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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [33v] (71/686)
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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44
A Hit—AH W
« Khuveestanees,” and “ Dehmegoomees (?),” but is a miserable-look-
ino- place. Its water is procured from a brackish spring. There is a
large date plantation here. A good supply of cattle is piocuiable, as
well as fruit, fuel, rice, and coarse felts, it being a, mart for the sale
of the produce of the wandering tribes in the vicinity. Near it are
some hot and sulphurous springs, which are believed to be very effica-
cious for the cure of all diseases by the Persians. From the sulphur,
which is procured from them, some gunpowder is manufactured in the
village. The springs are so warm that it is with dimculty one can
bear one’s hand in them. [Hardy
The Bahrami range stretches from the north-east or Ahram to the
Kuh-i-Khormuj. . , ,
St. John says that when the Ahram river is dry or nearly so, as it
is from April to December, the pass, 2 miles east of Ahram, is practic
able for loaded mules, but during the winter rarely so. Roughly Mon-
teith says it could be made passable for guns without much labour.
The Persians have never attempted to bring artillery by it. Wheat,
barley, and cotton are cultivated, being irrigated by small streams.
Supplies are procurable. [Felly—Monieith Haidy Jones—Ballard
St. John—Boss—Durand.)
A.HRtiMAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Ardalan, two days’ march south of Panjwin on the Perso-
Turkish frontier, and due west of Sihna. [Gerard.)
AHWAZ—Lat. 31° 18' SO''.
Long. 49'.
Elev. 220'.
A small town in Khuzistan, 48 miles south of Shustar, on the left
bank of the Karun. It is situated in a flat uncultivated country, and
occupies a portion of the site of the old city of Aginis, being built
with its materials. It has a mean appeal ance, being a collection of
hovels rather than houses. It now contains not more than 600
inhabitants, Arabs, subject to the K’ab Shaikh. Many of the inhabit
ants are the owners of the small boats which trade between
Muhammarah and Shustar, or are used for the transport of merchandise
between these places, as the owners themselves do not trade. In 1881
Baring observed native vessels of 7 tons lying below the third rapid.
The country on the town-side of the Karun is a bare plain, with
very slight patches of cultivation here and there, and on the south
east side of the town is a range of sandstone hills, perfectly bare. The
other side of the river is a bare desolate plain without a tree. A few
hundred yards above the town is a ridge, round which the river passes,
rendering it a very strong position.
Here is the celebrated ‘ band’ of Ahwaz, consisting of four ridges
of sandstone which cross the Karun here. The first, immediately above
the castle and below a large island in the river, has an opening which
admits of vessels without any difficulty, and has 9 fathoms of
water; the second, which traverses the river below the castle, is the
most important of the four; it has two openings, through which the
river in the dry season rushes with great impetuosity. The chief
channel, which is that near the right bank, has about 9 fathoms of
water and is of considerable breadth. The second channel, which is
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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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