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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [153v] (311/686)
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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284
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JAF—JAG
existence of a large and celebrated city in this place. They are prob
ably of the Sassanian epoch. Below them the valley narrows, and paved
roads of great antiquity are carried along each bank. Still descending
the river, the valley again widens, and artificial mounds and ruins
again occur; and on the right bank is the tomb of Daniel, held in
much veneration by the Lurs (a mean mud hut). Beyond these the
river is again confined between tremendous precipices. A paved road,*
Very slippery and bad going for horses, is carried along its banks, and
ruins of roughly hewn stone, called by the Lurs, Masjid-i-SuKman,
occur. Below these are the ruins of a very fine bridge (the bridge of
Jirzad), the arches of which must have spanned the river at an eleva
tion of 100 feet. The kiln-burnt bricks of which it was constructed
resemble those found in ruins of the Kayanian era.”
A paved high road was once carried through the plain. A caravan-
Pavedroad, Shustar-Is- sarai in ruins exists at the western extremity of
fahan. Mai Amir. The next station, for the stations
between Shustar and the eastern side of the great chain can still be
traced, is at the foot of the mountains near Burs, where there are the
ruins of a large caravansarai. The Lurs attribute this road to the
Atabegs ; it is evidently a very ancient work.
Traces of this old Atabeg road are numerous. Leaving Shustar it
traversed the Lawari valley and by Pul-i-burida, Manjinnik (Bagh-i-
Malik), Helafigan (Hallagan), Idedj (Mai-Amir), by the Rah-i-Sul-
tani to KaPa Madrassa, over the old bridge near God-i-Balutak, Pul-i*
Amarat, and Diipulan to Ardal; over the Suledjan viaduct and the
Gardan-i-Zarra to Kahv-i-Rukh.
From Pul-i-Amarat it appears to have branched by Armen, Lurda-
gan, Felat, Semiran, Kail or Kori to Kumishah, and again from Felat
to Shiraz.
JAFIRABAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of forty houses in Kurdistan, about 163 miles from Karman-
shah, on the road thence to Tabriz. {Napier.)
JAFIR GUM BED—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Fars, south-east of the Mahallu lake, on the road from
Shiraz to Dar&b. {Stoltze.)
JAGATt)—LaL Long. Elev.
A river of Azarbaijan, flowing north between Sain Kala and Suj Bu-
lak into Lake Urmia. It forms the boundary between the Turko-
Tartar and Kurd tribes; the frontier between the Turko-Tartars and
Persians is situated further west. Near Suj Bulak the river is about 300
feet broad, and its water as clear as crystal, flows rapidly over pebbles;
it is about one foot deep, and easily fordable. Gerard says that just
outside the town of Miandab, it is about 80 yards broad, 3^ feet deep,
and in the winter very difficult to ford owing to the floating ice.
The valley of the Jagatu is inhabited by a tribe called the “ Char-
daoris,” {Gerard—Thielmann — I. B. } W. 0. } Part I.)
* The Jaddah-i-atabeg.
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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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