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‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [189v] (383/470)
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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At night we reach the village of Tang-i-Rudian, situated at the bottom
of a narrow valley carved out of the plateau by the Fabliau river, which is here
as at KalVi-Safid, perfectly sweet (altitude 5,400 feet). How it came to be
called the Shur or “ salt river ” was explained by a man here who told us
that between this and Kal’a-i-Safid salt is manufactured on the banks of a
tributary of the main stream, the waters of the tributary being highly impreg
nated with chloride of sodium.
Stage 12, December 17ih .—We leave the fort and valley of Tang-i-Rudiau,
, ,, ^ the head-quarters of the Dushman-Ziari Lurs. A steep
ymu! n li miles" south- climb of 600 feet and we are on the level of the plateau;
west. 200 feet more and we cross a ridge that, running from
the direction of Shiraz, divides the plateau in two, but dies out here at
Tang-i-Rudian. From the summit of this ridge Adah ban is visible, and a
plain dotted very sparsely with villages. With a settled government this
would be a rich place indeed ; vines are grown along the hill sides, as we follow
the northern slope of the ridge to where the plain dies out at a village named
Shul (altitude 6,725 feet). The people are not the men that the Tel-Espid
plain produced, though they belong to the same clan. The women, however,
are remarkably pretty, and do not cover their faces. A gentle ascent from
Shul takes you to the watershed dividing the basin of the Fahlian river from
that which drains into the Shiraz valley. This watershed is at altitude 7,35U
feet. We camp at Goyum (altitude 5,750 feet), a Saiyid village, and experi
ence extreme cold. The country is now the regular central Persian hill and
barren valley. Fuel is abundant. Vines are very numerous.
Stage 13. Descending gently to Shiraz, now and then passing a walled
Goyum to Shfraz, 21 Vllla ^ re and re g ular gardens at Masjid-i- Bardi, we reach
miles) south-east. our haven after 20 miles ride, and get news of the world
after six weeks and a day's absence from it.
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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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