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'Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area' [‎13r] (34/150)

The record is made up of 1 volume (69 folios). It was created in 1940. 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 V.
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Lines of Communication and Transportation Facilities.
rvu™' J ' OUTLINE .—From Risra, Mohammerah
(Khorramshalir) or Abadan the recognised and onlv reliable
all-weather route to the oilfields is by river craft. At Ahwaz
transhipment is necessary owing to the rapids. Details re
garding transhipment are given under the heading “ Transfer
Points ” in this Chapter (Sec. 9 ).
Dar-i-Khazineh is the riverhead, and a light railway (via
Jembi) and metalled road to the oil-field (Masjid-i-Suleiman)
area start from there.
Fair weather unmetalled M. T. routes exist from Basra,
Mohammerah (Khorramshahr) and Abadan to Ahwaz and
thence on to Dar-i-Khazineh and across the desert to Haft
? u e1 ’ b f A tearing is necessary at or near the start over the
pnatt-el-Arab, Karun and Bahmanshir rivers.^ Details regard
ing roads are given in section fj below. During the rainy
season m the winter these routes may become impassable for
all traffic including marching troops, for varying periods,;
after light falls for two or three davs, after heavy falls for
considerably longer. Complete interruption of land movement
is, however, less frequent above Ahwaz than below. The rainy
season lasts from about November to April. Floods which
occur about every three or four years, generally in February
or March, inundate the whole country completely, causing a
cessation of all traffic for a period of a few days to three months
or more The country may become flooded as far as Dar-i-
Khazineh, but floods are less common above Ahwaz than
below.
Generally speaking, movement on the plains by road in the
winter months can, therefore, be regarded as intermittent only.
I he main roads in Masjid-i-Suleiman and Haft Kel oilfields
are all metalled and all-weather M. T. roads. In Gach Qaraguli
(Gach Saran) area all-weather roads are under development.
! o sum up : with Basra, Mohammerah (Khorramshahr)
or Abadan as base port or ports, the maintenance of a force in
the oilfields can best be carried out as follows :
(o) Base port Ahwaz. By I. W. T. on the Karun river
supplemented, in dry weather, by road.

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Military report compiled at the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and printed in Simla by The Manager, Government of India Press, 1940.

The volume begins with a preface (folio 3) in which notes on authorities consulted in compiling the report are given. The rest of the report is divided into nine chapters (I-IX), plus appendices, each covering a different subject, as follows:

  • Chapter I: General Description of the Area
  • Chapter II: Climate
  • Chapter III: Population
  • Chapter IV: Base Ports
  • Chapter V: Lines of Communication and Transportation Facilities
  • Chapter VI: Signal Communications
  • Chapter VII: Economic Resources and Supplies
  • Chapter VIII: Engineer and Ordnance Facilities
  • Chapter IX: Medical Facilities
  • Appendices

In a pocket at the back of the volume are the following maps and charts:

  • Abadan and Bawarda (map) (folio 64)
  • Naseri and Ahwaz, showing new bridge (map) (folio 65)
  • Dar-i-Khazineh (map) (folio 66)
  • Diagram of wireless communications (map) (folio 67)
  • Sketch map showing flood water, February-March 1938 (folio 68)
  • Road distance mileage chart (folio 69)
  • Comparative bridge loading table (folio 70)

One of the maps listed in the contents is missing: 'Map of A. I. O. C. [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Central and Southern areas showing oilfields, pipelines, telephone and telegraph lines'.

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1 volume (69 folios)
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There is a contents page at the front of the volume (ff 5-6) which refers to the volume's original 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 71; 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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