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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [104r] (212/686)
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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185
DAR—DAIl
DARES HK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Yazd, 8 miles south-west from the town of that name on
the road to Shiraz via Abarkuh. {MacGregor.)
DARGA HO ROOT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Kurdistan between Raian and Rayat, perched on the slopes
of the Warda mountainsj which rise to a height of about 11,000 feet.
( Gerard.)
DARGUWAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A little village in the island of Kishm,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, about 8 miles
west by south from the table hill point, north-west of Kishm town.
There are some date trees here, and about fifty men, chiefly fishermen.
{Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
DARlACHAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A salt lake in the province of Ears, in the neighbourhood of Shiraz.
{Chesney.) 56 miles from Shiraz. {Petty.)
DARIA-I-MAHALG—Lat. Long. Elev.
A large salt lake in Ears forming the eastern border of the plain of
Shiraz. {Stack.)
DARIA-I-NlRlZ or NlRlS or NAIRlZ—Lat. Long. Elev.
A large lake in the province of Ears, about 10 miles east of
Shiraz. The length of it is about 60 miles, with a breadth of, perhaps,
3 to 5 miles. The water of this lake is almost entirely derived from
the river Kur, better known as the Band Amir. In dry summer
season the water evaporates entirely and its bed may then be tra
versed on foot, and the inhabitants take the opportunity of
collecting the salt with which its bed is encrusted, and which is
esteemed remarkably fine, and is in general use throughout Ears. Its
banks are often completely whitened by the presence of innumerable
water birds, chiefly swans and flamingos, which latter also may be
seen wading far into the water in search of their prey. The oyster-
catcher is seen abundantly, but is very timid. The water is extremely
salt. The shores have no sandy beach, but soft fine mud, which
has an unpleasant saline smell when stirred up, and no shells are to be
seen in it. The inhabitants say that it contains no fish or any living
animal, but it is not improbable that in the mud are found polypi and
other living creatures, upon which the birds feed. {Abbott.)
Wells (30th April 1881) describes the lake from his halting-place,
Khana-i-Kitf, as follow :—
“ We walked down to the lake for a bathe, but found it impossible
to get into water above our knees, though we trudged away for at
least a quarter of a mile. Large flocks of flamingos were flying to
and fro, and a large sort of black and white duck. The shore of the
lake had an unpleasant, soapy, saline smell when the mud was stirred.
In marching along the banks many fine streams of clear water are
passed, but they are all brackish to within | a mile of Khlr, when sud
denly one comes on a sweet spring. At 15 miles from Khlr the lake
dies away into a sodaish white ooze, and a good stream of fresh
water flows in here.'”
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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)
- Arrangement
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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