid.
Miscellaneous .—A reliable map of this route was made in 1899—1902 by Mr. A. B.
Taylor of Messrs. Lynch on the scale of 1 inch==l mile. Copies in possession of
Intelligence Branch and His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Ahwaz.
Camping grounds are easy to find anywhere in the district at any of the stages
mentioned in this and other routes, and should cause no difficulty to a force of 2,000 men.
Names of stages.
Umm-ul-Ghaeai
Distances.
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22
General direction north-east. Leaving Nasir!
follow Shushtar telegraph wire northwards
across level barren plain liable to inundation
and almost impassable when in this condition
for pack transport, quite so for carts. The Ramuz telegraph wire diverges east at 1 mile.
At 5 miles pass Graneh, | mile west of road, on east bank of Katun. At 16 miles pass Wais
(q. v.\ a good halting place: supplies plentiful. Road now turns east to Umm-ul-
Gharaibeh, reached at 22 miles, an ’Arab camp near shallow wells, distinguished from afar
by a solitary large kanar tree. Water at all times from wells, but scarce in summer:
supplies scanty.
(Note. — In dry weather mules, not carts, move direct across the plain to this camp,
a good track about 1 mile shorter.) . .

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It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Bakhtiari Garmsir [Bakhtīārī], 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, 1909.

It includes: a preface by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quarter-Master General, Intelligence Branch; an account of the tribal and political aspect of the district by the British Consul for Arabistan [Khūzestān], David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer; and a note on medical matters by Dr M Y Young of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited.

It is divided into the following sections:

  • general – geographical, geological, zoological, tribal, strategical, archaeological, and linguistic;
  • military – climate, supplies, transport, communications, and medical;
  • route reports - compiled in 1908 covering the whole area with a network of known tracks;
  • Gazetteer notes – geographical information;
  • appendices – including a statement of resources in the district, traffic returns, reports on the carrying capacity of steamers on the Kārūn and the tramway at Nasiri, genealogical trees, and a note on the operations of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.

Also includes one map on folio 81: 'MAP to illustrate Military Report on S.W. PERSIA'.

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1 volume (80 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 4) and index at the rear (ff 72-79) 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 82; 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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