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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [127r] (258/366)
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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243
bazaar, when it winds for two miles through the date gardens.
The road then emerges into the desert and runs direct for Abadan
refinery.
(4) Muhammarah to Ahwaz (Nasiri ).—71 miles. 4 stages.
(via left bank of Karim.)
General .—The route, which starts at Haffar, a village of some
few huts about 4 miles upstream of Muhammarah and at the
extreme end of the date gardens, merely consists of a track
across uncultivated ground, passing as a rule, within a mile or so
of the left bank of the Karun. The use of this track is chiefly
confined to motor traffic of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and
messengers moving between Ahwaz and Muhammarah. There
is little caravan traffic on the route, as most of the traffic is car
ried by boat. After the rains the whole of the country passed
over becomes sodden and heavy making the going difficult, and.
between Muhammarah and ’Ah ibn Hussain impracticable.
The soil on both banks is the same, but the ground on the left
bank is more liable to inundation. The route in dry weather is
suitable for transport of any description. The only physical
obstacle is the passage of the Marid, 8 miles abov e Haffar,
where a bridge has been constructed by the A.-P. O. C. for light
motor traffic. It lies about 200 yards from the river bank and has
a roadway of 10 feet; it could probably be strengthened for
guns. When the water is low (i. e., between May and October),
the stream is fordable though- the bottom is always muddy ;
after the rains have begun the river is often unfordable. There
is, however, no reason why troops sent from Muhammarah to
Ahwaz should not be ferried to a point upstream of Marid
instead of to Haffar. There is also a small crossing at Sal-
maneh, but a strong bridge could be thrown across without
difficulty.
Water .—From the Karun.
Supplies .—Supplies may be considered as being non-existent.
The few villages along the route lie within 16 miles of Ahwaz,
but they could produce nothing more than a few chickens and
eggs. Arab encampments during the winter might, if met with,
produce some cattle and sheep.
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Obstacle .—Except at Marid there is no physical obstacle, but
from Marid to Salmaneh the road is ge nerally impassable in
April and May owing to floods
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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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