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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [139v] (283/366)
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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268
and dated 18th June 1017. Distances are important, but sine©
it is fully believed that No. 82 is correct, the distances on that
map are followed in this report.
The road is good throughout and passable for all transport,
the only obstacles encountered, being a rough piece of road in
the Tang-i-Shushtar or Tang-i-Ashgaft defile and the crossing
of the Ab-i-Kaunak at Pa-i-Pillah. Owing to the depth and
strength of the stream at this point the river is impassable for
motor transport in the rain season. In the dry season the
river bed is dry and passable for light cars ; it would however be
necessary to bund it for heavy transport. The total width of
the bed is from 200 to 300 yards. Shortly after the Kaunak
is crossed two other pebbly nullahs, in which cars are liable to
stick, are reached ; these however are no more than 20 yards
in width.
Water.—At Tang-i-Ashgaft from a well on the right of the
road.
From wells in the centre of the road shortly after Daimchah
is passed.
From Gutwand, Ah-i-Bid, Sar-i-Bisheh, and Fa-i-Pilleh in
the late autumn and early spring.
From wells on the Dizful road about 6 miles before Dizful
is reached.
Supplies .—Very limited amount from Gutwand, Ab Bid and
Sar Bisheh. Plentiful for any numbers at both Shushtar and
Dizful.
Fuel. —Scarce.
Grazing .—Good in spring along most of the route.
Inhabitants .—‘Bakhtiari as far as Pa-Pilleh, which is bound
ary line between Bakhtiari country and the Dizful district.
Taetiml .—‘The Tang-i-Ashgaft would form a useful outpost
position for the defence of Shushtar. A difficult position
to take and an easy position to effect a surprise on marching
columns. #
The low hills on the left of the road between Ab Bid and Sar
Bisheh would also afford a good position to an enemy intending
to surprise a column. They lie about 000 yards from the
road.
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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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