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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [115v] (235/366)
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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220
Chasib Khan ibn Khaz’al Khan,
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Jr/a’a.—Shaikh
Khaz’al’s eldest son and heir, and was born in 1891. In Mll-
13 he was Governor of Ahwaz but was said to be neglectful
an d puerile. In 1919 he was appointed Governor of Muham-
marah but was removed by his father in 1921, when he was
suspected of plotting against the life of the Shaikh, who since
that date has kept a careful watch on his movements, in
1915, during the war, he led a successful expedition against
the rebellious Cha’b, for which he gained a certain amount
of kudos. Unpopular and a man easily influenced by stronger
minds, but has a pleasant gentlemanly manner. Speaks
English. He is now (1923) in Paris undergoing medical treat-
ment.
Dirchal, Shaikh ,—Previously chief of the Abdul Khan
section of Bani Lam, when he lived on the Ahwaz-Dizful road
some 22 miles south of Shush. During the war he rendered
great assistance to the British troops and made much money
from hiring out transport, etc. He is not a strong man,, and
has always been disliked by the Shaikh of Muhammarah, who
deposed and exiled him. He is not on good terms with Shaikh
Ghadhban, with whom he had a blood feud. He is now living
under the protection of the Wali of Pusht-i-Kuh.
Fakhr-ul-Muhaqiain. —A saiyid from Teheran, who has
lately taken up his residence at Shushtar. , He was sent there
to take away from the priests the property dedicated for reli
gious purposes, to manage the properties ana to spend the
money on education. About 12 years ago he was an Islamic
missionary at Bombay, but his offices were closed owing to,
it is believed, his mixing in politics.
Farhan A! \Asad.— Born about 1850. From an early age
he was head of the Brit Sa’ad Arabs, also known as A1 Kathir
of Shushtar. His Headquarters were at Qaleh Muchaisir
on the left bank of the Diz below Deh Nam Originally power
ful and independent, but after many vicissitudes in complete
subjection to the Shaikh of Muhammarah to whom he paid
his revenue. His tribe together with the Bakhtiaris were
responsible for the insecurity of the Shushtar-Dizful road.
In 1922 he was compelled to flee from his tribe and has since
taken up his residence with the Bakhtiaris. In November of
the same year he was encamped at Ab Bid, the property of
the Bakhtiari, between Shushtar and Dizful. He is a broken,
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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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