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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [126v] (257/366)
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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This route, though it can only be used by motor transport, m
possibly the most important route in ’Arabistan. Armoured
cars, military equipment and other stores, which can be carried
by motor transport, can arrive at Ahwaz in less than five hours
instead of at least three days by river. Sick and wounded may
also be evacuated to Basrah in comparative comfort by motor
ambulance owing to the excellent surface of the road. The road,
however, like all other desert roads, is impassable during the rainy
season. It is advisable for spare cars to be run with the convoy
and sufficient food and water for at least two days.
Water. —Nil, until Safhah is reached, which lies about 1,000
yards from the route on the Karun, and Umm-al-Tumair.
Supplies. —Nil, with the same exception as for water, though
only a few dates, eggs and chickens would be available.
Nil.
Camping grounds .—Along the whole route.
Communications. —Nil.
Inhabitants. —Muhaisin and Bavieh along the banks of
the Karun. Along the route till Safhah is reached, no inhabi
tants are encountered.
Stages .—The road cannot be divided into stages, though it is
worthy of note that Safhah is reached approximately 53 miles
from Tanumah and Umm-al-Tumair 67 miles. At this point the
Basrah-Ahwaz route crosses the U mm-al-Tumair-Hawizah
track leaving the village about 600 yards to the right of it. From
here it is possible either to follow the track, which meets the
Ahwaz-Umm-al -Tumair road along the river bank some 800
yards further or to turn into Umm-al-Tumair and from there
proceed to Ahwaz. This alternative, however, is more useful
when proceeding from Ahwaz to Basrah, as the turning off the
Umm-al-Tumair road between Khoraishan ruins and Umm-at-
Tumair might be passed unnoticed ; the old bed of the Kar-
kheh in this section makes no formidable obstacle to motor
transport.
(3) Muhammarah to Abadan. 10J miles. 1 stage.
General .—This road starts on the right bank of the Karan
opposite the offices of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and con
tinues along the river bank till a point is reached opposite 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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