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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [25r] (54/212)
The record is made up of 1 volume (102 folios). It was created in 1922-1924. 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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The principal towns in Fars are :—
Shiraz .—FJevation 5 ,l()b feet, the capital of Fars, by post road
326 miles south-south-east of Isfahan and 182 miles north
east of Bushire, It is situated on the right bank of a stream
in a fertile and well-watered plain about 7 miles wide Gurrounded
by mountains. Rich gardens and vineyards exist in its vicinity.
The stream, which sometimes has a certain volume of water from
December to April, is usually drv for the rest of the year, the
water being used tor irrigation purposes. It empties itself
into the salt lake, the upper margin of which is perhaps 12 miles
from Shiraz in a south-easterly direction. Five miles south of
Shiraz the valley is separated from an extensive marsh by a
low range of hills. The city is irregularly circular in shape flanked
by semi-circular towers, rising some feet above the parapet, which
is bounded by a dry ditch. Both towers and wall are in bad
repair, the latter in some instances having fallen and filled up the
ditch so that it is quite easy to ride through the gayis. The
southern wall is in tolerable repair. The circumference of the
wall is about 4 miles, but in more recent and peaceful times the
suburbs have become enlarged so that the original outline is
no longer clearly traceable.
More than half of the enclosed area of the city is taken up
with bazaars, maiddns, the Governor’s palace, gardens, stables
and other public buildings, leaving the remaining space for
occupation by the inhabitants.
The city has 6 gates • The population is probably not
over 50,000, including about 7,000 Jews.
There are in Shiraz fifty considerable mosques, besides
many others of inferior note to a total number of fifty, eleven
colleges, fourteen bazaars, thirteen mramnsamia and fifty-six
baths. W hile the houses of Shiraz are, in general, small and
the streets narrow and filthy, the great bazaar, built by Karim
Khan and commonly called the Bazar-i-VakIJ, situated at
the north-east corner of the city, forms a distinguished exception
•to this general description. It is built .in the shape of a cross
and is about 500 yards in length by 120 yards in breadth, having
a vaulted roof 22 feet high. Local provisions of excellent quality
are obtainable, and are found in abundance. The Ark, or
citadel, in which the Governor-General of FEfs resides, is a
rectangular building about 80 yards square, with large open
spaces on three sides. The palace within is far from being an
elegant structure.
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The volume is entitled Military Report on Persia. Volume IV Part II. Fars, Gulf Ports, Yazd and Laristan. (Simla, Government of India Press, 1924). The volume was originally published in 1923.
The report contains sections on history, geography, population, climate and health, resources, military affairs, communications, and political matters. Appendices give the following information: sub-divisions of the Khamseh Arabs; sub-divisions of the Baseri; Baharlu sub-tribes; sub-divisions of the Qashqai; sub-divisions of the Mamassani; table of supplies and transport. There are also four maps (folios 100-103), entitled:
- Map accompanying Military Report on Persia Vol. IV. Part 2.
- Bushire
- The Khamseh Tribes
- Map to illustrate habitat & migrations of more important Clans (Tirehs) of Qashgai Tribes
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- 1 volume (102 folios)
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There is a table of contents on folio 6; and an index on folios 88-98.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 104; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:99v, Back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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