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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [174v] (353/470)
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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312
Route No. 4 A— contd.
From Bandxr-Dildm to Bash ire —contd.
e-2
a cc
Time.
Names of towns, Tillages, &c.
Distances in
milks.
Interme-j
diatc.
Total.
A.M.
6
Imamzada
Remarks.
Village; gardens, wells, &c., &c., as above.
After passing this village, a dry creek 100
yards wide, with banks 8' high, is crossed
and a more or less barren flat traversed;
the track is a hard one over clay; patches
of cultivation occur at intervals ; the sea is within hearing, but cannot be seen.
The mouth of this tidal creek is known as the Khor Khalil. It is entered at high water
by boats, which belong to Khanawur, and carry on a small
coasting trade ; dry sands extend at low water, 1 to 2 cables off
it .—[
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot.)
8
...
10
Abasch
17
57
Barometer
(50').
29'45''; temperature 92°
A small village built on a sandy eleva
tion, with some shady hard wood trees in
the vicinity ; water from wells of good
quality. The shore-line is low, i.e., a
bank of sand 2' to 10' high and 300 to 800 yards wide, in places hummocky ; a thorn scrub
grows on it. The shore is flat, the water receding 1 to 2 miles at low water.
No effects of floods were seen ; the sea was as still as a lake, and no waves beat on the
shore, although during the day the shumdl blew with force.
Halt till 3-15 p.m.
p.ai.
3-15
...
4-10
Bandae Rian
...
Barometer 29'3".
Traverses the shore-line.
Bandar High lies 400 yards to the right
[see page 4(>) ; the village, the residence of
Khan Ali Khan, whose commodious resid
en ce faces the sea, is built on a small
sand mound.
It lies 13 miles, noith- 2 -v'est of Khor Ruhilla, and is under the government of Bushire.
Ihe road now strikes inland ovei an uncultivated flat ; the mirage is very pronounced.
4-40
4-55
receded within the memory of man [see page 345).
6-15
7-15
Bid#
13
70
Crosses a belt of low (4' high ), irregular
sandstone hillocks, 600 yards deep.
The mud flat becomes sticky, and the
shore-line appears to be a ridge of sand
hills, 1 mile to the left; this probably
indicates a former shore line; the sea has
The flat is again tilled (fallow fields of
wheat and barley); melons are largely
grown.
A small Arab village chiefly consisting
of reed huts, the property of Khan Ali
Khan. The soil grows excellent cereals.
This year (1884) the heavy spring rains
damaged the crops.
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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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