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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [61v] (127/686)
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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BARGHAN—Lat. Long. Kiev.
A village of Fars, about 4 miles from Darab, on the road to Jahvum.
[Abbott.)
BARGHAN— Lat. _ Long. Elev.
A village near Ardakun, Fars, containing forty families. Its Mal-i-
diwanl is estimated at 100 tumans.
[Durand—-from Dr. Andreas? Notes.)
BARM-I-DALLAK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Ears, 7 miles south-east of Shiraz. There is a rock here,
with a small spring ; upon the rock are sculptures, much defaced.
[Durand.)
BARR-MASHHtJR on BARNIH-I-SHUR [Ouseley )—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Fars 12 miles east of Shiraz, on the road to Darab by
Fasa. The land here is cultivated and perfectly studded with wells,
from which water is drawn by bullocks for the irrigation of melon
grounds.
BARUDAR—Lat. * Long. Elev. 6,725'
A village of Kurdistan, 30 miles north-west of Sahna, on the road to
Sulimania.
It has fifty houses, numbers of sheep. The village is not actually
on the road, but about 1 mile to the north over the hills. The in
habitants, however, generally encamp in summer in a valley through
which the road runs, and where there is a fair spring of water.
[Rich — Gerard.)
BASERI— -
A clan of the Arab tribe of Iliyats, inhabiting the country from Mash-
had-i-Mur^hab to Pamur. The clan numbers about 2,000 families.
They breed mules and possess about 200; they do not, however, keep
mares for breeding purposes. The names of their feudal chiefs in
1880 were Reza Kuli Khan and Agha Khan Beg. [Ross.)
BASHI—Lat. 28° 39' 10'. Long. 51° 6' 10". Elev.
A small village on the coast of Fars, a few miles south of Bushahr.
[Bruch.)
This village is 11 miles north of Baraki. It has a large round
tower and date-grove. [Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot)
BASHT (FARS)—Lat. Long. Elev. 2,730' [Wells).
A village in the province of Fars, 72 miles on the road from
Bihbahan to Shiraz, situated in a small plain of the same name.
Basht was the residence of the chief of the Bui division of the Kuhgehlu
tribe, and resembles the castles of the old feudal barons in Europe.
It consists of the chief's fort, enclosed by high walls and flanked with
turrets. All around are groups of the habitations of his vassals, who
lived under the shadow of his protection, and furnished him with the
means of resisting his enemies. Water is procured from a small stream
here. A few supplies of grain and sheep are procurable, and fuel can
be obtained in plenty from the hills. [Jones.)
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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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