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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [141r] (286/686)
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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259 17 a
GUR—GUR
with a Sultan or Sadbashi (Yuzbashi?) at the head of each. They
are, however, only armed with muzzle-loading' fire-arms of German
make, furnished by the Persian Government. Husain Khan possesses
some Martini rifles, his own property, which he has distributed to a
few picked men. In addition, he maintains a small personal retinue
©f horse, but they are not kept up for the service of the State. The
Sharafbainee Jafs of Bama are under Husain Khan's authority. All
the land held by the Gurans is “ Milkiat,” cultivated under the same
system as that of the <c Kalhur They are estimated at 2,000
families." ( Rawlinson — Plowden.)
Of this tribe Sir Henry Rawlinson writes as follows :—“ Shortly
after the time of Sultan Murad, the Kalhur tribe, which had been
driven out from Dartung and Darnah, assumed to themselves the pecu
liar designation of <f Gurans," which had been previously applied to
the Kurdish peasantry as distinguished from the clans : and these
Gurans at the same time broke off into three distinct tribes of Killah
Zanjiri, Kirriudi, and Bewanlji, the names being derived from their
several places of residence. They are said, with the connivance of the
Government of Karmanshah, to have driven the Bajilans out of Dar
nah in about the year 1700, and to have obliged the latter to confine
themselves to the plains, in which, shortly afterwards, the Bajilan
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
founded the town of Zohab."
GtjRAT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the island of Shaikh Shuaib,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, on its south
ernmost part. It has a tower and large grove of date and other trees,
and contains about 100 men. {Constable—Stiffe —
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot.)
GURCHU—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village near Yazd. {Stack.)
GfJRGAl—
One of the thirteen principal clans of the Kalhur tribe of Karmanshah,
numbering 400 families and resident in the neighbourhood of Man-
darik and Kamarzat in Karmanshah. {Plowden.)
GfjRGlR—Lat. Long. Elev. 1,430'.
A village between Gudar-i-Balutak and Malamir, in Khuzistan, 44
miles from Shustar, on the road thence to Isfahan. Supplies difficult
to get here, owing to bigotry or ill-will of the inhabitants. It lies in
a barren valley, west of the Kuh Asmari.
{Schindler — Baring — Wells.)
GGRl—Lat. Long. Elev.
A large village, 5 miles from Basidu, island of Kishm,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
towards Guran. It has an extensive date grove and much cultivation
between it and the Strait; it supplies much of the vegetables and fruit
consumed at Basidu. The inhabitants are cultivators. There is a pass
here through the hills to the southern coast.
{Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
GURIAHUT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of ten houses, 14 miles south-west of Sara Agach in Ardalan on
the road to Karmanshah. {Napier.)
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:340v, back-i
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