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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [169v] (343/470)
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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302
Route No. 4>—contd.
From Isfahan to Behbahdn and Banddr-Dildm, Sfe. —contd.
S3
3 Cfl
>5
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &e.
Distances in
MILES.
A.M.
9-55
ravine, and cascades are frequent.
11-15
Interme
diate.
Total.
Remarks.
Descends a narrow, stony ravine by a
very steep and rocky descent; soil, a
shaly rock ; the rock, sandstone, is worn
deeply by the stream flowing down the
Crosses a neck ; barometer 24" (5,970')
Undulates along the left side of the val
ley, out of which the road has been in
. . , ^ ^ , P^es cut, where the rock is a soft shale;
m places attempts have been made to revet the road by means of wooden piles. These feeble
attempts at road-making are the results of the energy of the Ihtisham-ul-Daulat, who ruled
the tribes from Behbahan in the years 1877 to 1880. Easy places have been made easier
but the leal dimculties of the road have been left untouched (sec above).
Descends steeply into the valley leading to the Tang-i-Nali; this descent is next to im
passable, even to mules ; it winds considerably, and many of its steps are 2' to 3' hHi • it is
narrrow ; in places the rock is sharp ; in others it is as slippery as glass from the mssa^e of
flocks of goats, sheep, &c. ^ °
I P.M.
Intel’s the Tang-i-Nalf and descends with
the stream ; barometer 25" (4,841)'). The
gorge is narrow and deep ; its bed is cover-
_t* i j , cd with huge boulders, over and around
which the horses and baggage animals have to work their way.
° f th6 ilijdtS hascaused a track t0 be wo ™> b ^ it is next to impassable {tee
14
1-55
Safar-i-ab (elevation
4,120).
22
309
The Tang opens out, and the valley is
cultivated.
Small village, now unoccupied, at the
head of the gorge; barometer 25'55"
(4,120)'.
The huts are of stone with flat mud
roofs. The valley is fertile; its pas
ture is good, and wheat, barley, and rice
are grown. It is well watered by a
The village is the property of Abbas Khan,
whos^ribe (N^i)ta e s moTidf Tb of ^ T an f* The v ' J lage is the property of Abbas Khan,
an 1 a cooler climate • thiV vail. ° i '- e sumrn lt °f the neighbouring hills to secure better pasture
to April. " ’ - ' * 1 * ) ’ 01 n o considered to be garmsir, is occupied only from October
,,, Thls , sta , ge 1S , t ! 1 ° mo J st difficult one traversed since leaving
the greatest work to render it passable.
Isfahan, and would entail
whifh liei’the tI,?!'™' v rporio Iies al tl ’ e I,cad ot » wife* at the further eitremity of
Thesteep 3 and ' ee r » 0, V e > the duplicate of the Tang-iialf.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:11v, 13r:62v, 64r:82v, 84r:88v, 90r:95v, 97r:190v, 210r:228v, back-i
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