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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [79r] (162/470)
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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(3) From Muhamraorah via Shustar, the Chul Pass, Khoramabad, Sul-
tanabad, Kum, a distance of 622 miles, of which 137 miles can be
traversed by river, and of the remaining 485 miles, of which 1 75 miles
require to be widened, more or less, and improved in gradient to allow
of carts to pass over it.
Mr. Schindler estimates this road to be 130 farsakhs or 520 miles to
Tlizful, and therefore 093 miles to Muhammerah, and that 240 miles will have
to be made, as above, at a cost of 50,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
(Rs. 2,00,000).
W ith reference to the above estimates of the cost of improving Persian
communications to suit them to cart traffic (road 15' wide), the following are
put forward by Major Bell (see Road Report Nos. 1, 2, and 4.)
Road Muhammerah to Kum.
Aluhammerah to Bala-Rud
Miles.
183
Rs.
3,660
Bala-Rud to Khoramabad
147
26,940
Khoramabad to Burujird
63
6,700
Bdrujml to Sultanabad
60
8,000
Sultiinabad to Kum
82
5,800
Total
535
51,100
Increase in length caused by diminished gradient, say
100
50,000
or at an average of Rs. 160 per mile.
1,01,100
Kum to Gulpaig&n
112
8,800
Increase of length caused by diminished gradient ...
18
9,000
or at an average of Rs. 135 per mile.
For cost of cart-road Burujird to Isfahan, see page 252. 2 '
17,800
o o c
Road Isfahan to Bandar Dildm.
Miles.
Rs.
Isfahan to Ardal
102
12,520
Ardal to Behbahan
265
47,620
Behbahan to Bandar Dilam
48
35,000
Total
415
Increase in length caused by diminished gradient ...
18
9,000
or at an average rate of Rs. 215 per mile.
1,04.140
The cost of making the most direct road from Bandar Dilam via Felat
and Kumesheh to Isfahan, 345 miles long, would not exceed Rs. 70,000,
approximately Rs. 200 per mile.
Road Isfahan to Shustar
Isfahan to Ardal (as above)
Ardal to Shustar
Total
Increase in length caused by diminished gradient
or at an average of Rs. 265 per mile.
Miles.
Rs.
... 102
21,520
... 173
46,000
... 275
... 25
12,000
79,520
A reference to Road Report No. 1, page 13, will prove incontestably
that the routes from Bandar Abbas and Bushire cannot, as commercial routes,
compare with that from Muhammerah. The latter is shorter by 178 miles
than that from Bushire; (2) passes over no very difficult country; taps the
most fertile districts of Persia, i.e., the plains of Arabistan, Shustar and
Dizful, Hamadan, Karmanshah, Burujird, Sultanabad, as well as that of
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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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