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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [63r] (130/686)
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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BAZUFT or RtJDBAR—Lat. Long. Eley.
A stream of the above district which falls into the Katun river near
Pih-i-Diz. It is crossed on the southern road from Shustar to
Isfahan by the Pul-i-Amarat, which consists of an oak trunk, felled
across the stream. [Schindler — Wells.)
BE-AB—Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill spur (from the Kuh-i-Gird) met with shortly after leaving
Kirah in Kurdistan on the Dizful-Khuramabad route (wa Tang-i-
Zardawar). The road here presents many difficulties. [Itawlinson.)
BERAM-I-DILAK—Lat. Long. _ Elev.
A place in Fars about 7 miles south-east of Shiraz. It is of interest
on account of the figures cut in the face on the rock, which, however,
are now almost defaced. There is a small spring here. [Durand.)
BERINJAR or BIRINJZAR—Lat. Long Elev.
A camping-ground on the Fariab stream, 74 miles from Khuramabad,
on the road to Dizful via the Kialan pass. [Schindler.)
It is 2^ miles from the northern foot of the Pass, 36 miles fiom
Nasrabad. [Bell.)
BEZA.H—Lat. Long. Elev. ,
A large subdivision of Fars, situated to the north-west of Shnaz.
It produces rice, wheat, barley, and possesses some gaidens. In tie
centre of this district there is a pasture-ground, in which 6,000 mares
belonging to the Prince of Fars used to graze during three spring
and three autumn months every year.
A small stream flows through it. [Belly — Durand^
BEZAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of a plain about 30 miles north of Shiraz, in Fars. [Durand.)
BlALA (?)-—Lat. Long. Elev
A valley close to that of Madianrud, on the road from Dizful to
Khuramabad Khuzistan. [DeBode.)
BIDEH—Lat. Long. , „ 7
A village in Yazd district, about 1 mile from Maibut west, and 37
miles from Yazd. It is an old castellated-looking village. Here
are made a great number of the oval-shaped earthen P^pesW fm
making under-ground canals [kandts) in loose soi . is si u c
elevated part of the plain of Maibut, and possesses a fine tract of field
and garden land, the former of which V voduceSY '
BID-I-ZARD—Lat. Long. _ Elev.
An almost uninhabited village, south of Shiraz, towards Baba Haji.
It is on the road to Firuzabad. [Boss btolze.)
BIDRfJDlAH or BlDRfJJE—
Lat Long. Eler.
A plain near that of Kirab, to the north of Dizful. It is watered by a
stream which flows into the Kirab. [Sc hind lei.)
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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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