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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [154v] (313/686)
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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are brought from India by Bandar Abbas, Assalu (?), and Bushahr.
Grapes, dates (its Shahani dates are renowned), water-melons, pome
granates, figs, plums, apples, and fruits of the orange and lemon
species grow here abundantly; the first-named are very excellent and
sell at the ridiculously low price of one shald (a half-penny) for 720
miskals, or about 7 lbs. A considerable quantity of raisins is exported
to India. Barley and wheat are not produced in this district in suf
ficient quantity for consumption in consequence of the scarcity of
water. There is a salt mine miles distant to the west.
The district of Jahrum measures 30 miles by 15 miles, and con
tains eighteen villages. {Abbott?)
jAHRtJM—Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Ears, through the mountains of Laristan, south of the
town of that name. {Chesney?)
jAHVANJAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Ears in the Marvdasht plain. {MacGregor.)
jAlDAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A plain in Luristan, on the left bank of the Kashghan river above
its junction with the Karkhah. The plain is considerably elevated
above the valley of the Karkhah, but still much lower than the
high table-land beyond the ridges to the east. It is stated to be a
perfect paradise in the spring, as well from its verdant herbage as
from the quantities of wild flowers that enamel its surface. It is
cultivated by some 300 families of Dih Nishlns of the Sllah-Silah divi
sion of the Plsh-Kuh, and also affords winter pasture to the great
tribe of Hasanawand.
Mr. Schindler states that in his opinion the site of the ancient
city of Shahpur Khast must be sought for on the Jaidar plain. The
old bridge on the Jaidar plain is called the Pul-i-Shahpur, and there
are numerous ruins scattered about. {Uawlinson — Schindler.)
JAIHIRA (?) KHOR—
Lat. 28* 9' 35". Long. 51* 21' 10" Elev.
A small river of Ears, which rises in the hills to the east and falls into
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
a few miles south of Kangun. {Brucks.)
JAIZAN (?) or JAZUN (?)—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Ram Hurmuz plain, Khuzistan, inhabited by Lurs.
It is a collection of little mud houses on the left bank of a natural
stream of running water, surrounded by fields and groups of palm
trees. Water and supplies procurable. There are some good breeds of
Arab horses here.
It is a regular nest of robbers, and, being beyond the Bihbahan
limits, the authorities there seem to have no influence over them.
( Wells—Lady Anne Blunt.)
JALAKAN —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, 8 miles below Slntstar on the Karim, with a
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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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