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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [‎46v] (97/366)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (179 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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„„ running nrpense. are entailed. The implements used in this
^“11 ol »h!ch are made locally, are
<«» - r?' o“m h ^
curved piece oi wood 'f 1 'X’ Z,l„i from
a curved arrow. T e ea . d^ thness or moisture
Xe .X and the plough thus drawn and gmded by
one man. ..sc* , • ,
(6) Curved saw with a wooden handle. Minja
or Dos (Persian).
Used for harvesting.
tr) Five pronged wooden fork. Morwagh (Arabic) or
Hochun (Persian). Used for wmnowing e
After the barley has been threshed bybulloe strampl g
over the straw, the bhoosa is separated from the g a
by means of this fork.
(d) Long-handled shovel. Mishaf (Arabic) or Bd (Persian).
A shovel with a footrest above the blade to pmss
the shovel into the ground.
(e) Picks. Kulangh (Arabic).
(/) In addition axes and curved knives are used for cutting
the trunks and branches of trees.
’Arabistan is considered to possess the best sheep in Persia,
though actually the best, which are found in the Ramuz district,
are of Kashgai and not ’Arabistan . stock. Sheep, however,
are numerous and particularly good in the Northern Province.
Fallahiyah district produces the best cows and Hawizah buffa
loes. Donkeys are imported from Zubair. Dizful is famous for
its mules, though the best are to be obtained from the Sagwand
tribe in the Dizful district. Mules and camels are to be found at
Nasiri but hardly sufficient to meet the demand for transport
up country and neither are bred locally. For details of ap
proximate numbers available for purchase, vide Table at the end
of this chapter.
Minerals. In mineral products ’Arabistan is not rich, though the
extensive oil-fields of Maidan-i-Naftun lie not more than 30 miles
live-stock.

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Confidential military report on Arabistan [Khūzestān] compiled by Air Headquarters, Iraq, and printed by the Government of India Press, 1924.

The report contains nine chapters (numbered I-IX) and seven appendices (A-G) as follows:

  • chapter I – history (general, ancient, modern, political attitude);
  • II – geography (boundaries, area, general description, altitude, mountains, rivers and fords, towns and villages, tracts of land, islands, fortified places, political divisions);
  • III – climate (general, temperature, winds, rainfall, mirages, general medical and sanitary conditions, principal diseases, conditions affecting aviation and military operations);
  • IV – economic resources (general, labour, agriculture, livestock, manufacture, power, commerce, customs, banking, revenue, tables of imports and exports);
  • V – ethnography (general, population, races, religions, languages);
  • VI – tribes (general, armed forces, tribes in relation to possible centres of disturbance, political attitudes, military considerations, tribal action, punitive measures, recapitulation, lists of tribes);
  • VII – personalities;
  • VIII – communications (general, communications by sea, inland waterways, railways, telegraphs and telephones, post, aerodromes and possible aerodromes, wireless and visual communication, principal routes by land, sea and river);
  • IX – administration (general, government establishments, northern province, southern province);
  • appendix A – bibliographical notes;
  • B – weights and measures, coinage and time;
  • C – glossary of topographical terms;
  • D – Karun river [Rūd-e Kārūn] regulations;
  • E – concession granted to the “Nasiri Company”;
  • F – customs schedule;
  • G – Anglo-Persian Oil Company.

The volume contains a single map in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folio 180).

Extent and format
1 volume (179 folios)
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A contents list (ff 4-5) and index (ff 171-177) reference the report’s original pagination system.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 181; 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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English in Latin script
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