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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [47v] (99/686)
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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72
BAG-BAG
BAGH-I-LARDA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Ears in the Gxsakhan range of hills. There is a road
to Buraziun, which is on the main road from Shiraz to Bushahr.
(Pelly)
BAGH-I-MALIK—Lat. Long. Elev. 1,800'.
A plain or district to the south of the Bakhtiari mountains in
Khuzistan, Persia, at the source of the Ab-i-Zal, a tributary of the
Jarahi or Kurdistan river. It is described as a beautiful and fertile
district, with groves of oak and well-cultivated fields, principally of
tobacco. In this plain are the ruins of the ancient city of Manga-
nik. ( Layard.)
On the ruins of the ancient Manganik is the village Bagh-i-Malik.
[Schindler — Baring.)
The Bagh-i-Malik valley is fertile, and grows excellent rice and wheat.
To the east of the valley oaks cease to clothe the hill-sides, and fire
wood is most scarce. The village contains 100 families. The ancient
name of Bagh-i-Malik is said to have been KaEa-I-Ramis, and to have
been built by the Ramis Arabs now occupying the vicinity of Ram
il ormuz.
The ruins of Manginik and Orwa lie in the valley. The inhabitants
of Bagh-i-Malik are descended from the family of Lur-i-Buzurg, living
about Karmanshah, i.e., the Zangana. This family has nine branches
-—the Garrawand (of these 100 families, living southward from
Burujird, are united with the ChahSr Lang), Hazarwand, Salman-
wand, Abbaswand, ’Amwand, Gulabwand, Taduwl, Al-i-Kurshid (from
this family sprang the Kurshidi Atabegs, who ruled Luristan from
1155 to 1600), and the Gijwand.
From Bagh-i-Malik (2,530 feet) to Kalga (1,910 feet) the Zard-Ab
or Tund-Ab flows in a narrow valley for 11 miles and falls 620 feet,
or, allowing for the windings of the stream, about 41 feet in a mile.
The Ab-i-Tund-Ab or Zard-Ab has three sources, i.e., (1) that from
KaFa-i-Tul, the Ab-i-Jalal, (2) the Ab-i-Bagh-i-Malik, and (3) the
Talkh-Ab-Al-i-Kurshid. [Schindler.)
BAGH-I-NARlR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, 4 miles from Yazd, on the western road to Shiraz.
[MacGregor.)
BAGH-I-NASAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A garden, 4 miles from Yazd, on the road to Shiraz. [MacGregor.)
BAGH-I-NAU (1)—
summer P a ^ a ce near Shiraz, built by a son of Fateh
Ah Shah. It stands in the centre of a large garden. ( Gusher.)
BAGH-I-NAU (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Kum Firuz in the province of Ears. [Durand.)
BAGH-I-PISARLAR (?)—Eat. Long. Elev.
A \i age, about 12 miles short of Borbonaj, Fars, on the road from
Darab to Firuzabad. [Abbott.)
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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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