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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [146r] (296/686)
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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HOR—HUS
HORISTAN (?)—Lat. Long-. E Iev
A village in Khuzistan, on the right bank of the Kurdistan river,
about 4 miles from Bihbahan. (DeBode.)
HORUD or HURUD—Lat. Long. Elev
A river m Luristan, running through a’valley, 20 miles long and
12 miles broad, about 30 miles south of Burujird. The Horud runs
north-west through the plain of Alishtar, and then turns west and
below Khuramabad falls into the Kashgan, which in turn runs into the
Saimarah near Pul-I-garm.
(ScJmidler.)
{Baring^
howy—
A subsection of the great Mamaseni tribe of Lurs in Ears.
HUFAJIAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, near Hawizah, inhabited by 800 Arabs of
the Shurafah tribe. {Boss.)
HUIMEI—
A subsection of the Zir-i-Kuh section of the Kuhgehlu tribe near
Bihbahan in Jars. They are governed directly from Bihbahan.
HULALO PASS-Lat. Long.
Between Kotal-i-Dukhtar and Khwajai, near Tang-i-Zanjlran, Pars.
_ _ _ (Bur and.)
HULfiLAN. See Haljlan.
HUMA—Lat. Long, Elev.
Name of some mountains in Ears to the west of Basht (DeBode )
humaid—
The name of a tribe in Khuzistan consisting of 500 adult males
living in huts at Mabar and tributary to Mubammarah. (Boss.) ’
HtJMlL—Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass over the Kurdistan mountains leading from Sardasht to
SulimanTa m Turkey.
On the Persian side the road first enters a tributary glen then
ascends by a sharply rugged and laborious pull to the top of the
gorge in 3 hours. The descent for hours is exceedingly tedious
and painful, and to laden cattle dangerous. At the foot of the
descent cross the Aksu river. This pass is quite impassable in the
winter on account of the snow which lies on the mountains.
- - (Travers—Fraser 1
HUSAIFABAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Pars, a few miles from Shiraz between that place and
Guyam, under the spurs of Kuh-i-Surkh-i-Kalat. (Durand.)
HUSAINABAD (1)—Lat. Long. Elev
A village in Khuzistan, on the left bank of the Kurdistan river
about 4 miles from Bihbahan. (DeBode.) ’
HUSAINABAD (2)—Lat. 29° 9' 35". Long. Elev.
A small walled village in Pars on the road fronf Shiraz to Bushahr
69 miles from the former. Water tolerably good from kanats, but
supplies scanty. (St. John.)
C”-
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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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