![‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎105r] (214/686)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00011a/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_1_0214.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎105r] (214/686)")
‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [105r] (214/686)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
187
miles from the former. It lias thirty wretched huts, and a solitary
tower, with a not over-abundant supply of brackish water. The name
of the place means “ stone ” in Turkish, from the fact of their being
lead mines there. There are so-called works there. The lead seams
run parallel to the general strike of the hills. It is found both in the
form of an oxide, and associated with copper. It is reduced to a
metallic state by pulverisation, washing, and heating in a blast fur
nace, all of which operations are performed in the most primitive
manner. The refuse copper ore is thrown away, as the miners are
not acquainted with the manner of reducing it to a metallic state.
There are about 40 miners here. The yearly outturn is about 4,500
maunds, of which one-sixth is levied as a tax by the Fars Govern
ment. {Lovett.)
DASHT-AB—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Fars, 132 miles from Bandar Abbas, on the camel-road to
Yazd. Supplies obtainable here. {MacGregor.)
DASHTABBAS—Lat. Long. Elev.
An extensive plain in Khuzistan, on the Ab-i-Ala river, and to the
south-east of Fatak, from which it is divided by a low ridge.
( Layard.)
DASHTAK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Fars, near Bezabad, north of Shiraz, the top of a pass
above it is 9,500 feet above the sea. {Durand.)
DASHTAK-I-SIAH—
A streamlet in Fars, between Farrashband and Firuzabad. There
is a pass near this 3,500 feet above the sea. {Durand.)
DASHTI—Lat. Long. Elev.
A division of Fars, situated to the south-west of Shiraz. It in
cludes the villages of Khormuj. Pusekun, Dekekun, Kuzerak, Bush-
kan, Senim Shombeh, Thalek, Kalimah, Kankey, Sarmastan and
Bardistan (its seaport). It produces wheat, dates, barley, and cotton.
There are 4,000 or 5,000 matchlockmen in Dashti. The chiefs are
endeavouring to improve Bardistan. During the last 40 years the
Dashtis have on three or four occasions attacked Kangun, plundered
and killed a number of people, and induced the others to settle at
Bardistan. Khormuj is the chief town of this district, which must
not be confounded with Dashtistan of which Burazjun is the chief
place. Muhammad Khan, chief of Dashti, died in June 1882 at
Bushahr, where he was in. close imprisonment for arrears of revenue.
A nephew, Jamal Khan, succeeds him in charge of Dashti.
{Felly — St. John — Foss.)
DASHT-I-ABZAN or ARJAN—
Lat. Long. Elev. 6,600'.
A plain in Fars, 45 miles west of Shiraz, across which lies the
main road from Bushahr. It is about 16 miles long by about 10 miles
broad. In summer it is said to be very verdant and afford good
pasturage, but in winter it is very bleak, and the cold is intense. The
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (336 folios)
- Arrangement
The gazetteer’s entries are arranged in alphabetically ascending order.
- Physical characteristics
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).
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [105r] (214/686), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100033249832.0x00000f> [accessed 7 March 2025]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100033249832.0x00000f
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100033249832.0x00000f">‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎105r] (214/686)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100033249832.0x00000f"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00011a/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_1_0214.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00011a/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1
- Title
- ‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:340v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence