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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [177v] (359/686)
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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332
KAR-KAR
into the Shatt-ul-Arab by an artificial canal called the Hafar. Such
are at present the only outlets of this river. The Bahr-ul-Mashir is
about 40 miles in length, and has a good navigable channel to its
junction with the sea, of not less than 9 feet at low water, being
above half a mile in width. Its general course is south-south-east.
Its entrance is at low water during spring tides more than 3 fathoms
deep, and, therefore, practicable for ships of large burden. Its hanks
are hut little inhabited, as its water, being often mixed with the tides
from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, is generally salt. The canal from the Karun
to the Shatt-ul-Arab, now generally called the Hafar, is about 3f miles
in length, 200 to 400 yards in breadth, and a depth varying from 30
or 40 feet of water, and receives probably about three-fifths of the
waters of the river. It has evidently, since the time of its construc
tion, increased considerably, in size, and must, from the nature of the
soil and from the force with which the tide enters the Bahr-ul-Mashir
operating as a check upon the free discharge of the waters of the river
by that mouth, be daily enlarged. There is depth of water in this
canal for vessels of any burden. On it is situated the town of Mu-
hammarah. Its banks, like those of the Shatt-ul-Arab, are clothed
with palm-groves. The tide ascends in the Karun for a few miles
above Rubain(?)ibn-Yakub.
The difference in temperature between the Shatt-ul-Arab and the
Karun is very remarkable, Lieutenant Selby having found the former
in the month of August to be 96°, while the latter, not 200 yards
distant, was under 80°. The Karun is perfectly easy of navigation at
all seasons for vessels drawing 4 feet of water, and admirably adapted
for steam communication from the sea to within 6 miles from Shustar.
Both banks of the river are abundantly wooded, and fuel could conse
quently be found anywhere, but the places which seem best suited for
fuel stations, from their being the constant locality of Arabs, appear to
be Kala Idrisiah, 18 hours' steaming above Muhammarah ; Ahwaz,
16 hours above Idrisiah; BandakI, 10 hours above Ahw r az; thence to
Shustar is only 8 hours. It is probable that if once arrangements were
perfected, river steamers, such as are now made, could easily ascend to
Shustar in two days, steaming from Muhammarah.
{Kinneir — Chesney — Layard—Selby — Rawlinson.)
Extract from Report by P. Robertson (1S76).
“ Half an hour after leaving Fellahlah we came to the entrance to
the Karun. This mouth is called the Hafar. It is said to have been
originally a canal dug to connect the Karun with the Euphrates.
However this may be, it is now the main stream, about three-fourths
of the water of the Karun passing by it into the Shatt-ul-Arab, while
a fourth goes to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
by the other mouth called the Bahr-
ul-Mashir. The town of Muhammarah stands on the north bank
of the Hafar, half a mile up it.
A mile above Muhammarah the Karun divides, part of its waters
going by the Hafar, and part by the Bahr-ul-Mashir. The Hafar has
a uniform depth of 30 feet, its breadth being about 250 yards.
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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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