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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [39v] (83/366)
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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p^puSonis reported to be about 24,000.
Tbe island is included in “Ihtit M^bn
them ’Arabistan and is un ® r f tb g^aikh of Muham
Yusuf al Mansur, cousin and agent ot tne onai
marah.
The island is now chiefly famous for the Anglo^PersuinOfl
Company’s refinery, which is ac * ua L ^ 1 ,^ a b riities from the
Baraim, to which place all oil is brtifcg A r § P P f tb
/A-i m* it, is exDorted to all parts oi ine
Empire.
(2) ’Amaireh .—An island on the river Karun opposite Kut-
al-’Amaireh. For navigation round this island, vi e tap ter >
River routes.
(3) 'Azrat.—A long island in the river Karun, 4 miles below
Kut-al-’Abid.
(4) Bunneh .—An island in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
off the coast of
’Arabistan, east of Bandar Ma’shur. It is narrow and low, being
about 3| miles long. It has the ruins of an old fort on it.
(5) Dabba .—A chain of low, grassy islands in the Haffar
channel of the Shatt al ’Arab, which continue for 4i miles, and
leave a channel some 1,200 yards between them and the noith
bank. The
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilots call this channel ‘The Daba
Reach.’
(6) Bair .—A small island on the river Karun, opposite the
Marid creek on the left and Sableh on the right bank. A masonry
dam here, of which the remains are still visible, is said to have
been destroyed by Karim Khan Zand.
(7) Khuwaisah .—An island in the river Karun, opposite
Qraneh.
(8) Minab .—An island in Northern ’Arabistan, enclosed by
the Shatait and Gargar branches of the Karun river. The town
of Shushtar stands at the north apex and the village of Band-i-
Qir at the south apex of the island. The inhabitants are
’ Anafijeh Arabs towards the southern end, Al Kathir in the
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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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