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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [159r] (322/686)
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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KAH—KAI
for the masts of the small boats. The garden is often visited by bears
in quest of plums and other fruits. It is fine and cool during the day
in August, the temperature at 6 a.m. being 77°; at 2 p„m. 88°; at
6 p.m. 82°; the nights very cold. Goldsmid says the climate in
January is most enjoyable. The natives declare that in some parts
of the rock there are spots which indicate that smelting furnaces
existed, and that now the refuse of the working of some of the ores of
metals (copper, iron, and lead) are lying about. Fragments of sulphur
are also detected in some parts, while common salt is deposited from a
briny spring at the foot of a rock towards the northern spurs.
KAHNU—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village one m ile west of Yazd. (Kinneir — Abbott.)
KAHRISTAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Lar, on the road from Lar east to Bandar Abbas.
(CAesnet/.)
KAHV-I-RUKH—Lat. Long. Elev. 6,850/
A village in the Chahar Mahal district of the Bakhtiaris. It contains
150 houses, 7 miles distant from a pass, under the jurisdiction of the
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
. The direct road to Ardal from IShamsabad leads through
Kahv-I-Rukh. {Wells — Bell.)
KAHVIZ or KHAWlZ or HAWIZ—
Lat. Long. Elev. about 7,900'.
A place in Ears, lying just under the spurs of Khormuj. Being in an
enclosed space, having mountains all round, it is very hot. Thermo
meter was 105° here, in a tent, in the middle of May. There was a
hot wind, and the dust was terrible. A good spring here, and miles
of date gardens round the place. [Durand.)
KAIANJ—Lat. Long. Elev.
A plain in which are many villages, and the town of Hisar , in
Luristan. {Jones.)
KAID HAIDAR. See Kala Raid Haidar.
KAIFARI—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, situated north of Shiraz. It produces wheat, barley,
gram, and dal. The climate here is very pleasant in summer, and it
is much resorted to by Arab nomads. {Belly.)
KAI HAUS (KAI KAUS)—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the province of Fars, 7| miles north-west of Bihbahan.
KA1-KHUSRAU—Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of some caves in Fars, called after the famous Kaianian King of
Persia, who is said to dwell in them still. They are near the village
of Kafr or Khaur on Mount Dina, at an elevation of some 11,000 feet
above the sea. It is asserted that no one can reach the entrances,
which are some way up the face of a cliff; also, that if they should be
reached and entered, any light carried in would be immediately put
out. This may be due to mephitic air. .
These caves give their name to the spur of Mount Dina m which they
are situated. It is detached from the rest of the mountain., {Durand.)
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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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