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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [47r] (98/686)
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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and north and south from Ariz to Naha, about 63 miles. The climate
is mild in winter, and intensely warm, but salubrious in summer.
(X. Abbott.)
Bafk is a town of some 3,000 inhabitants, planted in the midst of
a wild desolation. Ancient Jcanats supply it with brackish water, and
it abounds in mulberry, pomegranate, and palm trees, which fill the
gardens that extend 2 miles to the north of the town, and almost
connect it with two little outlying hamlets. From a distance it looks
stately and prosperous, but is really poverty-stricken and stagnant.
No trade has taken root here, as the town lies off the main road. It
is, however, very healthy. Twenty-six miles from Bafk is what is
called its gate. It is the termination of the pass in the descent of
the road from Shaitur. The gates consist of sheer walls of rock 400
feet high and 200 yards apart, the passage being a quarter of a mile
long. [Stack.)
BAFBtT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Yazd district, Persia, some 40 miles west-north-west
of Yazd, and 4 or 5 miles from Maibut. (Goldsmidt.)
BAFT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A plain in Yazd district, Persia, situated 14 miles from Yazd. It is
very fertile, and is watered by a fine stream, on which are numerous
country houses, and it enjoys a fine-temperature. [CJiTistie.)
BAGH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Pars, Persia, situated on the Coast 25 miles from Bandar
Diiam, and 20 miles from Bandar Rig. There is one well of good
water here. There is a headland here called Cape Bagh, which is a
very remarkable scarped cliff, slate colour, red alternating, fluted up and
down with horizontal marks along it. {Colville?)
BAGH AK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Pars, Persia, 7 miles from Bushahr, containing 150
houses, of the Puladi tribe, and paying a revenue of 150 tumans.
Brackish water obtainable from wells. {Felly Durand.)
BAGHAN—Lat. Long. Elev * .. „
A village in Pars on the road from Bushahr to Lar, 114 miles from
the former. It is near the river Mund, which is difficult to cross in
winter and spring. Grain and fruit grown. Irrigation by means
of streams. (Ross.)
BAGHASH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Pars 24 miles from Bushahr on road to Ahram. (laylor.)
BAGH-I-CHAHRtTD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Pars in the Gisakhan range of hills. There is a road
from it to Burazjun, which is on the main road from Shiraz to
Bushahr. (Felly.)
BAGH-I-KHAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Luristan with some trees and nvulet, between
Chaman-i-Ghaz and Valmian, on road from Dizful to Khuramabad.
It is 83 miles from the latter. (DeBode Schindler.)
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:340v, back-i
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