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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [258r] (520/686)
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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491
PI R—PUL
PlRALl—Lat. Long. Elev.
A fort, about 16 miles beyond Mubarakabad, Ears, on the road from
Darab to Firuzabad. [Abbott?)
PIRHAS—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place, three stages south of Sulimania on the road to Bagh
dad, and therefore in
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
, outside Kurdistan. [Gerard.)
PlR-I-BAZAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the plain of Khuramabad, Luristan. [DeBode.)
PlR-I-SHIGUFT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village some 2 hours (riding) from Khana-i-Zanian, Ears, on the
way from Shiraz to Jarah. Has good grape-gardens. A range of
mountains of same name, near, has approximate elevation of 9,700 feet.
[Durand.)
PlRMOGAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ardalan, some distance off the road between Takht-i-
Suliman and Kamiran, 60 miles north of Karmanshah. [Gerard.)
PlRU—Lat. Long. _ Elev.
A peak rising abruptly from the plain of Karmansbah, close to Bisi-
tun. Height above plain about 1,700 feet. [Taylor.)
PISH1STAN or PICH1STAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place one march from Shustar (11 miles) on the road to
Mangasht. [Rawlinson.)
PISH1UN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A baiting-pi ace, three stages from Karmanshah, on the road to Suli
mania. [Rich.)
PlSHKUH or PlSH-I-KUH—
A branch of the Eeili Luris, who inhabit the district of Lur-i-Kuchak.
They have the Balawands to the west. They number about 40,000
families, subject to tbe Local Government of Isfahan.
The Lur tribes are divided into the Pish-i-Kuh and Pusht-i-Kuh.
The boundaries of the Pish-i-Kuh are the Silakhor valley, the Bakh-
tiari country, the Dizful river, the Karkhah river, the province of
Karmanshah, and the districts of Kangawar and Nahavand.
The Pish-Kuh tribes are divided as follows, according to their sum
mers quarters :—
Dilfan tribes {q.v.)
Silab-Silab or Silsile (q.v.)
Bala Giriwa (q.v.)
Hurud
• Tirhan
’Amalab, or Amak (q.v.)
Families.
. 4,980
. 5,000
. 12,700
. 8,050
. 8,000
820
The Pish-Kuh have two great divisions, viz., the Gulek, sub
divided into "’Amalah or Amak, and Bala Giriwa, and the Seleverzi,
subdivided into Silah-Silah or Silsile and Lilian, See also I eili,
“ Luristan,” &c. 7 „ .
[Schindler.)
Pish-i-Kuh is a name applied generally through Persia to districts
or tribes on the near side of ranges of mountains, and is the equi
valent of “cis-montani.” See also “ Feili Lurs,” LCristan, &c.
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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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