File 1187/1914 Pt 3 ‘Persia: British interests in the South. The Bakhtiari [Lynch] road from Ahwaz to Ispahan’ [‎115r] (226/249)

Codv of a laeraorauduia l«o. T-l, dated 27th June 1916,
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from Cantain S. Noel, Hie Britannic Majesty*yConsul, Adwaz,
to Chief Political Officer, Banrah.
Last Marcia 1 submitted a report on a possible site
for a hill station to tae North of tne uil Fields on the
otner side of the Knrun. At tne time of visiting tnis
locality, I was, to a certain extent, handicapped by ay
geograp]iiciil knowledge of Bakntiarl country, ana
al«o by tne shortness of tne tine at uiy disposal. Ivloreover
1 was predisposed to tae locality in question owing to the
advunt?iges wnich would appear to follow the establishment
of hill st-tion as an off snot to tne oil fields. These
advantages were fully dealt with in my previous report.
Hince that report was written 1 have nad the
opportunity of visiting the Uangnsht range, which It will
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be remembered was referred to an altermtive site. This
range would appear to be more suited for the location of
a hill station than the country to the north of the fields.
Vfater find vegetation are more plentiful and tne hill tops
for the most part
ar^e gently rou:ided or flat topped.
Unfortunately owing to the local trouole between
BaKntiaris and huhguieis, I was unable to visit u*e actual
summit of tue raiige^l0,000i , but from a very tnorough
enquiry frora all available sourceis I came to tne conclusion
that tnere exists on tne top of the Mangasnt a plateau of
many square miles in arep* abundantly supplied with water
and grazing. The actual are- I visited is known as the Mor
1 Talkh, which is an oilier ridge of tne Mangasht r' nge.
Prom the description whicly append it will be seen that it
forms a very suitable site for a hill state station, nevertt
-leas loc i foiides and lliat encamped on the spot assured
me tnat it could not nold a candle^ to the higher plateau.