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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [60r] (124/686)
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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district to the vicinity of the village, where the owners camp nightly.
[Beil.)
BAND-I-SHAHZADA or BAND-I-KAISAR—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A dam built across the Karun river in Khuzistan, above Shus-
tar, by which the waters of that river are divided into two branches,
the other being known as the Ab-i-Gargar. It is constructed of
massive blocks of hewn stone, firmly and closely united. In the
autumn it is perfectly dry, and may be traversed on foot, six narrow
openings being left for the passage of the water. It was formerly
called the Band-i-Kaisar, but, having been repaired by Prince (Shah-
zada) Muhammad "AH Mlrza, it has since retained the above name.
[Bayard?)
BANI BAUD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A little village on the Gargar stream or canal, Khuzistan, inhabited
in summer by Arabs, situated about 25 miles from Shustar, on
the road to Bam Hurmuz. [Schindler.)
BANI HARDAN— ^ t
An Arab tribe dependent on the town of Hawizah m Khuzistan.
During the summer and autumn they inhabit the banks of the
Karkhah and the marshes ; in the winter and spring they travel into
the desert on both sides of the river, where at those seasons they find
pasturage for their cattle and flocks. [Bayard?)
BANI HASAN KHAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
An Arab camping-ground in Khuzistan near Shustar on the load to
Muhammarah. ,, ,
[Schindler?)
BANI IZAR— „ tt _ , .
An Arab tribe dependent oh the town of Hawizah in Khuzistan.
During the summer and autumn they inhabit the banks of the Karkhah
and marshes ; in the winter and spring they travel into the desert on
both sides of the river, where at those seasons they find pastuiage 01
their cattle and flocks. [Ba/yard?)
BANI KATH—Lat. Long.
A village in district Zaitun, Khuzistan. The distric in wiicii is
situated is well suited to the cultivation of corn and giain o vanous
kinds, but ill-irrigated. [Bayard.)
BANI KHALID— - , rm i .
A section ot the tribe of K’ab Arabs in Khuz.stan. They number
5,000 fighting-men, and are wandering and pastoral in their habits.
In the spring and the winter they scatter, but in the summer they
concentrate with the other sections at or near he a iy al * ( e J')
Ross says there are only 200 adult males m t e n e.
BANI-NAHAD— , „ , , ;
A tribe of Khuzistan, numbering 350 adult males, who
country about Karkhah and Hawizah, being tributary to the lat
place. They live in tents. [Boss.)
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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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