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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [163r] (330/686)
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
the village, a sandy clay, grows excellent crops of wheat and barley.
The inhabitants possess flocks of sheep, goats, and donkeys.”
KALA-KAL-YAKUB—Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Kurdistan, about an hour's march beyond the Gardan-i-
Khushamanah (?) on the Sihna-Sullmania road. It is not far from
Janawara. The ascent is easy, but the descent very steep and rough.
(T. C. Plow den.)
KALA KAN—Lat. ^ Long. ; Elev. 6,250'.
Peaks in Kurdistan, in the neighbourhood of Sihna. Height 6,250
feet. (Gerard.)
KALA KHUSHLA—Lat.
A small fort in Karmanshah,
Long. Elev.
miles north-east of Khanikin.
(Gerard.)
KALA KOYA (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village situated in a valley three marches from Sihna, Kurdistan,
towards Sulimania. (Ric/i.)
KALA KUA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Persian Kurdistan, situated about 55 miles north-north
west of Sihna N. It is a large village with a good deal of culti
vation. The climate here in summer is delightfully cool, but the
winter is severe. It is in the district of Hobetu. The stream, which
takes its name from this village, flows into the Kapura river about a
mile from the village of the latter name. (Rick — Gerard.)
KALA MUSHIR—Lat; Long. Elev.
A village in Ears situated about 10 miles from Shiraz m the midst
of plain called Dasht-i- Arjan and on the road to Kaziun. It has
strong masonry walls and a grey mud fort. (Trotter — Stack.)
KALA NAZAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan on the right bank of the Dizful river, celebrat
ed for the gardens and rich arable land belonging to it. (Layard.)
KALA RUSTAM—Lat. Long. Elev.
An ancient fort in Khuzistan on right bank of the Karun, opposite,
and similar in construction, to Kala-i-Dukhtar. (Selby Layard)
KALA SAElD Lat. Long. Elev.
A rock fortress in Ears, 45 miles north-west of Shiraz. It is isolated,
is 4 to 5 miles in length, 2 miles in breadth, and has a broad base,
perhaps 5| miles in diameter, and does not become steep till near its
summit where it presents an abrupt rampart, and its crest is said to
be only accessible by three paths, only known to the Mamasem.
There fs a road cut along the face of the rock defended by two towers
and a sate. At the summit of the rock, which is about 1,000 feet
above the plain, is a fine level plain about three-fou^
the soil fine and with numerous springs of water. It was taken botb
by Alexander and Taimur. The only fortifications are a line of ^ huge
stones ranged in regular order round the edges of the precipices.
Each of these is wedged beneath by another of smaller dimensions,
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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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