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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [120r] (244/686)
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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C rops are sown in December and reaped in April. From April to October benf
is great. Some European articles are imported from Tabriz and some also from
Bombay Cotton is grown, but crops during last two years spoiled by locusts
Babb?™ - Dizfu t t0 ? caravans go in 12 days. Roads mountainous and stony.
Babhtiaris are trusted and do not molest the caravans. Merchandise is conveyed
at l a to 2 3 kirans per man. The overland route to Baghdad is 14 stages hut
very precarious. ” ’
iai E i n - g - 1Sh S T Vere ? 8 r 8 fo .^ 23 to 24 kirans. Russian imperials (5 roubles) for
18 2 k’rans. In winter Lun tribes come south, when food becomes cheaper.
Dizful to Shustar is 12 farsakhs south-south-east (41 miles.) At 5 farsakhs pass
Jfovat (p), a village of 50 houses. Rest of route impassable during rains P the
whole country becoming flooded. s rains ’ the
Extract from P. Robertson's notes, 1876.
1 Diz ^ is the ^ Arabistan Has about 12,000 inhabitants, and is a thriving
place. Stands on the river Diz, which is not navigable at this place. Twenty-five
TOuld safely attain doWn the river a * ^e crow flies is the highest point a steamer
The bridge here over the river Diz is a very fine one, beino- 40 feet
above the stream, 455 paces long and has 21 arches, some pointed
some round, with buttresses to break the stream pretty well in line!
It is of Sassanian construction, but a good deal damaged. The upper
portion, of brick, is of more recent date evidently than the lower
portion, which is of stone work. {Layard—Monteith—Rawlinson—
Kmneir William—Selby—Lynch— Wells—Baring—Schindler—Riva-
deneyra — Ross.)
Bell, April 1884, writes :—At Dizful the party were the guests of the
resident W azir, Haji Hashim, a very perfect specimen of a Persian
official and gentleman. He promised great things, but performed
nothing; he would permit nothing to be bought, yet starved the
horses. Notwithstanding the reserve that is imposed upon a guest, it
was necessary to break through it and to remark in uumistakeable terms
upon conduct so calculated to render himself, his office, and the nation
he represented despicable in the eyes of a stranger.
Shustar and Dizful are but ruined cities; here, as elsewhere, one
meets with the same complaints of no government, no trade no
security, and, indeed, it was only necessary to look around on the rich
but uncultivated soil, on the ruins of towns and villages, the want of
population, the rivers without traffic, the canals falling into disuse,
&c., &c., to judge of the extent of the decadence of a once well popu!
lated and fertile region, and to attribute it to the misgovernment so
loudly and openly complained of by men of all classes and professions,
even in the presence of the rulers responsible for the downfall of their
country. “If the Sbah robs, why should not we?” is the question
asked by the extoi tiouate Ivlians and "W azirs who oppress the agricul™
turist, and the hill robbers who plunder the caravans. The locust
blight of Moslem misrule has converted a garden of Eden into a
desolate wilderness.
In the spring of the year, assumed to extend to the 15th April, the
weather is agreeably pleasant and much cooler than at Muhammarah
and along the coast of the Gulf.
During the first week in April the morning temperature, 9 a.m., will
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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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