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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [327v] (659/686)
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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632
Long-.
Elev.
TANG-I-KHAST—Lat.
See Shaspir and Fahliun.
TANG.I-KIL—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Ears between Jam and Gillahdar on the road from
Bushahr to Lar, about 165 miles south-east of the former and 114 miles
west of the latter. It is situated in hilly difficult country.
(Ross.)
TANG-I-LAILUM —Lat. Long. Elev. 1,560'.
A break in Luristan in the Kheolah (Kialan) range of hills, which is
pierced by the Lailum stream, 70 miles from Dizful on the road to
Khuramabad. This stream is an affluent of the Ab-i-Saimarah, which,
traversing the valley between the Kuh-i-Kabir and Kheolah hills,
falls into the Karkhah.
The hills forming the Saimarah valley, the Kabir and Kheolah
Ranges, are here 2 miles apart; the former, in one long incline slop
ing upwards to the south, are much cut up by ravines and marked by
striae; the latter rise in almost perpendicular slopes; the tops of the
former are still white with snow in places.
This fine gently sloping valley, covering 1,000 yards by 1,000 yards,
is surrounded by low undulations, and is easy of defence, except from
the north, where the Kheolah range is steep and accessible only with
difficulty by means of the steep ledges of rock formed by denudation;
pasture good.
The Lailum stream, here shallow, 20 feet broad, flows in a bed of
conglomerate, 50 feet deep. By a narrow gorge it here forces its way
through the Kheolah range; it is possible to get to the northern side
of the range by passing through the gorge. The rocks here are full
of nummulites.
The river is forded with difficulty after rain.
Thermometer, 10th April 1884, 80° at 3 p.m. The passage of
the Lailum is difficult owing to large boulders covering its bed.
(Bell.)
TANG-I-MILA MAWARI—Lat. Long. Elev.
A defile in Kurdistan, running north and south between Kamyaran
and Kurugh on the Karmanshah-Sihna road. It is about 6 or
7 miles long. The hills through which it passes, though lofty, are
bare and brown. There are no trees, or villages, or cultivation.
(Plowden.)
TANG-I-MGGHAR (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass or gorge, whence the river Mughar(?) issues, crossed by the road
between Bihbahan and Shustar. (DeBode.)
TANG-I-NARAK—Lat. Long. Elev. 3,230'.
A pass in Fars, one march from Dugumbazan, on the road to Kala
oatid. It is not practicable for guns, which would have to go round
by a mountain to the north. (Belly)
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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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