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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [128r] (260/366)
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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3. KXJT ABDULLAH. 37. 63. General direction JNT.-N.-E*
. Both the road and the pipe
line leave the river here meeting it once more at Knt Abdullah,
This route would be impracticable unless the troops could com
plete the march of 32 miles, away from the river, in one stage,
as there is no water en route. For small bodies of troops arrange
ments might be made for water to be sent by lorry to one of the
A-P. O. C. intermediate stations at 10 , 10, 29 miles respectively,
from Borquaim ; the names, of these stations in order are Makkarq
Hasbah, Arab Marid, and Swaizah.
4. AHX^ AZ. 8 . 71. General direction H.-FF.-E. From
Kut Abdullah the route follows
the river bank closely as tar as Ahwaz, passing two villages
and the town of Nasiri.
(5) Muhammarak to AJiwaz--S2 miles. 6 stages.
(via right bank of Karun).
General—A route of little importance in peace time as all
traffic goes by river but was used by British troops during the
war, since when if has ceased to exist. Ihe report, as given
below, was brought up-to-date on July 31st, 1915.
The route is liable to become entirely impassable in flood,
and usually difficult except from August to November when it is
practicable for all arms.
Supplies ,—None worth considering.
Grazing, Good for camels ; for other animals scarce.
Fuel, Obtainable in places, chiefly tamarisk bushes.
Alternative routes.—From Muhammarah to Behvali the route
on the left bank is generally followed, the Karun being crossed
to the right bank at Behvali in Stage 2 .
Stages—
1. DAIB ISLAND. 10 . 10. General direction North by East.
The road leaves the tov/n of
Muhammarah skirting the northern wall, at first in an easterly
direction. I he soil is clay and in many places sw 7 ampy ; date
plantations occur here and there. At mile 1 the road becomes a
meie track across the mud fiat. The country is barren to the
nortii, but a belt of cultivation fringes the Karun. At mile 2 ^
the route lies over country which becomes a vast swamp in the
MC164CGR
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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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