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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [37v] (79/686)
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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AKK—ALA
AKKALAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A valley in Khuzistan, north of Shustar, situated between the first
range of hills under which that town is placed, and the second or
least where the Karim first emerges from the mountains. It is watered
l>v the river of the same name and numerous canals, and presents, as
far as the eye can reach, one vast cornfield, studded with villages and
date groves and numerous gardens, amongst which orange is
the most abundant. There are also the remains of a very large canal
leading from the river close to the second range of hills, and which,
though centuries must have passed since it was made, is even now
above 80 yards broad. Modern canals of great extent and in good
repair, with which the whole plain is intersected, serve now to irrigate
the country and assist nature in rendering this one of the most fertile
spots in the whole province. This valley is about 40 miles long and
is from 10 to 15 broad, and from its position receiving all the rich soil
washed down from the mountains necessarily most productive; and it
is from here that Shustar and a vast extent of adjacent country are
supplied with corn of all descriptions. See also AkilI.
AKKALAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A hamlet of fifteen houses in Kurdistan, 4 miles from Tikantapa {q.v.)
and 66 south of Sainkala on the road thence to Karmanshah. Water
plentiful, supplies scanty. {Napier.)
AKLlD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 149 miles north of Shiraz, on the high road to
Isfahan. It is situated in a beautiful valley, surrounded by hills, and
watered by clear rivulets, the gardens and groves around it giving it a
most inviting appearance.
AKORTA or AKURSA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the western border of Kurdistan, about midway between
Sardasht and Sulimania, 19 miles from each. It overlooks the deep
bed of the river Aksu. No supplies till 4 miles further on, where
wood, water, and grass are available. {Travers — Fraser — Gerard)
AKRISH—
A principal tribe of Khuzistan, numbering 400 males, tributary to
Hawizah, living on the Karkhah river. {Ross)
AKSU—Lat. Long. Elev.
A liver which rises in the district of Lahijan, and, flowing down
the western border of Kurdistan, eventually joins the Tigris. It
passes through the deep valley of Sardasht on the road from Suj
Bulak to Sulimania, and is crossed by a sharp and difficult ford.
A LAFDAN—Lat.
Lons
( Fraser — Gera rd.)
Elev.
A rocky bank or the part of it northward and eastward of the town of
Bushahr, m bars • extending on the east side of Khor SultanI, from
Maharag island, for miles north-westward, ending in a point 1 mile
north of the town. {Constable—Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
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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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