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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [‎29r] (62/470)

The record is made up of 1 volume (231 folios). It was created in 1885. 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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37
Tliore is seldom any bad weather after the middle of this month.
May —The weather getting hot in this month. It is generally fine ;
moderate shamdh frequent; bad squalls have been experienced, but are
The following table shows the average range of Fahrenheit’s thermometer
in each month on boardship from observations extending over 4 years. On
shore the range would be more considerable. As the observations were spread
over the whole sea, the temperature in the northern half would be some degrees
lower, and in the southern higher, than this average :
Month.
Average
maximum,
4 V. M.
Average
minimum,
4 A. M.
Month.
Average
maximum,
4 P. M.
Average
minimum,
4. A. M.
o
o
o
o
January
69
65
July
89
February
67
63
A ugust
94
89
March
75
691
September
90
83 i
April
00
o
K)|H>
75
October
85*
81
May
85
81
November
o
00
76
June
88£
85
December
74
70
Lowest temperature observed 45° in February; highest temperature
observed 100° in August. By an extract from the log of E. I. C. S. Psyche
on 21st February lb25 near Koweit the thermometer during a skamdl fell
to 35 u .
For tempera!nre and climate of Bushire, see Revised Gazetteer of Persia,
pages 59 to 68.
The rainfall is small and variable; it may average 8 inches, or from that
to 20, in the year. This is at Bu-shahr, where alone it
has been approximately registered. On the Arab coast
it is probably less. With rare exceptions, it falls chiefly in the autumn and
winter months. On the coast of the southern bay of the gulf the rain is said to
fall very rarely (see Bushire, Revised Gazetteer of Persia, page 5S).
Few .—The dews are very heavy, particularly in the summer months,
when the sails appear in the morning as if a heavy shower had fallen.
Fogs .— Dense fogs, wetting everything like rain, occur at times near the
coast, and always in the morning. They only last a few hours.
Barometer .—The range of the barometer is not great compared with
more northern latitudes, although greater than in the Indian Ocean.
In winter the utmost variation is (hfi inches, the height ranging between
29-70" and 30-80"; average about SOTO".
In summer there is a remarkable permanent depression of the mercurv.
It begins to fall about the beginning of May, and during June, July,
nnd August stands, with little variation, at about 29-55", varying between
29-4 5" and 29'65". By the end of September it again stands at its average
at about 30 UO".

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Report marked strictly confidential, prepared in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General’s Department in India, by the Assistant Quarter Master General, Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Sever Bell, Royal Engineers. The volume was published by the Government Central Branch Press, Simla, 1885.

The contents of the volume are as follows:

  • part I, a narrative description of a journey from India to Muhammerah [Khorramshahr], through to the Luristán [Lorestān] hills, to Kúm [Qom]; from Kúm to Gulpaigán [Golpāyegān ], Chaman-i-Sultán [Chaman Solţān], Ali-Gúdar [Alīgūdarz], Imámzádá-Ishmail [Emāmzādeh Esmā‘īl], and the Zaindarúd River [Zāyandeh Rūd] to Isfahán; from Isfahán through the Kúhgehlú [Kohgīlūyeh] hills to Behbahán and Bandar-Dilám [Bandar-e Deylam]; from Bandar-Dilám to Bushire
  • part II, a detailed account of southwest Persia, compiled from Sever’s own observations and other available sources
  • part III, commercial considerations. A further section in this chapter on strategic observations, which is mentioned on the contents page and marked as secret, is not present in the volume
  • part IV, detailed road reports
  • appendix A, road reports, Isfahan to Shústar [Shūshtar], Shústar to Shíráz [Shīrāz], compiled in 1881 by Captain Henry Lake Wells, Assistant Director of Persian Telegraphs, with additional annotations by Bell
  • appendix B, a list of plant specimens collected in Luristán during April and May 1884
  • appendix C, extracts of a paper on the geology of the Turko-Persian frontier, written by William Kennett Loftus, June 1854
  • appendix D, meteorological observations at Bushire, from 20 March to 20 June 1885

The volume includes eight maps, two photographic plates, and illustrations throughout (topographical, architectural, anthropological). The two photographic plates and some of the maps are of an earlier date than the volume’s publication date of 1885.

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1 volume (231 folios)
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A contents page (f 7) and index (ff 222-226) refer to 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 233; 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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