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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15
- Record Id:
- 040-000799027
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000799011
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000135
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100043707746.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15
- Title:
- A note on communications and irrigation in the Persian province of Arabistan
- Scope & Content:
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This note on communications and irrigation in Arabistan was written by Sir George Cunningham Buchanan and was printed in Simla at the Government Monotype Press. The information in the note is divided using sub-headings which include:
- general description
- communications
- the Karun River
- irrigation (in Shushter and Ahwaz [Ahvaz])
- navigation
- proposals for improved communications
Folios 8-9 contain photo illustrations of the Karun River and Ahwaz Rapids.
Four maps are enclosed at the back of the file (folios 11-14).
The file was previously marked confidential.
- 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
040-000799027 - 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/17/15/15 : A note on communications and irrigation in the Persian province of Arabistan - Contains:
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15, f 11 : River Karun: Plan of Ahwaz Rapids at ordinary low water level
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15, f 12 1 : Ahwar Rapids. Longitudinal section of main line of rocks.
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15, f 12 2 : Cross sections of the Ahwar Rapids
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15, f 12 3 : Ahwar Rapids. Longitudinal section of line of rocks below main line of rocks C.D., on plan of Rapids.
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15, f 13 : Plan compiled from the drawings accompanying Major Morton's report on the Karun Irrigation Scheme, dated 23rd August…
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15, f 14 : River Karun: Mohammerah to Shushtar
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0015]/037-000799011[0001]/038-000799012[0015]/040-000799027
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (13 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000135
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- 1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 15; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence between ff 4-7.
- Arrangement:
- The information in the file is arranged by subject.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)