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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [164r] (332/470)
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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£91
Route No. 4— confd.
From Isfahan to Behb'ihdn and Bandar-Dildm, —confd.
o
Distances in
milks.
Z £
E-g
&
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
Ir.terme-
diate. j Total -
Remarks.
Descends into a basin, 15 miles lon£, with a general direction of 310° and 4 miles
broad, in which lie several villages, Ali or Khana MIrza, Alula, &c. For 100' the
descent is steep and over steps of rock.
8
P.M.
1
Alt or Khana Mirza
26
172
(elevation 6,300').
Barometer 23'75 ,, . The village is a
poor one ; sheep, goats, cows, and don
keys, however, abound.
Throughout the last two stages flies have been most annoying ; they bite through thick
trousers and socks and greatly distress the horses.
The basin is not a fertile one, and its pasture is poor ; it is almost surrounded by snow-
topped mountains ; the Sabz-Kuh, 2 or 3 miles distant, bearing 335° ; the Sibak-Kuh, the Kuh-
-i-Surkh, 8 miles distant, bearing 185°; the Rig, 6 to 8 miles distant, bearing 210°; the Kallar-
Kiih, bearing 210°, &c. (see map).
To the westward the hills are less lofty, and in that direction, beyond the Kuh-i-Liehan,
and distant 4 farsakhs (15 to 20 miles), is the large village of Lurdagan or Lurdekan (see
parje 77). The road beyond the village runs to the Karun in the vicinity of the Kuh-i-
Hillisat (see map).
The stream, not plentiful, lies on the west side of the valley.
Occasional disturbances take place with the Kashkai iliyat tribes, who pitch their summer
camp about the Kuh-i-Sibak. Snow falls from October to March. The district is practically
treeless.
i a.m.
8 4-30
5th June 1884.
Ali or Khana-MIbza
4- 45 M6xa
5- 15 Afghan
6- 45
6- 15
7- 5
7- 20
8- 5
172 Barometer 23'85' / ; thermometer 46°.
The road, ascending imperceptibly, takes
a southerly direction to cross the Oardan-
i-Durman; it is a track across grass
fields affording a poor grazing.
... Small village, 1 mile to the right.
Small village, 1,000 yds. to the right.
... A village lies to the right, under the low
hills, 2 miles distant; the Rig is 4 miles
distant in the same direction ; to the left
the hills are £ mile distant.
... The head of the basin is 3 miles broad;
there is here a small stream (3' to 4' wide) ;
two small enclosures lie to the right.
... Crosses the Gardan-i-Durman to the
north of the Kuh-i-Surkh ; the neck is
400 yards wide and grassy; barometer
23‘3" (7,056').
... Descends gently; the path is 5’wide ;
the valley is undulating and grassy ; its
soil stony.
... The hill-side is full of springs ; barley
is here cultivated; the valley stream is 12'
wide.
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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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