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‘A RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTH-WEST PERSIA’ [23r] (50/90)
The record is made up of 1 volume (42 folios). It was created in 1891. 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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RoufE No. 1— contd.
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63 to east
am ping-gr(*|
iVofe—After deducting halts actual time taken marching from Ohelluu to Nukdar ~ 4
urs, 15 minutes.
■Supplies. —None,
TfateP.—Gooi from several springs.
Fuel.—Good supply. Oak and other trees.
Forage .—The grazing is not very good as the ground is very rocky.
Weather. ¥ery heavy min -at
nisrht witli hail.
Temperature. At noon 58° Fah
renheit.
Leave camping-ground.
Bearing of general direction of
route is northerly.
Track is very rough across several
deep ravines.
'motion of 8-45 ) u u r i •
; > ... ... Halt tor bearings.
■ect'on now ,| Track passes along the precipi-
Wl ol a
ions sides of numerous detached hills.
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t oTet staj This portion of the track would require considerable building up or cutting away so as
10 make a roadway, as at present in part's men, much less loaded mules, can scarcely get a
ip of till 'oot-hold on the steep hillsides where the grey sandstone rock comes to the surface.
One mule slipped and rolled nearly two hundred feet and was with difficulty recovered.
9-30 A few “ ilyat ” tribes are seen on
the crest of the hills on our right,
the first human beings we had seen
since leaving Dumar Kail.
13 th
May
1891.
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7-40
8-15
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8- 45
9- 15
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g We called to them, but they would not come down,
elonged to a lawless tribe of Bakhtiari Lurs.
We learned afterwards that they
IX
11-35
Pul-i-Kui,
As-i-Diz.
5
73
We descend by steep gradients of
9° fo the hank of the Ab-i-Diz,
where we encamp about ^ mile
from two broken bridges.
Names of towns, villages,
rivers, &c.
Distance,
IN-MIL as.
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a
3
Time.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Petail.
A.M.
VIII
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!;
Is
2
Nukdab
15
68
Track bad along very precipi
tous slopes, descends again slightly
and we encamp on a small open
spot near a spring which is called
Nukdar on an “ ilyat ” encamping- j
ground.
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Narrative report on surveys conducted in south-west Persia [Iran]. The structure of the report is in two parts. The first part concerns British relations with Arabs, Persians and the Bakhtiaris [Bakhtiyārīs] during the reconnaissance of south-west Persia. The second part contains reports of routes leading into Bakhtiari country from the south-west. In addition, there is an appendix containing an account of a journey across the Bakhtiari mountains during 1890-91, which is written by Major Bruce, 19th Bengal Lancers.
The report is by William Daniel McSwiney. The survey work was carried out by Assistant Surveyor Imam Sharif, Khan Bahadur [Imām Sharīf, Khān Bahādur].
The report contains the following illustrations:
- ‘Reconnaissance Sketch of The Dizful [Dezful] Bridge.’ (f 10)
- ‘Reconnaissance Sketch of The Khushi Khana on the right bank of the Ab-i-Diz [Rudkhaneh-ye Dez], which commands the town of Dizful.’ (f 14)
- ‘Distant View of the Snow Covered Bakhtiari Mountains looking East from Dizful, November 1890.’ (f 16)
- ‘View of the River Ab-i-Diz as it flows into the “Gorge’’ on the north side of the Kilah Shahid.’ (f 18)
- ‘View of the Country Over the Plan of Dumakail looking east from the highest point on Kilah Shahid.’ (f 20)
- ‘One of the Broken Bridges Over the Ab-i-Diz at Pul-i-Kul.’ (f 24)
- ‘The Fort of Sar-i-Dasht [Sar Dasht, Khuzestan, Iran].’ (f 26)
- ‘Broken Bridge East End of the Tungi Baba Ahmad [Baba Tungi, Afghanistan].’ (f 29)
- ‘View of the Valley of Mal-i-Mir, December 1890.’ (f 36)
- ‘Bakhtiari Hut Built into the Side of the Hill at Chardeh, in which Major Bruce and Lieutenant W. D. McSwiney were snowed up in December 1890.’ (f 38)
- ‘Doorway of Above Hut.’ (f 38).
The report also contains the following:
- ‘Reconnaissance Survey of S.-E. Bakhtiari Country, May 1891, Surveyed by Assistant Surveyor Imam Sharif, K.B., Survey of India Department, superintended and assisted by Lieut. W. D. McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.’ (f 2)
- ‘Reconnaissance Survey of S.-E. Bakhtiari Country, May 1891, Surveyed by Assistant Surveyor Imam Sharif, K.B., Survey of India Department, superintended and assisted by Lieut. W.D. McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.’ (f 3)
- ‘Reconnaissance Survey of S.-E. Bakhtiari Country, May 1891, Surveyed by Sub-Surveyor Imam Sharif, K.B., Survey of India Department, superintended and assisted by Lieut. W.D. McSwiney 7th Dragoon Guards.’ (f 4).
- ‘Plan of Dizful’ (f 42).
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- 1 volume (42 folios)
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 43; 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: printed pagination sequences are also present in parallel between folios 11-35 and folios 37-40.
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