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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [133v] (271/686)
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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244
GAH—GAR
GAHWARA—Lat. 34° 20' 35". Long. Eley.
A village in the Karmanshah district, situated on the other side or
the Kala Kazi range, one stage south of Karind and 40 miles west of
Karmanshah. It may contain about 300 houses, which are flat-roofed,
and rise in terraces on the slope of the mountain. It is the chief
place of the Gurau tribe. (Raivhnson— Jones—Plowden—Gerard.)
GAlAZAN— _ tr-\ - • \
A clan of the Kashkai Iliyats, inhabiting the tract between Ivhaniak-
i-Zanjm to Tol-hKhusru in Arabistan. They only number 200
families. (Ross.)
G AIR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain-range in Ears, to north of the Kur river, before it
reaches the plain of Marvdasht. (Diirand.)
GAIR-I-ARDAKGN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A range in Ears running north-west and south-east, about 60 miles
from Shiraz. A steep male track leads over it due to Ardakun. On
the top is a small spring. ( Durand)
GALfjTGAH—Lat. Long. Elev
A mountain in Ears south-east of Shiraz. The road from Kiramih
to Halalabad rounds its spurs going to Khir. There is a deep pond
of rain water at the fort, also called Galugah. {Wells.)
GAMASIAB or GAMSU—Lat. Long. Elev.
A river of Persia, formed by the junction of three streams, all of
which spring from the east of Karmanshah. The first, and most in
considerable, has its commencement about 25 miles west of Hamadan.
The second has three springs on the side of Mount Elvand, 6 or 8
miles south of that place. The latter runs south-west till it meets
the former on the plain of Maran, about 10 miles south-west of Kan-
gawar, and at a spot nearly 10 miles south of that place, it is joined
by the third, or chief, branch of the Karkhah, which comes from the
Guran mountains by a north-west course of about 40 miles.
The trunk of the three united streams under the above name then
winds for nearly 30 miles in a general west direction to Bisatun, where
it is crossed by a good brick bridge, chiefly along the Guran moun
tains. At this celebrated spot the Gamasiab receives the Ab-i-Dinawar
coming from the north, and again, after a course of about 12 miles
nearly south-west, another stream, called the Karasu, passing through
Karmanshah at about 20 miles north-north-west of that place. Erom
this it is called the Karasu. Schindler says the Kalan and Nahawand
streams together form the Gamasiab. Plowden says the Gamasiab and
Karasu join 15 miles from Karmanshah.
( Chesney—Sch indler — Plowden.)
GANADAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Western Kurdistan, 30 miles south-west of Suj Bulak,
and near Mabawa, a Persian fort, on the road to Rayat. It is almost
in ruins now. {Gerard.)
GARACHlA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Luristan, about 50 miles north-west of Burujird,
on the road to Sihna. {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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