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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [139r] (282/686)
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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GUH—GUL
GtlHAHDAR—Lat. Long’. Elev.
A village in the Zaitun district of Khuzistan. (layard’)
GUHLASUR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village in Kurdistan, 20 miles north-east of Rayta, and 30
miles south-west of Suj Bulak. [Gerard.)
GULAKI. See GorakI.
GUHINAK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Bushahr district of Ears, situated about 3| miles
from Tangistan. It contains a hundred houses and pays a revenue
of 100 tumans. {Petty.)
GUJAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the east border of Yazd, 93 miles west of Naiband on
the road to Yazd, 47 miles distant. It has plenty of good water.
{Stewart.)
GULAMBAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
The capital of the district of Shahr-i-Zur, in Persian Kurdistan, at the
foot of the Avroman or Ahruman mountains. It lies close by the
mountain Azmir or Giorzeh, 4 marches north of Khanikin.
{Rich — Gerard?)
GtiLANEH ?—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the province of Persian Kurdistan, about 8 miles from the
source of the Kizil Uzan. It is a frontier village between the districts
of Hasanabad and Kara Torow (?) {Rich.)
GGLEK—
One of the two great subdivisions of the Pish-i-Kuh tribe. Lur
tribes are divided into Pish-i-Kuh and Pusht-i-Kuh. The Gulek are
again divided into 'Amalah or Amak and Bala Giriwa, the former
living in villages, chiefly near Khuramabad. The latter inhabit the
mountains between the Dizful and Kashgan rivers. {Schindler.)
GULGlR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, south-east of Shustar on the road to Man-
gasht. It lies in a beautiful plain. The Maliavand Bakhtiaris live in
this neighbourhood. {BeBode—War Office, I.B.)
GULlCHAHTAPAH —
A halting-place in Karmanshah, about 38 miles from that town on
the road to Tabriz, in the plain of Dinawar. {Napier.)
GULIN—Lat. Long. Elev.
One of the thirteen clans of the Kalhur tribe of Karmanshah, resident in
the neighbourhood of Gulin in Karmanshah. {Plowden.)
GUL-O-GULAB—Lat. Long. Elev.
Two celebrated hill fortresses in Khuzistan, situated south of the plain
of Zaitun and 18 miles south of Bihbahan near the junction of the
Ab-i-Shur and Ab-i-Shirin rivers. It is a natural stronghold, capable
of good defence against irregular troops or the Persian Nizam. They
are in possession of a chief of the Mamasenl tribe, who was taken by
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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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