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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [90v] (185/470)
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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186
Route No. 1— contd.
From Muhammerah to Tehran^ fyc. —contd.
o
—
Distances in
miles.
is
5^
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
Interme-j Total
diale.
Remarks.
plain, and stretching eastward for some distance. These hills are very narrow ; their
southern cultivated slopes are gentle and up to 5°; their northern slopes_ are steep. They
are composed of reddish sandstone and gravel conglomerates. The wheat growing in the vicinity
is of excellent quality, and will be fit to
cut before the end of April. The corn is
generally cut, and trodden out by donkeys,
&c., &c., by the middle of May.
The river lies one-half mile to the west.
A.M.
8- 30
9- 35
Village ... A village 3 miles to the westward ; the
road followed over this level plain is
broad and hard. Villages are very rare, yet the soil appears to be of excellent quality. No crops
grown here, except that of barley, which is used as fodder. Being
cut when green, it reproduces itself yearly, and forms an excel
lent food for cattle.
10-15
Ruins
Passes ruins, of which the only indi
cations are mounds overgrown with grass,
broken down walls, slabs of cut stone, &c.
Crosses a disused canal running towards
Wais, 100' wide, 5' deep, and skirts it ; good cultivation.
11-15 ... ... Canal, with water in it, runs off towards
the river.
11-30 Wais ... 11 93 A small village of mud huts with an
| imamzada occupying an area of about 150
| yards X 150 yards, and with about 200
inhabitants ; good wheat cultivated. There
is a ferry boat here similar to that at
Ummu’t-Temr ; river 275 yards to 300 yards wide. Banks 12' above level of the water.
Febey
tan, and a fresh safe-conduct is required.
No traffic seen on the river. The
authority of the Shaikh of Muhammerah
extends to this village ; to the northward
the country is under the ruler of Arabis-
Road skirts the left bank of the Kanin river.
Above Wais the light alluvial soil is admirably suited for the growth of grain.
11-45
Village
On right bank ; plain well cultivated.
The river here is about 400 yards wide,
flowing between perpendicular banks of
... , - clay, 12'to 15'high. It continues to be of
this character to Band-i-Kir (cut up by ravines). The country to the coast is treeless. Flocks,
of sheep are less numerous than heretofore.
P.M.
12-45
Village
...
...
Little cultivation beyond barley grown
here and there for fodder.
1
...
...
Small thatched village on right bank.
1-5
KHiNA-NiEiN
...
...
Small thatched village on left bank;
good wheat grown ; but, as before, chiefly
—
!
cut green for fodder. .
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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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