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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [33v] (71/366)
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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(8) HINDlAN— Lat. 30* 14*24. Long. 49*43’ 5.
General Description.—A town on both banks of the Hindian
river, at a point 16 miles north-west of its mouth. The
town is mostly in ruins, and the population numbers about
1,000. Hindian is one of the two depots, the other being Dilam,
for the Behbehan line of trade. Baghalahs come here from
Bushire, Bahrain, Lingeh and Kuwait. Grain, live sheep and
wool are exported, also oak bark, sesame and ghi.
( 6 ) Inhabitants .—The inhabitants consist of Qanawatis,
sections of Bani Tamim, which migrated here from the Karim
district and Cha’b. The people are cultivators of grain, boat
men and traders and possess a considerable number of sheep and
cattle and a few horses.
(c) Water .—It is said that the water of the river is scarcely
drinkable in February, being tainted in passing through the
low hills south of Zaidan. In September it is reported sweet
and clear.
(d) Administration. —The town is under the control of the
Shaikh of Muhammarah, whose representative, now Haji Rashid
ibn Haji Rais-al-Tujjar, is resident there. The town contains
a post of the Persian Imperial Customs; there is no telegraph,
but communication is maintained with Behbehan and Bushire
by the Persian Post Office.
(9) FALLAHIYAH.—Lat. 30-40-N. Long. 48-41-E.
{a) General Description .—The chief town of the district of
the same name, the capital of the Cha’b tribe and the most
unhealthy town in ^Arabistan. It is almost buried from view
in date groves, and is situated on both banks of the Fallahiyah-
. and canal about 3 miles below Khazinah, where the Jarrahi
river ends and the canal begins. The part of the town on the
left bank is surrounded by a dilapidated stone wall, which
encloses as well as houses a large amount of marsh. About
o0 mud houses and 130 shops compose the town. (&)
(&) Inhabitants.-Mmtly Cha’b of the Khanafirah division
and number about 2 , 000 . omsion
(c) A dm inisfrat ion. —The town is governed by ’Abud ibn
uwaiyi , c ief 0 f the Khanafirah division of the Cha’b and
recognised chief of the Cha’b tribe He acts ilC ! f. d
of the Shaikh of Muhammarah. ' h re F resentatlve
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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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