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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [‎138v] (281/470)

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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252
Route No. 3 — contd.
From Gulpaigan to Burujird, 8fc. contd.
,q bo
5zi
Distances in
miles.
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Kemarks.
Except for a few poplars of small size round about the Tillages, the district is treeless
and grows no shrubs.
A.M.
6-35
6-45
wheat 4" high.
7-25
7-33
7-45
8-15
8-30
NtTEGHAN
13
46
The undulations, distant 400 yards on
either hand, rise to a height of 300'.
A road, coming from the left rear,
joins in.
Descends through low undulations; clay
swamp for 200 yards ; all gradients easy;
the road is 8' wide and cut out of the side
of the clayey undulations ; the narrow
bottom of the valley is alone cultivated ;
the hill-sides, often a good wheat-grow
ing soil, is uncultivated; wild flowers
are abundant, especially blue hyacinths ;
Crosses a small stream, and ascending,
undulates ; it is 8' wide ; the steepest
gradients are % to Jjj ; soil, a shaly clay.
Descends a narrow valley ; soil, shale;
cultivation ceases. A break in the line
of undulations, | a mile to the south of
the road, leads up to the snowy range,
5 miles distant.
The valley widens to 300 yards, and its
borderingundulations are from 100' to 300'
high ; snow lay on their summits. A strip
of landborderingthe stream is cultivated.
Coun try becomes hilly, the undulations
rising to 700'.
By gentle gradients the road skirts a
deep valley.
Small village lying in the valley, 600
yards distant.
Barometer 22 , 9" (7,320'). Crosses the
head-waters of the Ab-i-Kum or Kadj
river, 20' to 50' wide, 3' deep ; swift cur
rent ; bouldery bottom. The ford is a
difficult one; one baggage animal was carried down-stream. There is a foot bridge down
stream near the village of Nurghan ; its general direction is 40°.
Halt for 1 hour 45 minutes to recover
the pony washed down-stream 1 mile.
The road, 10' wide and in good order,
undulating, rises gently over the hill;
some of its ascents and descents are
steep, i to -jV
Barometer 2 .’SS" (7,800'). The snowy
range to the eft is 8 miles distant ; its
hills are steep with long gentle skirts.
10-15
• ••
10-55
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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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