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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [119r] (242/366)
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 Qazim, Haji, Shaikh .—Head of one of the two
religious houses in Shushtar, having succeeded his brother,
Murtaza. He is a grandson of Shaikh Ja’far, famous through
out the whole of Persia. He is influential and better than
most of the priests at Shushtar, but more worldly than Haji
Saiyid Muhammad ibn Abdullah Bannu, the chief saiyid of
Shushtar. He refuses to interfere in law suits and civil disputes,
as other priests. Has adopted a friendly attitude towards the
British.
Muhammad Bidha, Shaikh, Hujjat-al-Islam .—Bom about
1852. The religious leader in Dizful and a man of scholastic
attainments. He commands considerable influence and respect
among the people. He keeps from entanglement with the local
cliques, and devotes his efforts rather towards promoting the
general welfare of the people. A cousin of Shaikh Muhammad
Baqir.
Muhammad Teaman Khan .—The principal notable of the pro-
Muhammarah faction in Shushtar; possessed of no property,
he lived as head of a quarter and its gang of roughs, by extor
tion and violence. Deported to Muhammarah in December
1916.
Mukarram .—A notorious murderer, who was banished from
Shushtar.
Musa ibn Yusuf al Mansur, Shaikh .—The Shaikh of Muham-
marah’s cousin and his representative at Abadan. He is a
capable man, but squeezes the last penny from his people, A
gambler. Age about 36.
Mushar-ed-Dowlah .—Appointed Governor-General of ’Ara-
bistan in October 1922 in succession to Muayyid-ad-Dowlah«
He came from Bushire with a good reputation, which he continues
to deserve. He is head and shoulders above previous Governors-
General of Arabistan in character, education and ability.
Mushar at Taj jar, Haji. Eldest son of Haji ’Ali Behbe-
hani, Rais-at-Tujjar. In 1903 he travelled rid India to Mecca,
He has been to Europe and speaks English, and like his father
is very pleasant and friendly to the British. He accompanies his
father on his tours, now that his father is getting on in years
and takes a great deal of his work off his shoulders. He has a
younger brother, Muhammad Agha, aged about 19, who assists
his father with his commercial correspondence. Age about
40,
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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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