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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [86v] (177/470)
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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180
Route No. 1— contd.
From Muhammerah to Tehran, fyc. —contd.
Distances in
MILES.
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
Interme-
date.
Total.
Remarks.
■S I 1
g -2
Fine wheat and barley are cultivated along the banks of the river. A large propor
tion of the barley sown is cut green for fodder, and is allowed to reproduce itself year after
year ; river here 300 yards wide ; the path follows it.
10-45
•-
37
12
...
P.M.
3
Camp
24
61
A.M.
Many Arab encampments in the vici
nity. Numerous flocks of sheep and cows,
and donkeys and horses in considerable
numbers, are met with in these camps.
Flies and gnats are in large numbers
along the route Muhammerah-Shustar.
Country flooded to the left hand. Drink
ing water is obtained from ponds or the
river.
Camp of the Rezowie tribe, under Shaikh
Mizal ; good wheat and barley cul
tivation ; temperature in shade, 4 p.m.,
83 .
The Arabs of the Mahisen and other tribes inhabiting those districts are miserablv
r n u 7 th S i its f ° r arm holes - 0ne ca » see that this loose dress done
protects them from the cold of winter, considerable at times in these treeless and often arid
pbuns. These blankets and the black blanket tents are woven by the men' and women of the
tubes. The head dress is the usual coloured handkerchief kept in place by a double band of
came or other hair passed round the temple {Kefiyeh and Ashma). '
U1? y °" ns ' ->7;
^ ot ,h ° ir Mv
The cereals grown are of excellent quality
The acreage cultivated is very small compared with what it might be.
27th March 1884.
A.M. ,
4 ! 0-40 Camp
9-40
9-50
Ummu’t Teme Feeey
61
Temperature at sun-rise 58° ; soil grows
excellent wheat and barley in some quan
tity. No shrubs or trees available for
hrewood. Strikes the river, here deep,
with a strong current.
A small village of mud huts.
A
buggalow
Large trading vessel.
or Arab boat makes a daily
passage to Ahwaz in 3 hours, sailing up
stream ; river here 250 feet wide, 18 feet
deep, deep close to either bank; banks
i here is a small ferry boat (ballam) here
Der rrm (see jn\ '
firm and 5 feet over present level'of the' river There ,V a 0 nr
capable of pa ss » g „ rer aWt „ ne ton of .nei-chandize per trip (^“1 ^
Horses and mules must swim across. 1 ' '
Low bushes grow along the left bank
Two hours were expended in crossing over 8 mules with tw i j
. - - r mules with their loads ; current strong.
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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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