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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [63v] (131/686)
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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From the Bidruzih plain the most direct road to Khuramtlbad leads
by Kirab over the Kuh-I-Neangarra, Kuh-I-Beab, and Kuh-i-Sird to the
Chemesk valley. It is an extremely difficult one, quite unfit for an
army to attempt. By it Khuramabad is distant from Dizful 115
miles. {Bell, 1884.)
BlDSHAHR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A town and district in Ears, on the road from Firuzabad to Lar. The
town is half in ruins. {Stack.)
A village in Fars about 35 miles from Lar, on the road to Shiraz,
situated in a plain of same name. Wells can be sunk anywhere, but
the water is brackish. Good wheat is grown, and tobacco, for which
the saline soil is well adapted. {Stack.)
BIDUN—Lat. Long. Elev. 7,GOO'.
A village of Yazd in the Kuhbanan district. It is 5 miles to the
right of the road from Kuhbanan to Yazd, being about 8 miles
direct from the former. The village is on the side of a mountain
and is surrounded by orchards. {Stack.)
BIHBAHAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A district of the province of Ears, bounded on the north by the
mountains which separate Irak-i-Ajami from the south provinces of
Persia; east by Shulistan; south by
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; west by Ram
Hurmuz and the K’ab country. The soil, particularly in the plain, is
a rich alluvial deposit, yielding in the neighbourhood of the town a
return of twenty-four fold of corn. Near the Gulf cotton and rice
are the staple productions. Among the fruit-trees are the lemon,
orange, pomegranate, and plum; of these the last takes precedence.
The whole district is watered by numerous streams, the principal being
the Shamsi, Arab, Khanabad, and Kurdistan. The climate is so mild
that in January the meadows in the vicinity of the town are covered
with the narcissus, appearing spread out like a white sheet several
miles in circumference, and diffusing the most delicious fragrance.
Mules are bred in the district. {Ross.) The inhabitants consist
chiefly of Kuhgehlu and other tribes, of which the following is a list
Bawi
Kuhmari
Boverr
Charm
Nui
Dushman Z
Yusafi
Tyabi
Behmahi
Shir Ali
Shahrui
Malhamedei
Aghajir! .
Jaghatai .
Keshtil
Tileh Kuhi
Bilehlu
Jameh BazurgI
1,200 tents
800 „
2,000 „
1,000 „
1,000 „
500 „
400 „
1,000 „
2,500 „
1,000 „
J Live near the Mamasenis.
I Live in Kuhgehlu. A broken
j down tribe.
Broken down.
A rich tribe.
Live between
Shustar.
Bam Hurmuz and
1,000
Rich.
1,000
Laks.
104
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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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