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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [156r] (316/686)
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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into the Karun, 10 miles above Muhammarah. The upper portion of
this river, as far as the junction of the Ab-i-Ala, is well wooded with
oak, walnut, rhododendron, and wild vine, but at this point it ceases.
It is connected with the Karim by the canal which leaves that river at
Sablah, and by this means Muhammarah and Basra are reached. It
is navigable from the junction of the Ab-i-Ala for country boats, and
Chesney says boats can ascend it from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. This river is
navigable for boats of 4 or 5 tons throughout its length, until within
some 12 miles of Ram Hurmuz, the trip taking five days. There area
great many boats on the river, perhaps not under 1,000. At the
point where the Fellahiah canal leaves it it is a fine river, being compar
ed by Colville with the Thames at Richmond. It has a mid-channel of
8 feet, with gently curving and well-defined banks, irregularly fringed
with date-trees, and showing on either baud a well-framed breadth of
land wdth numerous cattle and horses.
In 1878 the district of Jarahi, which had previously belonged to
Fellahlah was detached from it, and was placed under the chief of
Dili Mulla, who agreed to pay 5,000 tumans revenue for it.
{Kinneir — Chesney — Layard — DeBode — Belly—Colville — Ross.)
Bell (1884) writes—
“The river Jarahi, known to its junction with the Ab-i-Ramuz as
the Kurdistan river, rising in the Kuhgehlu hills at Sadat, issues from
them through the narrow gorge of Tang-i-Tekab (Tang-i-Teka), and,
running along the foot of the low hills, receives its waters from numer
ous tributary streams flowing from them, viz-, the Ab-i-Ramuz, Ab-i-
AL, Ab-i-Zard, &c. On the banks of its feeders are numerous ruins
of the Kayanian and Sassanian periods, «.<?., at Sadat, Mai-Dawud,
Abu-l-Abas, Manjanik.”
Between Jaizun and Bihbaban, it is fordable in several places. At
Chahar Asia its breadth from bank to bank is 70 yards; its stream is
in December swift, 3 feet deep and 45 yards wide. Its left bank is
here covered with that thick brushwood tamarisk and oleander.
Colonel Bell, on his route from Isfahan to Bihbahan reached the banks
of the Rumaruu river (Kurdistan river) on the 12th June 1884; baro
meter 27*95 // (1,400 feet); thermometer 102°. The artificial horizon
became too hot to be lifted after it had been for 7 minutes exposed to
the sun at 3 p.m. The river is from 60 to 80 yards wide, with a boul-
dery bottom and swift current; its banks are here low and well
wooded. .
There is good pasture on the hill-sides in the vicinity, i.e., a dried
up grass, 6 inches to 9 inches high.
At 3-30 a.m., barometer 28" l" ; thermometer 70°.
"Wells writes about this river—
“ December 5^—Last night our tent was pitched near the village of
Koreyseh, of about fifteen inhabitants. A white frost and cold fog
cover the land this morning, A stream from the direction of noith
has first to be crossed, and 3 miles from camp the river Jarahi
itself forms a formidable obstacle. From bank to bank it is 70 yards
wide, and in flood would be at least 6 feet deep. It is a rapid stream,
and even now, when only 45 yards wide, is only fordable by strong
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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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