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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [140r] (284/366)
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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269
i filTTWAND. 31. 31. General direction 317 degrees until
the road breaks oft' from the
Shushtar-Kaunak-Dizful route at mile 8 , thence 10 degrees to
Oar Ali Roshari and over the crest of the Gardan-i-Aismi-Gir,
from where the road continues in a northerly direction to Gut*
wand. At mile 3 from Shushtar the road passes through the
defile of Tang-i-Ashgaft, where it makes a few detours to the
left but on coming out rejoins the telegraph line, which runs
direct from Shushtar to Dizful. At mile 8 at a point between
Diamchah and Chapar Khaneh the route leaves the direct
Shushtar-Dizful road, and bearing North passes the village of
Oar Ali Roshan and crosses over the crest of Gardan-i-Rish-i-Uir
an easy ascent but a strong position strategically. The road
now passes through undulating country with good S razl ^S an
later through wheat and barley cultivation to Gut wand. At mi e
ci 4 Gutchangi or Darasangi, an old fort standing m the centre
if » d«p p.l i» passed on the left of the road J.llakhan he.
at some distkce to the right of the road. The road reaehe.
Gutwand on the west side of the town. The whole stage passes
through the Daimchah muqata’ah, as far as Gardan-i-Kish- -G ,
which" is the boundary Une between it and the Aqih p am.
Gutwand, which is reached at mile 31, is a village of some 400
mud houses, chiefly built in large mud compounds The present
headmen of the village are ’Amanillah, Qalai Asad, Hap Zohrab
and Haji Tsa.
2. SAR BISHEH. 12.
43. General direction 300 degrees
to Ab Bid, thence 283 degrees
to Sar Bisheh. The road leaving the village of Gutwand on the
right takes a sharp turning to the left and proceeds m a nor ■ -
westerly direction through good grazing land with large cmtivaG
ed areas. At mile i a white cone shaped heap is passed on the
rmht of the road, which marks the boundary line between the
Gutwand and Ab Bid muqata’ahs. At mile 7 Ab Bid is passed
on the right of the road. Here are found a Bakhtian gamen
and fort, where many khans reside in the spring. At the present
(1923) Shaikh Farhan al Asad with his Arab following is encamp
ed close to the fort. Leaving Ab Bid in a west-north-westerly
direction, the road continues through similar country until
10 , when it becomes a mere track passing through thorny us
of from 3 to 5 ft. high until Sar Bisheh is reached. Along almos
f
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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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