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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [260v] (525/686)
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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RAJ—RAM
RAJAT-AS-SIFLI and RAJAT-AL-^ALl—
Names given by the Arabs to the two bands enclosing Bnshahr
harbour, or Khor Dairah, : the former being the lower or inner
bank, the latter the higher or outer one ; the former extending off
the town, and the latter southward from Ras-as-Shat. *
The inner bank consists of a series of dry sandbanks, lying off the
north end of the town. Its outer edge, which commences just above
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.
, runs north-west by north for 2^ miles from the flagstaff.
The north-west point of these shoals, called Ras-al-marg, is the chief
danger in entering the harbour, being leeshore in a “ shimal. ”
{^Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
RAKl—
A subdivision of the Durakai tribe of the Haft Lang Bahtiaris.
See BakhtiarI.
RALEH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears between Khan-i-Kitf and Kerameh on the road from
Karman to Shiraz. {Lovett.)
RAMGHUN?—Lat. Long. Elev. 5,400'.
A village in Ears, between Masarm and Jarah, celebrated for its
good salt, its figs, and its pomegranates. {Durand.)
RAMGIRD(?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of a plain in Ears, to west of Persepolis. {Durand.)
RAM HURMUZ—Lat. . Long. Elev.
A plain in Khuzistan, south-east of Shustar, on the banks of the
Jaiahi river. This plain is inhabited by the following tribes, who
are partly nomadic and partly stationary : 'All Khamis, 'All Bu-Kura,
Shuli, 'All Bu Murad, and Gurgi. The plain has a flourishing ap
pearance. The south part of the district is constantly exposed to the
forays of the Kuhgehlu. The principal villages on the plain of Ram
Hurmuz,Dih Yar,Kala Shaikh, Sultanabad, Jaizan, 'Ali-abad, Kherfend,
Jaizan, and Chah Mula. The annual tribute claimed from Ram Hurmuz
was, until lately, 3,000 tumans. There are naphtha springs near it.
Beyond the Zaitun range is the fertile plain of Ram Hurmuz, which
extends to the river Karun, from a low range of hills running at
right angles with this great chain, joining the Zaitun hills and forming
the boundary between Ram Hurmuz and the plain of Bihbahan. The
plain has a rich alluvial soil, suited to grains of all kinds and to rice,
fruit trees, dates, &c. Here are the remains of numerous villages
and frequent assemblages of mounds, and remains of large canals,
marking the seat of an overflowing ancient population. To the east
of Ram Hurmuz is a range of sandstone and limestone hills, abounding
in gypsum, and containing the celebrated white naphtha springs and
bitumen pits of Ma-i-Daud.
Ram Hurmuz itself must have been, from its appearance, a great
city once. Its position at a point where several rivers meet, and at
the foot of a gorge leading through the mountains to Shiraz, makes it
naturally a place of importance, but it is little more now than a
market for the Bedouin tribes and a military station. The position
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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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