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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [31r] (66/366)
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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no claim for comment except that his knowledge of smuggling
krans and rifles into ’Iraq possibly exceeds that of most other
chiefs.
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(c) Water .—The water of Hawdzah is both bad and scanty.
Itjs however reported that water can always be obtained by
digging wells in the old bed of the Karkheh, both at Hawizah
and en route from Aminiyah, opposite Bandar Nasirl, and
Hawizeh.
(d) Camping grounds .—There is ample camping ground south
to south west of Hawizah close to the Aminiyah-Hawizah road
before the town is reached. There is no other camping ground.
(e) Administration .—Though Hawizah is under the direct
control of Shaikh Molah, he is himself responsible to the Shaikh
of Muhammarah.
( 6 ) RAMUZ, on RAM HORMUZ.— Lat. 31*10. Long. 49 * 48
(a) General description —Also called Suq Ram Hormuz, is the
chief town in the district of the same name. It stands 2 or 3
miles from the right bank of the Ramuz river about 12 miles
above its junction with the Kurdistan river, and is situated
about 48 miles due east of, and 60 miles by road from Ahwaz.
The hills of the Bakhnarl country begin from 2 to 3 miles north
of the town. Ramuz is a thriving place, its position, at a point
where several rivers meet and at the foot of a gorge leading
through the mountains to Shiraz, making it naturally a place of
importance. It consists of about 800 houses, most of these are
of mud, but a few are of brick and plaster. There are about
250 shops, partly collected in a vaulted bazaar, 100 yards in
length partly scattered through the town, and partly in a new
bazaar built about 7 years ago. In addition to the usual sup
plies available in the native bazaars saddlery is sold to a great
extent, whilst Messrs. Lynch & Bros, agent, at present Sultan
Muhammad, sells iron and sugar. There is a Persian Govern
ment Telegraph office to Nasiri on the one side and to Behbehan
on the other, the price of a telegram being J kran per word.
There is no post office, all letters being sent with caravans.
There used to be no Customs house, but in April 1922 an official
was sent by the Persian Government. At first the people re
fused to recognise him, but he is recognised now (1923) There
is also one school ^
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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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