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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [29r] (62/686)
The record is made up of 1 volume (336 folios). It was created in 1885. 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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throughout the year, and its breadth from 60 to 120 yards. This ca
pability of navigation for steamers extends from Band-i-Kir to the
village of Khuramabad, where boats to and from Shustar load or un
load ; though Lieutenant Selby ran a steamer to within one mile of
the town, where the passage was finally closed by a natural ledge of
rocks reaching right across the river, with only a small opening, about
10 yards wide, through which, however, boats of 20 tons can, and
do, pass into the very heart of the town, to which therefore troops
or goods from England could be transported. Good wood for steam
ing purposes is plentiful along the banks and on the small islands in
the centre of the stream, but, as the distance between Band-i-Kir and
Shustar is so short (only about eight hours), no intermediate wooding
station would be necessary. This canal has been mistaken for the main
stream of the Karun on account of its greater width and depth, but
Layard remarks with reference to this mistake, “ It is difficult to
conceive how any person who had examined the entrance of this branch
could suppose it to be the natural bed of the stream.”
This canal is navigable at all seasons for vessels drawing 6 feet of
water. (Champ ain — Layard.)
Schindler says the origin of the word is doubtful. It may be a word
imitating the sound of the waters gurgling through the tunnels of
the dams. One author says it was so called from people having come
and settled at Shustar from Gargar in Azarbaijan, and that the
quarter of the town they inhabited became called Gargar, and hence
the river also.
He further describes the construction as given above, adding that
the pavement to which the river was raised is called Shadurvan. The
present bridge over the Gargar on the dam is of modern construction.
Below Band-i-Klr the Gargar is 50 yards wide, and exceedingly deep.
Horses and mules swim across the placid stream without difficulty.
( Wells — Schindler.)
AB-I-GARIN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A river of Khuzistan, which, joined with the Karsan river, forms—to
the south of Falat—the Ab-i-Burs. (Layard.)
AB-I-GARM—Lat. Long. Elev. 1,950'.
A little stream in Luristan running into the Karkhah river, crossed by
the road from Dizful to Zohab, at about 139 miles from the former
(Uawlinson). Rivanegra made a stage at the Abigarm, 93^ miles
from Khuramabad, and 63 miles from Dizful. No supplies; water
plentiful. (Rivanegra.)
AB-I-JARGAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A river in Khuzistan, crossed by a bridge 20 miles from Shustar on
the road to Mangasht. (Rawlinson.)
AB-I-KASHGHAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A river of Luristan, which rises in the Bakhtiari mountains, and flows
south-west for over 100 miles to its junction with the Karkhah. It is
a deep and impetuous stream and apparently not fordable. It is
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The third of four volumes comprising a Gazetteer of Persia. The volume, which is marked Confidential, covers Fārs, Lūristān [Lorestān], Arabistān, Khūzistān [Khūzestān], Yazd, Karmānshāh [Kermānshāh], Ardalān, and Kurdistān. The frontispiece states that the volume was revised and updated in April 1885 in the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermaster General’s Department in India, under the orders of Major General Sir Charles Metcalfe Macgregor, Quartermaster-General in India. Publication took place in Calcutta [Kolkata] by the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, in 1885.
The following items precede the main body of the gazetteer:
- a note by Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Sever Bell, Deputy Quartermaster General, Intelligence Branch, requesting inaccuracies, omissions and suggestions for the gazetteer be reported to the Deputy Quartermaster General;
- a second note, dated 26 November 1885, describing the geographical scope of the four volumes comprising the Gazetteer of Persia , and also making reference to the system of transliteration used (Hunterian) and authorities consulted;
- a preface, containing a summary of the geographical boundaries of the Gazetteer, a description of the Persian coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , an abridged account of trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1884, and a description of telegraphs in the regions described by the Gazetteer.
The gazetteer includes entries for human settlements (villages, towns and cities), geographic regions, tribes, significant geographic features (such as rivers, canals, mountains, valleys, passes), and halting places on established routes. Figures for latitude, longitude and elevation are indicated where known.
Entries for human settlements provide population figures, water sources, location relative to other landmarks, climate. Entries for larger towns and cities can also include tabulated meteorological statistics (maximum and minimum temperatures, wind direction, remarks on cloud cover and precipitation), topographical descriptions of fortifications, towers, and other significant constructions, historical summaries, agricultural, industrial and trade activities, government.
Entries for tribes indicate the size of the tribe (for example, numbers of men, or horsemen), and the places they inhabit. Entries for larger tribes give tabulated data indicating tribal subdivisions, numbers of families, encampments, summer and winter residences, and other remarks.
Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.
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- 1 volume (336 folios)
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The gazetteer’s entries are arranged in alphabetically ascending order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 341; 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 volume has two printed pagination systems, the first of which uses Roman numerals and runs from I to XIII (ff 3-10), while the second uses Arabic numerals and runs from 1 to 653 (ff 12-338).
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