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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [20r] (44/366)
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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29
Stream, —Strong.
Bed .—Firm and pebbly.
A mounted man takes 7 minutes from bank to bank.
Ford passable by cavalry in sections, but not by A. T. carts r
though in 1917 the greatest depth of the ford was 1J foot and
passable for A. T. carts.
Water sinks gradually till the winter rains.
Guide .—A guide can be obtained from Shaikh Mackenzie
or Ghulam Fez a Khan.
9. MAZELLI.—(name not well known).
Situation. —5J miles S. S. W. of Shush and about 2 mile&
south of Bu-amud.
Approaches .—Entrance to and exit from the ford easy
Tamarisk jungle grows on both banks up to the dry bed which
extends for 300 yards on either bank to the stream itself.
Description .—Within the space of two years a considerable
change was noticed in this ford. It is therefore advisable to
give two separate descriptions.
1st year, (probably 1916). The ford runs direct across the
stream for 50 yards to a pebbly spit, which is under water. This
first part of the stream is the main stream and the greatest depth
is 3' 3". It then continues diagonally upstream along the strip
for 300 yards to a sandy strip. Of the strip the last 70 yards is
the deepest, 2 7 7" being the greatest depth, and the stream is
strong. The bed of the ford is firm and pebbly. A mounted
man takes 5 minutes to cross at a walk. The ford is passable for
pack transport but loaded carts would have difficulty in crossing
the last 70 yards owing to the strength of the stream. Cavalry
can cross in sections.
2nd year .—The depth of the ford in the first position is found
to vary between 18" and 3 7 , while the spit over which the water
flowed in the previous year, is above water. In the last position
the depth of the ford varied from 9 7/ to 32 Instead of entering
the ford direct it was possible in this year to approach diagonally
to the spit from a shingle point on the near bank. Breadth of
the whole crossing is 150 yards.
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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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