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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [105v] (215/470)
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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208
Route No. 1 — contd.
From Muhanmerah to Tehran, Sj C. —contd.
o
u •
Distances in
miLES.
2 &
sea
Time.
j Names of towns, villages, &e.
1
Interne- Total>
diatf\
A road is said to lead hence through the Kubbed Range bj the 1 ang-i-Mozhey or Mojin
Ni'kla, in the plain beyond, and eventually to Dizful, distant 7 stages. This information
De Bode, however, shows the pass on his map.
to
is doab.tfui
A. M.
11-25
P.M.
3
11th April 1884.
A. M.
5-30
Tang-i-Leylum
243
6-10
• ••
Barometer 28' 5"
breeze pleasant.
Temperature 80°.
temperature 73°
Crosses a stony valley with good mule
! 7-15
7-50
Barometer 28'5''; temperature 66 °.
The passage of the Ley him is difficult
on account of the large boulders covering
its bed.
tracks across it.
Bad road over stony undulations; all
gradients gentle ; the Iliyats cross them
by diverse roads.
Crosses a stream running in a conglo
merate bed, 40' deep. / .
Skirts the Ab-i-Fani ; much decomposed
gypsum in the vicinity; path gener
ally level and good.
Fords the Ab-i-Fani; bouldery bottom;
ford difficult; water 2 ' 6 '' deep ; its bed is
50' deep ; banks, steep conglomerate.
The Fani gorge resembles that of the Leylum ; there is no passage through it. Lurs were
seen passing over the Kheolah Range by climbing up the ledges of mck to the west of the
gorge. The Ab-i-Fani is also known as the Valmian stream (seepage 209).
8-10
8-35
13
1 8-45
Tang-i-Fani (eleva-
7
250 1
tion 1,530’).
Noon
12
...
Camp in a fine pasture valley, of extent
1,000 yards by 800 yards, under the
Kheolah Range ; it is surrounded to east,
south, and west by undulations of a
height varying between 100' and 250'.
Barometer 28-55"; temperature in shade
84° ; in sun 105.°
12th April 1884.
4-55
Tang-i-Fani
250
5-15
5-40
...
6
Barometer 28-0.''
Ascends gently. Ascent stony ; winds
round the stony hill side, skirting a small
lake and the knife-edged Kheolah Range.
Barometer 28"; thermometer G0 C ; ele*
vation 2,050'.
Crosses stony undulations ; road stony
and difficult; gradients gentle.
Very bad stony ascent and descent to
cross an undulation.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:11v, 13r:62v, 64r:82v, 84r:88v, 90r:95v, 97r:190v, 210r:228v, back-i
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