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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [67v] (139/470)
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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102
Janniki Saedsib —.3,000 families, occupying in summer Gandaman and Lurdagan and
neighbouring mountains—Gird-i-Bisher, Khana-Mirza, and Malamfr ; and
in the winter Bors and its head-waters and Lurdagan. They were ori<nn-
ally included in the Kuhgehlu. They are for the most part Deh-NisMns.
The Janniki Sardsir are not celebrated for courage or skill as matchlock-
men; they have between 500 and 600 good horsemen. Their valleys are not
ill-cultivated; rice, corn, and barley are raised in abundance; gardens and
vineyards surround their villages, and the hills are thickly wooded with the
bellut or dwarf oak and other trees.
*Gunduzlu. —1,500 families, occupying during the summer the banks of the Ab-i-Gar-
gar and the plain of Mosibena, and in the winter the village of Boleiti,
Baitawand, Turk-i-diz, Mosibena. They originally belonged to the Af-
shars, a Persian tribe inhabiting the greater part of Khuzistan, and even
that now occupied by the Kab Arabs, the Bakhtiaris being at that time
confined to the mountains. They have amongst them a considerable num
ber of expert horsemen, and were in the time of Muhammad Taki very
useful in rencounters with the Arabs, to whom they are superior in gallantry.
And seven minor tribes chiefly scattered amongst the others.
The foregoing estimate is that by Layard, 1846. Sir H. Rawlinson, in
1836, estimated the Bakhtians to number 28,000 families only. Their assess
ment was then 100 katirs (mules), a conventional term denotioo* a sum of
money which is increased or diminished according to the prosperous state of the
tribes and the power of the Persian Government to exercise authority over
them. The value of the katir was then 100
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
His table is here given in detail. Layard, estimating the katir or mule
to equal 120
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, gives the total assessment to the Bakhtians to equal
12-634)
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
(1816), In 1884 the assessment was stated to be 20,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
; in addition they were called upon to furnish and equip a force of
200 horse.
Mr. Baring of the Tehran legation estimated the Bakhtian tribe, includ
ing the Burujird section, to number 30,000 families, or in all 150,000 souls
(1882).
* It is assumed that 15,000 given in Yol. XVI, E. O. S. Journal, should be 1,500.
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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.
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