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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [126r] (256/686)
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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FARlAB—Lat. Long 1 . Elev.
A stream in Luristan, crossed by the road from Klmramabad to Dizful
{via Mishvand and the Kialan pass), at Birinjar, the third halting-
place, 75 miles from Khuramabad. A few miles below Birinjar the
stream disappears underground to re-appear at Pul-i-Tang. {Schindler.)
FARlAB or PARlAB—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Ears, under the hills of Khormuj, 49 miles from Firuza-
bad, on the road to Bushahr. There is a great deal of swampy ground
in the neighbourhood. {St. John — Durand.)
FARRASHAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village situated in a narrow valley between •’Aliabad and Taft, near
the western road from Shiraz to Yazd, and 21 miles from the latter.
It has about 53 houses and plenty of fruit and water. {MacGregor.)
FARRASHBAND—Lat. Long. Elev. 2,400'.
A village in Fars, about 63 miles south-east of K&zran, 84 miles
east of Bushahr, and 30 miles west of Firuzabad. It is a large
village embosomed in palm groves and situated in the plain of the
same name. This plain runs in a direction north-west and south-east,
and is said to be about 30 miles in length by 4 miles in breadth. It
has a fort and 800 huts. Its soil is generally very free from stones,
and its surface is extensively cultivated. It is a fine tract, but so ill-
watered as to depend for moisture almost entirely on rain. This being
uncertain, the produce of the field varies greatly; wheat and barley
seem alone to be raised. The land is never manured or left fallow;
but when new spots are cultivated, the produce is said to be as high as
30 or 40-fold, though in ordinary cases on old ground it would only be
10 or 12-fold. There are about five or six villages in this plain, which on
the south is bounded by Dashti and on the north-west by Kuh Marah.
It was formerly a well-inhabited tract, and furnished a considerable
military contingent, but from various causes it has declined since the
reign of Karim Khan, Zand. Considerable supplies are procurable
here, as well as cattle for slaughter and burden; the latter chiefly
asses. Rice, fuel, and ghl can be procured from the nomads in the
vicinity. Jones says good water is procured from hill springs, but
Abbott remarks on the want of water. There is good pasturage for
cattle round here. A road branches off from this place to Shiraz via
Giri, by which in the war of 1856 the Persians brought down 12-poun
der guns. {Abbott — Jelly — Jones.)
Farrashband is one of the great grazing districts of Persia, and
there are considerable herds of cattle, in which a trade has sprung up
of late. {Burundi)
The town belongs to the Mashir, and was formerly a much more
important place than it is at present. Tradition has it that it used to
stretch along the foot of the Kuh-i-Nissar, which is south-west, for
about 15 miles. There are some ruins which give some colour to this
very doubtful statement. {Durand.)
FARS—Lat. Long. Elev.
A province of Persia, bounded on the north by Irak, east by Karman
and Lar, west by Khuzistan, and south by the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. It lies
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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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