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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [163v] (331/686)
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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which, when removed, the large one is hurled in an instant from the
top to the bottom, sweeping before it with irresistible force everything
that tends to interrupt its course. It is a position of some importance,
as it commands the high road to Shiraz from Khuzistan. The rock
runs from north-west to south-east, and is composed of limestone lock,
on all sides very precipitous, but least so towards the west. There is
abundance of oak and other trees on its summit, and plenty of water,
but no habitations. To the north runs the Talagun branch of the Tab
river, nearly in a north-west direction. There are four principal entrances
to the fort, which face to the north-east, south-east, west, and south
west ; these are approached by very difficult and stony paths liable to
have masses of rock thrown on them from above. Even in the present
state of the neighbouring roads, guns might probably be brought with
great labour near enough to the west entrance to cover an attacking
party from a lower height close to it called the Shutar Khab; at all
events a road could be constructed for that purpose, but the captuie of
the fort in this manner, which must be attended with considerable loss
as long as it could be strictly blockaded, seems a matter of doubtful
importance, as its surrender, if shut out from the surrounding country,
must soon follow from want oi supplies. It is situated on the left bank
of the Ab-i-Shor, which at this point is joined by a stream from
the north. The main stream is 18 yards wide and 3 feet deep. It
has a rapid current.
(Monteith — DeBode — Kinneir — Jones — Wells — Baring.)
KAIA SHAKIN (SHIKAN ?)—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A small fort on the Paikala range, in the district of Karmanshah,
whence the name of an extensive plain, lying between the above range
and that of Laud Sukkanl. These lands were purchased by the Kalhur
chiefs from the Turkish proprietors, about the beginning of the century.
{Rawlinson — T. C. Plowden.)
KALA SHAKIN—Lat. Long. ' Elev.
A plain on the Sir-i-Pul-Karind road in Persian Kurdistan, east of the
Paikala range. {Plowden.)
This plain takes its name from a small fort on the Paikala range.
Rawlinson writes“ Kila Shakin, immediately contiguous to the
old city of Halwan, was unquestionably included in the territory of the
Kurdish prince of Dartaug and Damah, who, at the time of the treaty
of 1639 in the reign of Murad IV. of Turkey and Shah Suffi of
Persia, or at any rate shortly before it, ruled over Zohab and the
whole of the adjoining mountains. The lands of Kala Shakin indeed
were only purchased by the Kalhur chief from the lurkish proprietors
about 40 years ago, and I have always heard in this country the right
of Persia to Gilan placed in precisely the same category with her
claims upon the Pashalik Zohab.”
KALA TURAGH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small stone fort on a low hill, in Persian Kurdistan, close to the
frontier of Turkey, where the Sihna-Sullmanla road crosses it.
(7’. C, Plowden.)
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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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