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‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’ [140v] (285/366)
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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the whole of this part of the stage low hills lie on the left of the
roai and about 80d yards from it. On reaching Sar Bisheh the
road taiies a sharp turning to the right leaving the fort imme-
diataly behind it. The route is now in the Sar Bisheh muqata’ah
ol
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Jang, who owns the fort of that name.
3. DIZFUL. 14. 57. General direction 355 degrees to Pa-
Tr , , . , i-Pillah, where the - Ab-i-
Kannak is crossed. _ Tne road runs along the foot of the hills and
paid, lei to the Ao-i-ivaunak. As the river is approached the
roal becomos peboly out presonts no difficulties. At mile 5 the
Ab-i-Kaunak is crossed at Pa-i-Pillah (for crossing of which see
J l . ) )73/ ' 1 Til0 direction of the route now alters to 302 degrees •
tno road passes over undulating country with good grazing land,
unnl au mile 10 two pebbly nullahs are reached. Hero the road
ta,ms a more westerly direction, 262 degrees and proceeds thus
, ; ZiU - mi 0 12 the road passes through cultivation which
continues to the end of the route. At miles 13 and 14 wells arc
passed on tne left of the road. These wells, which are used for
Water ’ hy 0arava ' a8 > the result of tunnels, dug many
indeed years ago from the hills to bring water to irrigate the
dill ° 4 : - , At this point on the road steps have been
for cn^ f tU Tl S \ S ° that drinki :1 S water -can be obtained
30 feet Mo 8 f r, DlZ , fUl ; At this P° int the tunnels are some
lilfm -M 6 e Tm 0f the gr0und - As the road approaches
the mnnnl ’ C! ? m0 / t In this sta S 0 the road passes through
Khnn a . 1 °l & ? 1 h the property of Abbas Khanibn Zohrab
T)[ f j , 16 . ost sl ^ e , for a camping ground would be before
sttlti fi 1S . reached owing to the narrowness of the Dizful
crots the aT • re n lfc WOUld b ° neeessar y to pass in order to
sround on it , 1 -'Ifu roach the generally recognised camping
groond on the right bank of the river.
(15) DIZFUL TO PAI PUL. 14 mile§. 1 stage.
, oa fT^ T te T 68 itS Importance to the fact that it
c; os L° t, f * 16 few P Iaces ' where the river Karkheh can be
Pack HanSoS W r 0r ’ PaSSabI ° ° nl y for cava dy, infantry and
which nresTnt S pre! f nt 8tate * Ai mile 4 the Bala Rud,
from here to p/pT 0 ^ ° bstacle to ca rts» has to be crossed and
of which ire d * 1 PUl lrrigatl0n cilan nels are met with, some
bridges before m< swampy; these would require culverts or
bridges, before transport or guns could bo taken across. There
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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).
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- 1 volume (179 folios)
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A contents list (ff 4-5) and index (ff 171-177) reference the report’s original pagination system.
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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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