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'Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn River' [‎8r] (20/144)

The record is made up of 1 volume (68 folios). It was created in 1909-1910. 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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CHAPTER I.
Geographical.
Boundaries.
The country dealt with in this part of the Report is that north
of the Karun under the control of the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. and Ilbegi of the Bakh-
tiari.
Taking off from the Karun at Kaleh-i-Rustam and Kaleh-i-
Dukhtar, 4 miles north of Gotwand, the approximate boundary runs
along the foot of the hills north-west to the point at which the Diz
emerges from the hills, whence for at least some distance up its course
its left bank forms the western boundary of the Bakhtiari country.
The foot-hills in this south-west comer are occupied by certain
Lang tribes who migrate in summer to the neighbourhood of Chehil
Chashmeh on the left bank of the Zindeh Rud opposite Wargun.
Somewhat questionable, however, is the assertion that some Bakhtiari
will be found to make, that the west branch of the Diz, in its upper
course, forms their western boundary. When visited by Sawyer
in 1889, Baznawi and Makhadi on the eastern branch of the Diz,
were in the hands of LvristanLi rs and it is probable that the real
boundary keeps along th's branch, but a few miles to the east of it,
the valley itself rema ning in the hands of Luristan tribes.
Between Faraidan and the lower end of the Silakhur Valley,
at the head of which Burfvjird stands, is a tract known as Japilak,
occupied by Chekar Lang Bakhtiari, whose chief, the Shahab-ul-
Lashkar, pays revenue to the Governor of Bumjird, but also pays the
Bakht'ari Khans for certain graz’ng r'ghts which might be assumed
to pertain to lands falling within their jurisdiction.
On the north, the boundary follows the general trend of the
mountain ranges, whilst lying sufficiently to the south to exclude
Khomrai, Khonsar and Gulpaigan.
Further to the south-east it excludes the district of Faraidan,
and traverses the Zindeh Rud between Ckadigun and Bard-i-Shlr
so as to exclude the latter, and passing onwards to include Binn and
Samun.
The next fixed point is the Gardan-i-Rukh and the pass north
of Kavarukh, where the Bakhtiari boundary marches with that of
the Isfahan District. Continuing in roughly the same direction,
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It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn River, 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 by Lieutenant A T Wilson, 32nd Sikh Pioneers. 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:

  • geographical – boundaries, mountain ranges, rivers, lakes, and geology;
  • general – Bakhtiāri levies, bridge constructions, and revenue;
  • tribal – history, organisation, numbers, customs, land ownership, and taxation;
  • communications – via various routes, condition of tracks, and construction of a cart road;
  • climate;
  • strategical - possibility of collision with Russia and intervention by Great Britain, comparison of routes, recommendations, and composition of force;
  • routes – broken down into stages and incorporating comments on the road, climate, transport, fuel, supplies, water, grazing, and physical obstacles;
  • appendices – including documents relating to the Ahwāz-Isfahān road, tables of tribal sub-divisions and strength of the Haft Lang and the Chehār Lang, and biographical notices of certain Bakhtiāri Khāns by David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, British Consul, Ahwāz [Ahvāz].

Also includes five maps:

  • folio 65: 'SKELETON MAP OF BAKHTIĀRI COUNTRY Showing routes and chief rivers';
  • folio 66: 'SECTION FROM 'ALWĀNĪYEH ('ARABISTĀN) TO KHARĀJĪ THE LYNCH ROAD, ROUTE NO. I. AHWĀZ TO ISFAHĀN';
  • folio 67: 'ISFAHĀN—DEH KURD—'ALĪ KŪH—CHARĪ—BĀZUFT—CHILAU' and 'ISFAHĀN—URŪJĀN—ARDAL—GURĀB—BĀZUFT—CHILAU';
  • folio 68: 'FARAIDAN—TANG-I-GAZĪ—GIL-I-SHĀH—BĀZUFT—CHILAU' and 'FARAIDAN—TANG-I-GAZĪ—PAMBAKĀL—BĀZUFT—CHILAU';
  • folio 69: 'BURBARŪD—KALEH HUMA—MAKHADĪ—BĀZNAWĪ—PUL-I-SHĪRAK—PUL-I-KUL—DIZFŪL' and 'FARAIDAN—TANG-I-GAZĪ—GALA GĀO—PĪR SAIYID—BĀZNAWĪ—PUL-I-KUL—DIZFŪL'.
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1 volume (68 folios)
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The item consists of a single report with five accompanying maps 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 61-63) 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 70; 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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