IOR/L/MIL/17/15/24

Military report compiled at the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and printed in Simla by The Manager, Government of India Press, 1940.

The volume begins with a preface (folio 3) in which notes on authorities consulted in compiling the report are given. The rest of the report is divided into nine chapters (I-IX), plus appendices, each covering a different subject, as follows:

• Chapter I: General Description of the Area
• Chapter II: Climate
• Chapter III: Population
• Chapter IV: Base Ports
• Chapter V: Lines of Communication and Transportation Facilities
• Chapter VI: Signal Communications
• Chapter VII: Economic Resources and Supplies
• Chapter VIII: Engineer and Ordnance Facilities
• Chapter IX: Medical Facilities
• Appendices

In a pocket at the back of the volume are the following maps and charts:

• Abadan and Bawarda (map) (folio 64)
• Naseri and Ahwaz, showing new bridge (map) (folio 65)
• Dar-i-Khazineh (map) (folio 66)
• Diagram of wireless communications (map) (folio 67)
• Sketch map showing flood water, February-March 1938 (folio 68)
• Road distance mileage chart (folio 69)
• Comparative bridge loading table (folio 70)

One of the maps listed in the contents is missing: 'Map of A. I. O. C. Central and Southern areas showing oilfields, pipelines, telephone and telegraph lines'.