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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [156v] (317/686)
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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men, being up to the horses* girths. In spring it would he a nasty
flood to pass. Fine cover of tamarisk and oleander marks its course,
whilst beyond palm groves, villages, and cultivated ground present an
unwonted scene of prosperity and security for this part of Peria.
Wild cabbage is the ordinary weed of the plain.
JARUM. FiV/e Jahrum.
JARZUN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, containing about 700 to 800 inhabitants,
Persia, 12* miles north-west of Bihbahan, on a tributary of the Jarabi.
It is a rich place surrounded by gardens. (Monteith — Jones.)
[N.B.—This place is called Tashan by DeBode.]
JAU-I-DAR—>Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Khuzistan, 67 miles south of Burujird, on the road
to Dizful. {Mackenzie!)
JAWAKAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 24 miles north of Firuzabad on the road to Shiraz.
{Stack!)
JA ZI RAT MALGARAM (?)—
Lat. 27° 50'30". Long. 51° 38'. Elev.
A small wooded island off the coast of Fars. {Brucks!)
JAZIRAT MALGASAB (?)—
Lat. 27° 50' 30'. Long. 51° 32'. Elev.
An island in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
off the coast of Fars. It is a low narrow
island, about miles long. Within is a narrow channel with 12 or 14
fathoms, but blocked up at each end. You may approach this island
to 5 fathoms in the day and 7 in the night. {Brucks!)
JAZIRAT-SHAIKH-SAD (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A low island in Fars, 4 miles long, north and south, on the east side of
Bushahr harbour. It has a small village and tower on its north end : the
latter, which bears north-north-east, 5^ miles from the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
flag
staff, stands on the north point, which is rocky, and about 10 feet above
the sea, being the highest part of the island. The village is inhabit
ed by boatmen, who carry on the traffic between Bushahr and Shif or
Sif; a small creek running into the island divides the village into
two parts. There is no water here except after rains. The south end
is separated from Maharag (?) by a channel, J mile broad, nearly dry
at low water. Near the tower above-mentioned is the tomb of the
Shaikh whence the island takes its name, and to the eastward of this
are remains of a town of some antiquity, consisting of extensive
mounds and ancient tombs, and called Bandargah.
{Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot!)
JAZIRAT-I-ABRlN— J 1
Lat. 27° 55'40'. Long. 51° 28'40'. Elev.
An island in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
off the coast of Ears. It is at the
commencement to the northward of the islands and banks which
form the Bardistan reef. {Bracks!)
* Jones says 36 miles.
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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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