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‘Military report on Persia. Vol IV, part II. Fars, Gulf ports, Yazd and Laristan.’ [6] (16/206)
The record is made up of 103 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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6
Battle of
Kliflshab.
The village cJose by might have been utilized as a formid
able defensive work, having high walls, towers and a ditch 15
feet deep ; while all round it were cactus and thorn fences. All
the ammunition and everything else that could not be carried
off was destroyed.
On February 7th, provisions were running short, and a retire
ment on Bushire was commenced by a night march. About mid
night the guide lost his way, and the enemy attacked. The troops
coolly formed up and lay down under fire till dawn, losing, how
ever, two officers and six men wounded and one man killed. On
February 8th, when day broke, the enemy were seen drawn
up with their right on Khushab and numbering 6,000 infantry,
2,000 cavalry and 15 guns. 'They were attacked by the cavalry
and artillery, the infantry being in support. • The artillery made
very fine practice and the Persians broke and fled. The 3rd
Bombay Cavalry charged and broke up a square of Persian
infantry
Con+inuous rain now set in. The force resumed its march
that evening. The country had become a swamp, and the roads
were almost impassable, ankle deep in sticky mud, half clay,
half sand, and many men lost their boots.
The guides misled the force which marched throughout the
entire night. The infantry reached Bushire on the evening of
February 9th ; heavy rain was still falling, but the men were in
excellent spirits.
Successful operations were then undertaken against Muham-
mareh nnd Ahwaz, the war coming to an end with the treaty
of Paris, signed on March 4th 1857.
The conditions of peace were—The Shah to withdraw his
iroops from-Herat, relinquishing every claim of sovereignty over
it, and to refrain from all interference with Afghanistan ; to
recognise the independence of Herat; prisoners taken at Herat
to be released without ransom. The British Mission to be received
a I Tehran with apologies ; the slave trade to be suppressed
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and apologies to be made to Mr. Murray for
the insolent conduct of the Shah and his minister.
In May the troops were withdrawn from Muhammareh to
Bushire or India
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Military report on Persia (volume IV, part II) covering Fars, Yazd, the Gulf ports and Laristan, dated 1922, and published by the Central Government Press at Simla in 1924. The report’s chapters cover:
- History , including a recent political history of Persia; military history; the Anglo-Persia War of 1856-57 (with sections on the battle of Khūshāb and the occupation of Bushire); a recent history of Fars; and operations at Bushire in 1918-19.
- Geography , with a general introduction and sections headed (a) Fars and the Gulf ports; (b) Yazd; and (c) Laristan. The section on Fars includes: descriptions of the Gulf Ports; a table listing the districts of Fars, with details of their boundaries, sedentary populations and administrative authority; details of the four principal rivers in Fars (the Khūr Khalīl, Rūd Shūr, Rūd Hilleh and Chāhkutāh); salt lakes in Fars; islands; principal towns; Bushire and its harbour, with details of harbour facilities (lights, buoys, pilots tugs and launches), landing places for troops, facilities in the town; minor ports. The sections on Yazd and Lariston contain details of the principal towns, with the latter section detailing harbour facilities and amenities at Lingeh [Bandar-e Lengeh];
- Population , or Ethnography , with sections headed (a) Fars and the Gulf ports; (b) Yazd; and (c) Laristan. The section on Fars contains descriptions (population, general character, tribal structures, agricultural activity) of the various nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes found in the various districts of the region. Brief sections on Yazd and Laristan are followed by an overview of the principal religions of Persia;
- Climate and Health , with a general description of the climate of southern Persia and sections headed (a) Fars and the Gulf ports; (b) Yazd; and (c) Laristan. The section of Fars contains details of the availability of drinking water for men and animals at Bushire. At the end of the chapter there is a description of the general medical conditions in Persia (drinking water, diseases) and a description of the medical dispensaries at Bushire and Bandar-e Lengeh;
- Resources , divided into sections on (A) supplies and (B) transport, and further subdivided into sections headed (a) Fars and the Gulf ports; (b) Yazd; and (c) Laristan. The section on supplies in Fars contains: details of the availability of a range of foodstuffs (including cereals, fruit, vegetables and meat), grazing, fuel (wood, charcoal), mills, storage of supplies, packing; a description of the general availability of supplies in principal towns, including Bushire. Transport lists the availability and characteristics of transport by mule, donkey, camel, cart and oxen. At the end of the chapter there is a veterinary note, detailing the prevalence of lameness and various diseases in livestock. A fold-out table (presumably Appendix F – see below) details the numbers of supplies and transport of agricultural produce available in the different regions;
- Military , including: a description of the Persian army; the numbers of available armed men in the different tribes of Persia; the South Persia Rifles; aviation facilities in Persia, an outline of the military ranks in the Persian army; military features (fortifications, guns) at Bushire and Bandar-e Lengeh; and additional notes on the migratory nature of the Qāshqaī tribe, and arms trafficking into Persia;
- Communications , including descriptions of the region’s railways, roads, telegraph lines, telephone lines, cables, and wireless stations;
- Political , including: a description of the administrative governance of Fars, Yazd and Laristan; coinage in Persia; weights and measures.
Appendices A to E are lists of the subdivisions or subtribes of: the Khamseh Arab tribes; the Bāserī tribe; the Bahārlū tribe; the Qāshqaī tribes; the Mamassanī. Appendix F, described on the contents page as a table of supplies and transport is presumably that included at the end of chapter 5.
The maps and plans, included at the end of the volume are: a general map of the area, a plan of Bushire, and a sketch map of the Khamseh tribe migrations. The plan of the customs wharf at Bushire and the sketch map showing Qāshqaī migrations are both missing from the volume.
- Extent and format
- 103 folios
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged into eight chapters (labelled I-VIII), followed by five appendices (A-E), and finishing with five maps and plans, as set out on the volume’s contents page (f.3). Each chapter is arranged by a series of headings and subheadings. The volume also has an alphabetically arranged index (ff.85-95). The contents and index pages use the report’s pagination system.
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Pagination: The report has a printed pagination sequence. Page numbers appear at the top and centre of each page in the main body of the volume, and in the top-right corner of rectos and top-left corner of versos on the volume’s index pages.
Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top-right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last of the various maps and plans that are inserted at the back of the volume, on number 101. Total number of folios: 101. Total including covers and flysheets: 103. Note that the foliation sequence on the maps and plans does not follow the order that the maps and plans are listed on the volume’s contents page (f.3). Two of the plans and maps listed on the contents page are missing from the volume (Plan of customs wharf at Bushire, and sketch map showing Qāshqaī migrations).
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- ‘Military report on Persia. Vol IV, part II. Fars, Gulf ports, Yazd and Laristan.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:6, 1:119, 119a:119b, 120:192, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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