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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [240v] (485/686)
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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MAH—MAI
MAHlBULAK—Lat. • Long. Elev.
A village of eight houses in Kurdistan, 12^ miles south ot banjud
on the road to Tikantapa on the Tabriz-Karmanshah road by Binab
and Sain Kala. {Napier.)
MAHINKUH—Lat. Long. Elev
A mountain of limestone, of tabular shape, 1 mile to the left ot the
Tabriz-Karmanshah road, about 60 miles from Karmausbah m Kuidis-
tan. {Napier.)
MAHMIJD SALIH— „ ., ,- i "l
One of the principal divisions of the Chahar Lang Bakhtian tribes,
comprising about 1,000 families which occupy, during the
Chihal Chashma and Feridan, and in the winter Miandizan, and hills
above the plain. {See BakhtiarL)
MAHMUDI—Lat. Long. Elev.
A villao-e in Ears, 6 miles from Bandar Dilam, south-east.
& {Monteith.)
MAHRlZ—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Yazd, about 20 miles south of Yazd city. It is situated in
a space of about 2 miles square, covered with mulberry trees, behind a
low ridge of rocks, on a plateau at the foot of the northern slope of
the Shirkuh. {Stack.)
MAHRUGAT ABDADA (KHGZISTAN) —
Lat. 29° 46.' Long. 48° 36' 10*. Elev.
A long mud bank forming the west side of the channel from the Persian
Gulf into the Shatt-ul-Arab. It is dry at low water spring tides to
within about 2£ miles of the bank. It is safe to approach in working
up the above river to 3 fathoms or 2f fathoms. {Bracks.)
[iV.-B.—This latitude appears too southerly a one, if the mud bank forms a portion
of the coast line or mainland.]
MAIBUT—
Lat, 32° 13' 42"
Lat. 32° 14' 23"
Long. 53° 52' 28 / ' {Lentz). Elev.
Long. 53° 58' 15" {Flayer).
A town in Yazd district, 33 miles north-west of Yazd. It was
formerly a small walled town, but is now only a village containing
some 300 or 400 houses and about 40 shops ; Floyer says 1,000. It has
a ruined ditch, four gates, and a small citadel within it. A clay is found
here from which a number of porous water-vases are made. The district
of Maibut is dependent on Yazd, and appears to possess seventeen vil
lages and eight hamlets, besides the towns of Ardalan and Maibut. The
revenues amount to about £3,000. Snow does not remain long on this
part of the plain, but in winter a dry cold of considerable intensity is
experienced. In so arid a country the heats of summer must be
oppressive. Has a post-house and fine caravausarai, with an excellent
covered tank, and a conspicuous ice-house, also a spring of pure water.
It is also celebrated for the manufacture of “ Zailis,” or coarse cotton
carpets. {Abbott Sniith—E. Smith—Floyer.)
458
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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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