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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [106r] (216/686)
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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DAS—DAS
DA DALASHT-I-BAR—Lat. Long*. Elev.
A secluded valley in Ears, lying between the passes Kotal-i-Pirzan
and the Kotal-i-Duklitar, on the road from Bushahr to Shiraz. It is
about 4 miles long by 2 miles wide. At the commencement of the
plain is one of those covered water-tanks {db-ambdr) so common in
Persia, with delicious cool water, though not very clear. This plain is
beautifully wooded on its area and sides with oaks, some of consider
able size, but the majority are stunted specimens. It must be of
considerable elevation, as Rich found the night air very cold there even
in July. [Rich — MacGregor — Stack.)
DASHT-I-KALA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A fine plain in Kurdistan between Mariwan fort and Panjwin, close to
the Turkish frontier. The land is “ Mirl.-” {T. C. Ploicden.)
DASHT-I-K ATAWAN ?—Lat. Long. Elev.
A valley in Kurdistan, watered by the Ab-i-Katawan (?) This valley
is situated between Kala Ju and Astarabad, is fine and open, running
east and west, and not far from the caravan road from Sihna to Su-
limanla. (2'. C. Plowden.)
DASHT-I-KHAK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A bare uncultivated plain in Ears, east of Shiraz, on the northern shore
of Lake Nlris. It has a number of ruined fortified villages dotted
about it. The kanats, or irrigation channels, that formerly supplied
these habitations with water have fallen in or failed, and the whole of
the people have abandoned the district. (Wells.)
DASHT-I-MUAK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small valley in Ears, about 2 miles long by f mile broad covered
with almond, wild olive and mastich (pana) about half-way between
Shiraz and Elruzabad. A solitary fort stands in the middle, re
cently built for a garrison of ten “ tufangchis,” who cultivate
a little wheat and receive precarious pay. It is watered by a sprino*,
which breaks out of a cleft in the rocks a little to the left of the
road to Elruzabad, which passes through it. This stream makes its
escape at the farthest end of the dell, and beyond the valley it falls
into a ravine, under a huge precipitous hill. (Stack.)
DASHT-I-SIAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A plain in Ears, on the Flruzabad road to Shiraz from Bushahr
and between the former and Earrashband. It is without villages, but
the nomads resort to it in winter on account of its mild and agreeable
climate, and the springs of good water which exist. Supplies of all
kinds may be readily obtained from the nomads. (Jones.)
DASHTISTAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A large plain in Ears, which stretches between the hills and the
sea north and east of Bushahr, from theKhisht river as far as Kangun
from north-west to south-east, a distance of perhaps 70 miles, with
a breadth of from 10 to 25 miles. It is inhabited principally by Arabs,
nominally subject to the government of Ears.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:340v, back-i
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