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‘Military report on Persia. Vol IV, part II. Fars, Gulf ports, Yazd and Laristan.’ [98] (108/206)
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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such force that it brings with it clouds of a highly impal
pable sand. In the autumn the heat is more oppressive than in
the summer, but in winter and spring the climate is pleasant.
The cold is never great and snow seldom falls. The rains,
which are not heavy, fall in the winter or early spring and are
almost always accompanied-by a south-east wind, which, though
often violent, hardly ever continues for more than three or four
days at a time.
The inhabitants depend largely for their water-supply on
wells and on cisterns and reservoirs built with great labour to
collect the scanty rainfall. The above also applies to the sea
j)ort of Lingeh, where the water from hirkeM is almost ex
clusively used, as that of the vrelis is brackish.
General Medical Conditions.
Drinking water should always be boiled, or treated
chemically, except when drawn straight from a spring. Dust
is very bad during summer and autumn, and, with the glare
and consequent prevalence ol eye diseases, makes coloured
spectacles desirable. Mosquitoes flourish up to 4,000 feet,
wherever there is stagnant water ; malaria therefore is prevalent
and mosquito nets necessary : these are also useful during the
day to keep off the swarms of common flie«. Sand flies are
ubiquitous and troublesome ; they may be in a measure avoided
by sleeping well away from any walls. Muslin bags are recom
mended forsleepin,' in. Only muslin or nets of mesh 24 strands
to the inch give protection. Repellants such as Oil of Citronella,
Vermijelli, Oil of Eucalyptus, Oil of Bergamol in Kerosine, etc.,
have been recommended.
Of tropical diseases malaria and salel: are the only common
ones. The latter is probably the same as the Delhi boil, and is
a very indolent sore, which heals over, only to break out anew.
It leaves a disfiguring scar, usually affects the face and
forearms, and may be avoided by frequent washing and
the use of antiseptic soap. It is probably contagious from
case to case and also from dogs, which suffer from it. Possibly
also it is conveyed by some insect. An attack gives immunity.
To avoid it all slight wounds should be kept covered. Guinea
worm (dracunculus medinensis) is prevalent in some parts
especially at Lingeh, due to the drinking water being from
ab -ambdrs (local name reshia).
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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.
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- 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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