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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [27r] (58/212)
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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and covers a considerable space. The buildings are of stone
and mortar and have an appearance of solidity and neat
ness which is wanting in mud habitations: they are also
frequently stuccoed. Many of them are fortified, possessing
parapets and loop-holes for musketeers.
The town is reckoned to contain 3,000 houses, quite one-third
of which are in ruins, imparting a desolate look to the streets,
which is rather belied by the scenes of activity in the commercial
quarter and in the crowded bazar, where some 50—60 shops are
to be found.
The situation is on the north-west side of a well-cultivated
vale on a slight rise. Palms and walnut, orange and lemon
trees are nearly the only verdure it possesses.
There is an office of the Indo-European Telegraph Depart,
ment here, open for international traffic.
The population of the town in 1019 was said to be 10,000
persons. The total population of the valley is about 20,000
souls and is well armed. They are quick-tempered and are
always fighting each other. There is a colony of 200 Jews,
chiefly engaged in the goldsmiths’ trade residing around their
synagogue on the southern edge of the tow n.
The people are proud of their orange gardens, but the oranges
are either sour or bitter. Provisions are abundant here, except
in spring, and the valley abounds in forage ; it is said to be very
healthy except in the autumn months. Water is supplied
principally from qanats. It is noteworthy that Kazarun is
the home of many muleteers engaged on the Bushire-Shlraz
road. Firewood can be procured. Warm felts, hair ropes for
draught cattle, pack saddles for draught cattle and malikis,
an easy shoe for hill-marching, form the manufactures of the
place. Blacksmiths, farriers, leather dressers «nd tent makers
are to be found here and in the vicinity Timber, called safiddr,
which is a white poplar, plane and w alnut trees are procurable.
Saltpetre is found in the neighbourhood and pow^der might be
made here with little labour. Snow is collected in the moun
tains to the north-east of the town and brought down for use in
summer. Towards the Shahpur end of the valley are rice
swamps and a large amount of rice is imported from Khuzistan
and the Mamassani district.
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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
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (102 folios)
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There is a table of contents on folio 6; and an index on folios 88-98.
- Physical characteristics
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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