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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [144v] (293/470)
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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Route No. 3 A— contd.
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From Gulp aig an to the Zarda Kuh, 8fc. —contd.
The stages along the road to Shustar by the Zarda Kuh were said to
(1) Sikandari
(2) Chahal Chashmah
(3) Shorab
(4) Ab-i-Kuran
... ... 5 farsakhs.—Village.
... ... 3 farsakbs.—Small enclosure.
... ... 4 farsakhs.
... ... 4 farsakhs.—The river, 3' deep, is
crossed by fording.
(5) Bazuft ... ... ... 5 farsakhs. In this stage the
Kuh-i-Dum-i-Zard is crossed; the road is difficult; trees abound ; snow generally lies on its
summit.
( 6 ) Hazar Chum ... ... ... 4 i&rsakhs (seepage 279).
The Ab-i-Bazuft is forded, and the Kuh-i-Khaonah, a precipitous hill, is crossed.
(7) Shimbar ... ... ... 4 farsakhs.
The precipitous hill of Monar is crossed; it is often covered with snow ; trees are abundant.
Farsakhs.
( 8 ) Kala-i-Khusru Khan ... ... 4
(9) Kala-i-Salwati ... ... ... 4
(10) Sardasht ... ... ... 3 (seepage 80).
(11) Thence one stage of ... ... 7
to Dizful, the road passing between the Ab-i-Dizful and Karun. Pasture
and firewood are plentiful; there are no villages along it; the tents of the
Bakhtiari iliyats are frequently met with; sport, such as wild goat and
wild boar, &c., is plentiful.
This road is used by the Lurs in preference to that leading from the
head of the Akhora valley. It was said to be closed for 3 months by snow,
which lies deep on the Khaonah and Monar hills; at other times, by waiting
till a fall melts, they can be passed. Provisions, as before noted {page 266),
can be obtained from the iliyats, who sow and reap.
So far as it could he checked, the above account was found to he fairly reli
able, hut to be altogether an iligdt path and more across country than the road
described from Deh-Kurd on page 279.
£ be
Time.
A.M.
5-40
Names of towns, villages, &c.
16th May 1884.
Akhoea-Bala
Distances in
MILES.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Remarks.
48 Barometer 22•0 ,, ; thermometer 36.°
It froze during the night, and thin ice
lay on the water of the ponds.
. .... The road leads down the valley ; it is a
narrow mule path cut up by irrigation channels, which intersect the valley; snow still lies
about its bottom ; sou, an open clay ; crosses a mountain stream loWide 1' deep : bed of
boulders. r
6- 50
7- 35
Akiioea-Paien
Dudesgun
it gets beyond the influence of the snow streams.
Village.
An Armemian village; the valley is
here 2 miles broad ; the road is still
much cut up by water, but improves when
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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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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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