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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [52r] (108/366)
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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V,
93
since come in search of land or employment. There is practically
no intermarriage between the Persians and Arabs except in the
south eastern districts of Hindian and Zeidan where a certain
number of mixed marriage are to be found.
(2) Persians .—Though ’Arabistanfis administered by the
Persian Government, the number of Persians in the country is
extremely small. Intermarriage, trade and Government posts
have drawn a few into the province.
(3) Lurs. —Lurs, amongst whom must be included the
Bakhtiari, are to be found encamped during the winter months
in the Dizful and Shushtar districts, whilst a certain number are
always to be found about the Tarrahi; in addition in recent
years the number of Bakhtiari in the Pam Hormuz district has
been rapidly increasing chiefly due to the fact that the Pam
Hormuz town has been bought by the Bakhtiari khans.
Their origin is somewhat doubtful; they appear to be of the
same ethnical group as the Kurds, their neighbours of the North,
though they consider it an insult to be confounded with them.
Most writers however agree that they are of aboriginal, old Aryan
or Iranian stock, who preceded Arabs, Turks or Tartars in the
land. They do not mam 7 with the Arab, with whom they are
not generally on the best terms.
1 he religion of Arabistan is that which is common in most Religions,
parts of Persia, viz., Shi’ah Muhammadanism. As is the case
with Shi’ahs in all Muhammadan countries, religion plays an im
portant part in their every day life and frequently creates fanati
cism. . This is particularly noticeable in the towns of Shushtar
and Dizful. During the war too the influence of the Mujtahids
extended to such an extent to the tribes on the east of the Karun
that not only was it impossible for either the British or the
Shaikh of Muhammarah to rely upon them for support but they
proved themselves a danger which could not be lightly over
looked. Of the Sunni creed of Muhammadanism there are few,
. xn, are to be found in the Hindian district
and they are afraid to profess their faith openly.
A small percentage of Christians and Jews are to be found
in the towns of Nasiri and Muhammarah only and Sabaeans
in Hawizah as well; all are employed in their own art or trade.
No further reftrence need fee made to either Christians or Jews,
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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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