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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [119r] (242/686)
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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under 6 feet was met with. Here obstructions were encountered ; and,
although at this season the river can be ascended several miles higher,
the current becomes very rapid, and the pebbly bottom increases the
difficulty of disengaging a vessel which has run aground. At Kala
Bandar the natural band running half across the river increases its
current. In April the current is always rapid, and tracking up is a
work of labour.
From the Tang-i-Bahrain, the point at which the two western arms
of the river, after junction, enter the Luristan hills, the Dizful river
forces its way through a succession of chasms and gorges, and the
track along its hank is utterly impracticable : indeed, this part of the
range is so very precipitous that there is only one single pathway
conducting across it from Dizful to Burujird : it is followed by Iliyats on
foot: it is not to be traversed by a horseman, and is considered the
most difficult of all the mountain pathways. It breaks into the
Sahna-i-Lur between the hill forts of Tangawan and Kala-i-Shahi.
Sf Haw lift son.)
This river is crossed at Dizful by a brick bridge of twenty-one or
twenty-two arches. No span of greater width than 30 feet. Arches both
rounded and pointed : bridge 430 yards long : roadway fit for one line
of traffic in bad repair. Up stream the river is used to turn many
flour mills; 5th April 1884, it was in flood, and 400 to 500 yards wide
rapid current. Near the point where the Ab-i-Dizful leaves the
mountains is the celebrated Diz-i-ShahL The river is again met with
at about 18 miles south of Burujird at Chulan Chulan (q.v.)
A good mule road traverses the well cultivated valley of the Ab-i-
Dizful ; soil clay; wheat growing 2 inches high; 22nd April, barometer
24 , 8 / ' (5,350 feet).
The general run of the valley here is 140° and 340°. Nearing the
river the valley becomes very swampy, and for 1 mile horses and mules
found the greatest difficulty in traversing it, sinking over their fetlocks
into the sticky clay at each step.
Ford over the river Diz, 3 feet 6 inches to 4 feet deep; current swift,
250 feet to 300 feet wide. There are here the remains of a masonry
bridge, of which four arches only are now standing. Beyond the
bridge the river valley is swampy ; barometer 25 , 0 /! ' (4,870 feet). The
river is generally fordable except after rain.
The valley is bordered on either hand by hills similar to those
crossed, those to the east being less in height by 200 feet to 300 feet;
those to west are still snow-topped. The river Diz traverses it in a
south-easterly direction for 13 miles, where, joined by the Kemendab,
it turns to the south and breaks through the hills at the Tang-i-Bahrain,
whence a Bakhtiaii road, via Lanjonr, leads by seven stages to
Shustar. [Bell.)
DIZ—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village between Sultanlah and Zinjan, 10 miles from the former, 14
from the latter. [Stuart — Champain — Ouseley.)
DIZFUL—Lat. 32° 21'. Long. 48° 21' on St. John's map. Elev. 680'.
A town in Khuzistan, on left bank of river of the same name,
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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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