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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [170r] (344/686)
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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KAR—KAR
317
The inhabitants belong to a sect called 'All Illahis and are divided
into four class or tribes, viz.) the Zardah, Shuar, Nau Darwan, and Nau
Chem. Some families of domiciled Jews carry on a remunerative trade
and deal in medicine also. There are several mills in the town, of
which Floyer gives the following description : A convenient spot
is chosen whence to take the water, and a wall, the top of which is
plane with the horizon and trough-shaped, built to lead it to the mill.
A thick block of wood in the shape of a truncated cone is suspended
underneath the fall of water. This cone is provided with flanges,
going diagonally down its side in such a way that the effect of the
water is to make it revolve. Under this is a trough to catch the water
after it has done its work. The bush is connected by strings to the
upper grinding stone, which consequently revolves and is so hung as
to work lightly on the lower stone.
The fine caravansarai built by Shah Abbas is now a ruin. The chief
man of Karind in 1882 was Karim Khan.
( Fru,ser Kinneir — Jones — Taylor—Ferrier — Rawlinson — Floyer —
Plowden — Gerard.')
KARlNDl (KIRRINDlS)— #
This tribe inhabit the neighbourhood of Karind in Karmanshah.
Their country extends from the plain of Bishawah to Khusruabad, 12
miles from the village of Karind towards Harunabad. Beyond this
is the Kalhur country, The taluk of Karind is the property of the
chiefs of the tribe, who are said to derive their origin, six generations
back, from Isfahan. They bought Karind about 120 years ago fiom
the chief of the Gurans of Kala Zanjir, to whom it belonged. The
arrangements for cultivation are the same as those which pievai
amono- the neighbouring Kalhurand Guran tribes (^.v.). The pres
ent chief is both Hakim and Sartip. In the latter capacity he holds’
a farman from the Shah, and furnishes a regiment of infantry, sup
posed to be 800 strong, and a detachment of 200 horse. The latter
are all Hamawands of the Baitavi clan. The chief is also Hakim ol
Zohab, which territory he holds in farm from the Shah; tor the
Mahall of Zohab is “ Miri,” that is, the proprietary right m it belongs
to the Shah. Last year the engagement for the farm was 12,000
tumans for the current year (1881), the amount has not yet been fixed
If there were a firm and settled government, the yield of Zohab might
be made six times as great as it now is.
The Karindis are estimated at 2,000 families.
The recent history of the chiefs of Karind is not' without' interest.
Some 50 years ago Hyat Kuli Khan, son of Malik Niaz Khan, was
chief of Karind, and HajI Khan, a Turkuman of Khoi in Azarbaijan,
was Governor of Karmanshah. One winter Haji Khan visited Karind,
and sorely oppressed the people, not only by his pecuniary exactions,
but especially by forcing them to yield their wives and daughters to
his desires. In vain the Saiads of the town laid the Koran before him
and entreated his forbearance. Haji Khan would not listen to them.
At length the people could stand it no longer, and rising against him,
attacked the house in which he was living. Haji Khan barricaded
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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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