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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [162r] (328/686)
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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KAL—KAL
KALA-I-TtJL—Lat.
Long.
Elev. 3,150'.
A village in Khuzistan, 77 miles from Shustar. Its fort, situated
in the centre of a stony plain on the top of a barrow, or “ Tepe,” could
not be taken without artillery, if held by resolute men. It would hold
a garrison of 3,000 men and has a well inside the ramparts. f lhe door
is well protected by flanking fire and from direct attack, a remarkable
thing in Persia. The Chief, Mirza Agha Khan, was repairing this
fort at the time of Wells' visit in 1881. It is built in two tiers, that to
the north being the lower.
Kala-i-Tul is 15 miles south by east of Mai-Amir and is the ninth
stage from Hindian on the road to Isfahan. {Wells.)
Kala-i-Tul is a mud fort in Khuzistan, at the source of a branch of
the Ab-i-Zard. It is the residence of the chief of the Kiyonurzi branch
of the Chahar Lang. Bakhtiaris, and is built on a lofty mound. There
are roads thence to Isfahan by Kumisha, and to Shustar. {Layard)
There is a village here, and supplies are procurable. It is situated
95 miles from Shustar, on the road to Isfahan. {Mackenzie?)
KALA-I-YAZDIJIRD, or BANZARDAH, or LARDAH—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A fortress in Karmanshah, immediately overhanging the town of
Zohab. This is the stronghold of Hulwan, to which Yazdijird, the
last of the Sassanian kings, retreated after the capture of Ctesiphon
by the Arabs, and it is a noble specimen of the labour which the
monarchs of those ages bestowed upon their loyal buildings. It is
formed by a shoulder projecting west from the mountain of Dalahu-
gird upon three sides by an inaccessible scarp, and defended upon the
other, where alone it admits of attack, by a wall and diy ditch of
colossal dimensions, drawn right across from one scarp to the other, a
distance of above 2 miles ; the wall is now in ruins, and the debris
has fallen down into the ditch at foot, but still presents a line of
defence of no ordinary description. The wall is flanked by bastions at
regular intervals, and if an estimate may be formed from a pait of it
which still preserves something of its original character, it would seem
Plan of Kala-i-Tul Fort.
301
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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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