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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [118v] (241/366)
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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Muhammad ibn Abdullah Bannu, Haji Saiyid .—Chief saiyid
of Shnshtar, and a really good man, who is regarded by the
people as a saint. He does not take bribes, nor does he mix
in politics or civil suits.
Muhammad 'Ali Behbehani, Rais-ut-Tujjar. —Chief
adviser to the Shaikh of Muhammarah. Bom about 1850.
A native of Behbeban, but has resided at Muhammarah for over
twenty years. Was the right hand man of the late Shaikh
Miz ? ai and is said to have been implicated in the plot resulting
in his murder. He now conducts the whole of the Shaikh of
Muhammarah’s affairs and possesses great influence over him ;
he is also agent for the Muin-ut-Tujjar. In 1902 he travelled
to Teheran to settle the Shaikh’s difficulties over the establish
ment of the Belgian Customs at Muhammarah. He has toured
over the greater part of India, including the Native States of
Central India. In 1914 he was decorated with the C. I. E.
In addition to his political work with the Shaikh he is an
important merchant.
His influence in South West Persia is very considerable,
though he is much disliked and distrusted by the Arabs. He
is especially pleasant to Europeans. Though he is a little past
his day now, the fact cannot be overlooked that the unbroken
relations between the British and the Shaikh of Muhammarah
are largely due to him.
Muhammad Baqir ibn Shaikh Muhammad Hasan, Shaikh.
■—An extremely fine type of Muslim divine, who shares all the
good qualities of his father. Previous to the war he acted as
agent for the British at Dizful; he is now the principal member
of his family and probably the most influential man in Dizful
after Haji Shaikh Muhammad Ridha, Hujjat al Islam. A man
of about 64 years old.
Muhammad Haji Gholami. —Alias ’Abdul Baqqal. See under
5 Abdul Baqqal.
Muhammad Hussain, Saiyid. —Formerly Lynch’s agent at
Ram Hormuz. He helped the escape of Qazim’s gang, which
murdered the Imam Juma at Shushtar in 1917. He was engag
ed in 1918 in smuggling arms from ’Arabistan to North Persia.
Muhammad Jawwad, Haji. —Dizfuli. Important merchant
of Ahwaz. who has formed a company.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:163v, 168r:168v, 171r:179v, back-i
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