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'Military Report on S.-W. Persia, Vol. I. Bakhtiari Garmsir' [‎16r] (36/168)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (80 folios). It was created in 1909. 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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li t Mating- From Pa-i-Pul-i-Landar for some 40 miles the
north bank is lined by a steep and impassable mountain ridge con
sisting between Pa-i-Pul-i-Landar and Gudar-i-Landar, 6 miles
down stream of a cliff which rises perpendicularly upwards of 500
feet from weM nigh impassable slopes. Access to the latter ford
from the north is possible only by one road, that from Kaleh Zaras
and this tract can be blocked without difficulty.
FromLandartoCham-i-Nuqreh the gorge has not been exa
mined, but it appears to be accessible from the north only at 2 or 3
points, and to be easily defensible. From Cham-i-Nuqreh to
Gotwand the river runs m a gorge: along the west bank runs a prac
ticable track which, however, may be effectually sealed at half
a dozen points by a force stationed on the precipitous cliffs on the
opposite bank, which are easy of access.
It may be concluded that a force of 10,000 men could hold this
line, and prevent a force advancing from the north from crossing
the Karun, thus limiting the possible field of decisive operations to
a point somewhere between Shushtar and Dizful.
Lateral communications on either side of the river are much
the same : they consist of tracks, practicable for pack animals and'
keeping generally 8 or 10 miles from the river on the north bank
or miles on the south bank. The advantage is with the south
bank on the whole.
Communications with the rear are very defective on the north
bank, involving as they do crossing high passes, snow covered in
winter, and unprovided with food or shelter. On the south bank
practicable roads run from every ford southwards to the main centres
of population, and thus to Shushtar and Ahwaz; this fact gives a
force operating from the south an enormous advantage : with Ahwaz
as a base, Shushtar and Ramuz as supply depots^ and advanced
bases at Gotwand Gurgir, and Malamir, every ford would be within
two days of its advanced base; and these points, in themselves cap.
able of supplying large quantities of provisions, would be within easy
reach of the main supply depots. J
Supplies. It is elsewhere shown in this report that the district
may be reckoned on to provision a force of 6,500 men, on the most con-
seryative estimate, without trenching on the supply from the alluvial
plains of ’Arabistan : such a force should be able to find supplies
locally for an indefinite period, though climatic considerations make
it most desirable, if not absolutely essential, that operations should
cease m May. The fuel question would not arise as long as troops
were quartered near the Karun, the driftwood on whose banks, and
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It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Bakhtiari Garmsir [Bakhtīārī], created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1909.

It includes: a preface by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quarter-Master General, Intelligence Branch; an account of the tribal and political aspect of the district by the British Consul for Arabistan [Khūzestān], David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer; and a note on medical matters by Dr M Y Young of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited.

It is divided into the following sections:

  • general – geographical, geological, zoological, tribal, strategical, archaeological, and linguistic;
  • military – climate, supplies, transport, communications, and medical;
  • route reports - compiled in 1908 covering the whole area with a network of known tracks;
  • Gazetteer notes – geographical information;
  • appendices – including a statement of resources in the district, traffic returns, reports on the carrying capacity of steamers on the Kārūn and the tramway at Nasiri, genealogical trees, and a note on the operations of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.

Also includes one map on folio 81: 'MAP to illustrate Military Report on S.W. PERSIA'.

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1 volume (80 folios)
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The item consists of a single report and an accompanying map enclosed in a pocket on the inside back cover. A contents page at the front of the volume (f 4) and index at the rear (ff 72-79) both reference the volume’s original printed pagination.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 82; 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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