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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [118v] (241/686)
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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DIR—DIZ
serious obstacle : guns might cross it in its present state, and a little
labour would render it easily practicable. At the foot of the pass lies the
little valley of Dinawar, and opposite to it frowns a precipitous, im
practicable-looking range of mountains, which however is pierced by the
drainage of many hundred square miles of country. From the plain of
Dinawar flow two considerable streams which find an exit through the
u Tang,” or defile of Dinawar. The road winds for 7 miles between
towering precipices, and would be difficult to traverse in the face of
any determined opposition, its flanks for many miles being inacces
sible, and, when accessible, so flanked by steep scarps as to be nearly im
practicable to direct assault. A detour of about 20 to 30 miles from
Dinawar east over a low pass, crossed with ease by horsemen and
laden camels to Sihna, a station on the high road, turns the defile.
{Napier, 1876.)
DIRA—Lat. 30° 4' 22'. Long. 49° 5' 50". Elev.
An island off the coast of Khuzistan, Persia. It is low and has a
swamp in the centre. (Bruchs.)
DIZ or AB-I-DIZ or AB-I-DIZFUL—Lat. Long. Elev.
A river of Khuzistan, which rises in the mountains to the north-west
of Burujird. Its principal, and indeed almost its only tributary,
Kamand Ah, unites with it immediately before its entrance into the
mountains at the village of Bahrain in the plain of Buruj’rd, from
thence it flows almost due south to Dizful, receiving a few small
mountain torrents on its way, but no stream of any importance. About
5 miles above Dizful, it is joined by the Bala Rud, and also by the
Sabzab, when it turns sharply south-east and runs generally in that
direction till it joins the Karun at Band-i-Kir. Its course is exces
sively tortuous and serpentine; frequently in its windings it recoils
upon itself within a few yards and then suddenly diverges for some
miles. In one instance a bank, little more than 9 feet in breadth,
separates the two reaches of the river, which after a circuitous course
of about 10 miles returns to the same spot. The banks of this river
are thickly wooded with poplar and tamarisk, which are frequented
by lions and large herds of deer. It is crossed by a stone bridge at
the town of Dizful, and is fordable in several places near Dizful
during the summer and autumn.. This river has no positive name in
the province ; the Arabs call it Shatt-ul-Diz.
Selby considers this river might be made extremely useful. Being
extremely tortuous, and having very little current and being well
wooded, and the Arab tribes of A1 Kathir and 'Anafijah all along its
banks, being extremely friendly and well disposed, it presents great en
couragement and facilities for steam navigation. (Layard — Selby.)
It is one of the high roads into the very heart of Persia, and the civi
lisation of the country demands that it should be opened to traffic : the
country it traverses is healthy and fertile: friendly tribes inhabit it.
All considerations point to it and the Karun as a means whereby our
political and commercial interests may be increased.
The “Assyria” ascended (February) the Ab-i-Dizful to the vicinity
ol Kala Bandar, the
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
averaging 3 fathoms. Nothing
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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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