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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [163r] (330/470)
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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289
Route No. 4— contd.
From Isfahan to Behbahdn and Bandar-DUdm, fyc. —contd.
Distances in
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MILES.
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
Remarks.
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Interme
diate.
Total.
A.M.
0-35
The stony bed of the ravine is 30' wide ;
the gradient down it is easy.
7-5
Ascends, a mule track, over the right
side of the ravine, which is covered with
boulders up to 1' in diameter The
country here, like that about Ardal and
Chig
akhor, is composed of hills separated by broad
valleys (see page 28?) ; the soil, a gravelly
clay,
is fertile.
7-45 ••• ••• Descends the hill-side into a rich pas
ture valley known as the Chashmah
Sain Ali; gradient ^ to yV ; hill side
gravelly; the road can be readily im
proved ; there are here fine fields of barley, well irrigated by numerous hill streams ; a few
low hawthorn trees are now for the fir>t time seen.
8 By steep incline of i to jL descend into
the (Jird-i-Bisher valley, having a general
direction of 1<)5°. A good road could be
easily excavated out of the gravelly hill
side.
A wood path. 3' to 6' wide, leads down the valley, which is about one mile broad, with a
hilly bottom ; its soil is very fertile : its stream, 8' wide at its head, soon increases to 20' and
g<y . the road keeps on its left bank and 50 to 100 above it; the hills bordering the valley
on either hand have serrated edges of rock ; below the grey limestone rock are undulations
of white and
9-45 |
grey shales and clays, out of which numerous streams flow {see page 363).
• •• ••• ... The full width of the valley is 700 to
800 yards ; the valley has the appear
ance of a valley of denudation.
10
Gikd-i-Bisheb
barren, and lofty snow-topped hill.
The path is now 10' to 12' wide with a
the water’s edge.
... Village occupying the flat summit of an
under-feature on the right bank of the
stream ; barometer 23‘8' / ((i.260'). At
the bottom of the valley lies a steep,
hard surface ; willows and wild roses grow by
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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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