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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [38r] (80/686)
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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ALAI oit TAZANG or HUD-I-ZAND—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A river of Khuzistan, crossed by Baring between Kalai Tul and
Sarasia, near which it flows in a south-westerly direction through the
Ram Hurmuz plain to the sea. (DeBode — Baring?)
ALAKAB0D—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of sixty houses in Kurdistan, 3f miles beyond Bijar, on the
Tabriz—Karmanshah road. The defile of Tang-i-Kallja (?), the crest
of which is called Gardan-i-Alakabud, intervenes between this place
and Bijar. Water and supplies procurable. {Napier.)
ALAM SALIH—
One of the six subdivisions of the MamasenI trihe, who inhabit the
tract of Shulistan extending from Telespid to Shiraz. {Baring.)
ALAMURDASHT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A stage in the south of Ears, 213 miles from Shiraz and 193 miles
from Lushahr, 86 from Lar, which lies south-west. Cultivation
BaJchsh ; water from tanks. {Belly — Boss.)
ALAR or ABITALH {q.v.) —Lat. Long. Elev.
A considerable stream in Khuzistan. It runs from east to west
between high banks near Sarila. {DeBode.)
ALAWA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the western border of Kurdistan. It is on the Sheoma-
kai road, about 20 miles south-west of Panjwin on the road to Sull-
manla. {Gerard.)
ALBOCKBESH—
A section of the K'ab Arabs. {Colville.)
ALBOLAKI—Lat. Long. Elev. 6,000'.
One of two small lakes in Ears near Nagun, south of the road from
Isfahan to Ardal, and 85 miles south-west of the former. Gulls and
wild fowl frequent the lakes. ( Wells?)
AL-BU-ABADl—
A principal tribe of Khuzistan, numbering 120 adult males; tributary
to Fellahlah and encamping round the Fellahlah villages. {Boss?)
AL-BU-ALl—
A section of the K'ab tribe of Khuzistan, under Sadun, their chief,
numbering 2,500 grown men, living on a creek near Fellahlah.
According to Ross it only numbers seventy males. {Belly—Ross.)
AL-BU-GBESH or AL-BtJ-GHUBAISH—
A section of the K’ab tribe of Southern Khuzistan, numbering,
according to Pelly, 6,000, according to Ross 500, adult males, tri-
butaiy to Fellahlah, and living near (Biziah) Buzia, their principal
villages. {Belly — Ross.)
AL-Btj-GHURBAH—
A principal tribe of Khuzistan, numbering 300 adult males, and
tributary to Hawizah. They inhabit huts about Bisaitin. {Ross.)
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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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