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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [165r] (334/686)
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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KAL—KAL
“ The Kalhurs are of a Jewish cast of countenance— a circumstance
which has caused Sir H. Rawlinson to fancy that they may he descend
ants of the Samaritan captives who were placed in the Assyrian city
of Kalhur Hal ah, identified with Sir-i-pul-i-Zohab on the main road
from Baghdad to Karmanshah. The tribe is divided into the fol
lowing clans or septs :—
Families.
1. Slab-Slab . . . 1,000
2. Beg-Zadab-Slah-S!ab and
, Mutta (P) Mulla-Siab-Siah 100
3. Kaladi (?) ...
600
4. Sbabarik (?) Wurmiziad (?)
and Kbaman (?)
1,000
5. ManusM (?)
5(0
6 . Gulin (?) ...
7. Shabbazi
600
8 . KucbumI (?) .
600
9. Kulapah (?) .
500
10. Sblani (?)...
600
11. Gnrgai (?) .
400
12 Larini (?)...
200
13. Chupankara and Cbelia (?) 100 .
Place of residence.
Cbilab (?) Kasikaran and Kulasbik (p).
Sar-i-ab-i-Gilan.
In summer at Sabra-i-Gabwara. In
winter at Darwaianan (?) and Sbaikb
Maidan to near Mendali.
In winter tbe plains of Gilan Maidan
and Darab Abarik andRaghad(?) In
summer, above Rawandasbt Cbangur (?)
Kifrawar (?)
Gulin.
Kalajub (?) Rawand.
Harunabad.
Balam Rawand.
Shian (?)
Mandarak and Kamarzat.
Bastakl
Total . 6,000
[N.B .— These names are, for tbe most part, misprints, it is believed; they are given
bere for wbat they may be worth.]
The land occupied by the Kalhurs ismilkiat (or “ private property^)
i.e., the proprietary right is vested in the chief of the tribe, and not in
the Shah or (except when they have bought their fields for money) in
individual members of the tribe. It rests with the chief to distribute
the land for cultivation as he pleases. The usual arrangement, in
case of “ abl ” land, is for the raiyat to provide all the labour and
seed; after the corn crop has been threshed, he takes as his own share
two-thirds of the gross produce, leaving the remaining third for the
malik (or “ owner ”).
When the land is “ daim ” the cultivator takes three shares out of
the four. .
The cultivator also pays as “ maliat ” an annual sum m cash which
varies in amount according to his own supposed capabilities and the
exigencies or rapacity of the malik.
The relations of the chief with the Government are of a two-fold
character : First, he is Sartip (or Colonel-in-Chief) of the military
contingent which the tribe has to furnish ; secondly, he is Hakim (or
Civil Governor) of the Kalhur country, and is responsible foi the
revenue (maliat) due from the landed possessions of the tiibe. ^ The
appointment of Sartip is made by the Shah, and that of Hakim by
the Governor of Karmanshah; consequently, the two appointments are
not always united in the same individual. .
The military force which the Sartip of the Kalhur is piopeily bound
to furnish for the service of the State, consists of 3 regiments of foot.
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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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- ‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:340v, back-i
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