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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [173r] (350/686)
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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113
KAR—KAR
Mules, camels, and horses are bred in large numbers, and forage is
plentiful.
[Napier.)
Military Force of the Province.
Four regiments of infantry of nominal
strength of 800 each, furnished by the
Kalhur, Karindi, Guran, and Zangana
tribes. Also cavalry detachments are
furnished as follows : —
Population of the Province of Far man-
shah, 1881.
Families.
Karmanshah (city)
Zohab, Sar-i-pul, and Kasr
i-Shirin *
Kalhur
Guran
Karindis . •
Zangana (P)
Sinjabis .
Iwan
Baitawi (?) Ahmadawands
Balawands
Kaliahi (?)
Petty tribes near Darband
&c.
]M ahidasht
Harsin and Dara
Chamchamal and Dinawar
Mahal-i-Sahna, with the
Jalawands (?) and Nana-
hull (?)
Other petty tribes
12,000
500
6,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
1,000
2,000
500
2,000
6,000
6,000
4.000
3.000
3,000
6,000
2,000
Total . 60,000
Men.
Sinjabi
. 200
Ahmadawand Baitawi .
. 100
Kaliahi (?) .
. 400
Nanakull (?)
. 100
Total
. 800
or, at 5 persons per family, 300,000 persons.
M allat, or land revenue .....
Customs
Land revenue from Kaliabil (?) tribes and from Sungar
Ijarah (farmed revenue) of Zohab, Kasr, and Sar-i-Pul
Other Ijarahs .......
Total
Tumans.
75.000
20.000
12,000
12,000
6,000
125,000
The customs are sold to the highest bidder, and whatever they fetch
is sent straight to Tihran. No portion is available for local expendi
ture. Of the 75,000 tumans paid as “ land revenue, ” about 30,000
are absorbed on local expenses, and the balance sent to Tihran. The
State also takes 12,000 kbarwars of grain in kind.
Trade of Karmdnshdh, Imports, Exports, Agriculture.
Chief Products. —Gin, carpets, packing-bags made of sheep's and
goat's wool, black hair tents, wool, gum, opium, gallnuts, cotton
wool, manna, and honey.
Chief Imports. —Sugar in loaves, which are brought both vid Tabriz
from Kussia, and from England via Baghdad ; piece-goods from
England and Bombay; piece silk-goods of Persian-make from
Yazd and Isfahan ; raw silk from Kashtcloaks of camel s-hair
from neighbourhood of Isfahan.
323 21 a
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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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