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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [155v] (315/470)
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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274
Route No. 4 — contd.
From Isfahan to Behhahdn and Bandar-DiUm, fyc. —contd.
o
Distances in
miles.
Remarks.
-i
ll
5?
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
Interme
diate,
Total.
A.M.
9-15
9-25
9-45
...
The river valley is 8 miles broad and
well cultivated. The hills, 1 mile to the
left, are from 200' to 400' high, steep, and
barren.
Plantations and pigeon towers occur
under the hills to the left, and are also
dotted over the valley.
The road, 18' wide, is sunk 4' ; soil, clay ;
the poppy is extensively cultivated.
10
WXrgUn
10
10
Villasre on the left bank of the river.
The bridge, the Pul-i-Wargun, is loO
yards long and 12 'wide ; its arches, 18
in number, are of brick ; tbe maximum
man was judged to be from 20' to 25'. The piers are of stone ; its parapet_ is low ; water
way 8 ' to 10 '; the banks are low and of clay ; there are rapids below the bridge ; there are a
few mills there. For fords see further on.
The road now skirts the left bank of the river, where wheat, poppies, &c., grow luxuri*
antlv. By brick culverts the road crosses several irrigation canals 5' to 20 ' wide.
The river takes a course of 140°, and
passes between low hills ; the road keeps
to the west of them ; soil, clay.
Small village. The road, 20 ' to 30
wide, has a hard surface, and skirts the
low hills; excellent barley is grown;
there is water enough here to grow rice.
Skirts the idver.
Small village. Crosses four brick cul
verts over canals, one of which is 20 ^
wide ; roadway 8 '; several others, 6 to 8
wide, are crossed.
The road bifurcates; that with a direc
tion of 195° skirts the river, and is said to
be the shorter road to Chigakhor by 4
farsakhs when the
Ford - river is fordable {see
10-25
...
10-30
Garmsib
...
10-55
KhaieAbad
11-15
...
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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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