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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎144r] (292/686)

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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HAR—HAU
HARtfN NISHlN KHAN—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Kurdistan near Banah. The territory of the Guran tribe
of Karmanshah extends from the plain of Mahldasht to this point,
which forms the Kishlak of the tribe. {T. C. Flowden.)
HASAMABAD—Lat. Long. Elev,
A village in Khuzistan, on the Ab-i-Gargar, 5 miles below Shustar.
At this place boats employed in the trade between Shustar, Ahwaz,
and Muhammarah usually disembark their cargoes, further ascent
being prevented, the Mahibazan dam just above the village.
{Layard.)
HASANABAD (1)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A division of Persian Kurdistan. It is governed by a person ap
pointed by the Wall of Kurdistan. [Rich.)
HASANABAD (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Persian Kurdistan, 4 miles from Sihna on the road to
Karmanshah. [Joiies.)
HASANABAD (3)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears one march beyond Ishfarjan towards Kazirun.
[Abbott!)
HASAN-KHAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A ruined fort in Kurdistan used as a caravansarai, 5 or 6 miles from
Sihna (S.) towards Karmanshah. [Taylor.)
HASAUR1AH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Luristan 24 miles north of Dizful, on the road to
Khuramabad via Bagh-i-Khan. [Mackenzie.)
HAS HIM—Lat. Long. Elev.
A canal in Khuzistan which enters the Karan river opposite Ahwaz.
[Schindler.)
HASIMlBAD—Lat. Long. _ _ Elev.
A village in Pars on the road from Shiraz to Darab, about 8 miles
west of the latter. [Stolze!)
HASSEMANIA—Lat. Long. Eley.
A village in Khuzistan, on the river Karun, a few miles below Shustar.
HAUZ BULAND—Lat. Long. Elev _
A well on the road from \azd to Biabanak between Khuranak and
Hauz Mian Tak, 16 miles from the former place. [MacGregor.)
HAUZ DAMBITIJ—Lat. Long.
A well in Yazd on the road to Damghan, via Jandak. This well is
full after rain ; if not, there is a spring in a hill about 3 miles off. It
is the fifth stage on this road, and is about 115 miles north of Yazd.
[MacGregor.)
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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:

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.

Physical characteristics

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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