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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [166r] (336/366)
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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appendix e.
Abstract of the (Joucessiou granted by the Imperial Oovernmtni
of Persia to certain Persian merchants (Malik-ut-Tujjarand
Mu'in-ut-Tujjar) representing the ‘ Nasiri Company in
1889.
jsjote.—lt appears that this concession was cancelled in 1891
(?), and a new concession, practically iaentical in its terms, but
omitting all reference to the Mu’in and Malik-ut-Tujjar was sub
stituted.
Translation.
Article L At Muhammarah at least 10,€( 0 zars of grouna
adioinins the new Custom House to be constructed at Mukam-
m arah is granted to the Nasiri Company gratuitously in order
that it shall construct a building in accordance with the plans
proposed by Messrs. Lynch, and that they shall lease the same to
the Lynch Company from now to 10 years at a rental of 15 pel
cent. After the espiration of ten years both parties shall have
the right to build for itself or in order to lease to others. In-
landing olace at Muhammarah shall be constructed by Govern-
ment or His Excellency the Nizam-us-Sultaneh may have it
constructed on his own account, it becoming his private proper
ty. The Government shall construct the Government House.
Article- 2. With regard to Bandar Nasiri. First the Nasiri
Company shall construct a quay including a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and
shoos in sufficient numbers at Bandar Nasiri so that vessels shall
be able to anchor alongside the quay in older to permit the
landing of the passengers with ease and comiort. Ana as a
compensation for the construct ion of the quay, on each
merchandise, from whatever place it originates it may levy a
toll of 100 dinars, and from other loads one shaki pel case, (f Ioeq ).
Pilgrims are exempted.
Secondly from the quay below the obstruction to the quay-
above the obstruction, which is a distance of f lo ^ haif a J 1 ,^ 1 f
they shall construct a paved road and shall har e a number
carts ready for the transport of loads so that foreign and nan. e
merchandise may not be delayed.
MC164CGS
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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).
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- 1 volume (179 folios)
- Arrangement
A contents list (ff 4-5) and index (ff 171-177) reference the report’s original pagination system.
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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 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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