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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9
- Record Id:
- 040-000799021
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000799011
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00012f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048985726.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9
- Title:
- ‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’
- Scope & Content:
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Report marked strictly confidential, prepared in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General’s Department in India, by the Assistant Quarter Master General, Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Sever Bell, Royal Engineers. The volume was published by the Government Central Branch Press, Simla, 1885.
The contents of the volume are as follows:
- part I, a narrative description of a journey from India to Muhammerah [Khorramshahr], through to the Luristán [Lorestān] hills, to Kúm [Qom]; from Kúm to Gulpaigán [Golpāyegān ], Chaman-i-Sultán [Chaman Solţān], Ali-Gúdar [Alīgūdarz], Imámzádá-Ishmail [Emāmzādeh Esmā‘īl], and the Zaindarúd River [Zāyandeh Rūd] to Isfahán; from Isfahán through the Kúhgehlú [Kohgīlūyeh] hills to Behbahán and Bandar-Dilám [Bandar-e Deylam]; from Bandar-Dilám to Bushire
- part II, a detailed account of southwest Persia, compiled from Sever’s own observations and other available sources
- part III, commercial considerations. A further section in this chapter on strategic observations, which is mentioned on the contents page and marked as secret, is not present in the volume
- part IV, detailed road reports
- appendix A, road reports, Isfahan to Shústar [Shūshtar], Shústar to Shíráz [Shīrāz], compiled in 1881 by Captain Henry Lake Wells, Assistant Director of Persian Telegraphs, with additional annotations by Bell
- appendix B, a list of plant specimens collected in Luristán during April and May 1884
- appendix C, extracts of a paper on the geology of the Turko-Persian frontier, written by William Kennett Loftus, June 1854
- appendix D, meteorological observations at Bushire, from 20 March to 20 June 1885
The volume includes eight maps, two photographic plates, and illustrations throughout (topographical, architectural, anthropological). The two photographic plates and some of the maps are of an earlier date than the volume’s publication date of 1885.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000799011
038-000799012
040-000799021 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/17 : Military Department Library
IOR/L/MIL/17/15 : Iran, Iraq, Persian Gulf
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1-40 : Iran
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9 : ‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ - Contains:
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 12 : ‘Sarhang Hájji Ibrahim Khán, Commandant of the Bakhtiari Horse.’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 63 : ‘Sartip Muhammed Hossein Khán, Bakhtiari.’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 83 : ‘Index to road reports.’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 89 : ‘Sketch of the Kárún River at Ahwaz showing the obstruction to the navigation, &c.’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 96 1 : ‘Sketch plan of Shústar and vicinity.’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 96 2 : ‘Sketch plan of Band-i-Gargar.’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 229 : ‘Map of S. W. Persia’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 230 : Map of southwest Persia, sheet no. 2
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 231 : Map of southwest Persia, sheet no. 3
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 232 : Map of southwest Persia, sheet no. 3A
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0015]/037-000799011[0001]/038-000799012[0009]/040-000799021
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (231 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00012f
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1885
- End Date:
- 1885
- Date Range:
- 1885
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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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 233; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- A contents page (f 7) and index (ff 222-226) refer to the volume’s original printed pagination.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)