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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [181r] (366/686)
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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389 22 a
KAR—KAR
was 8 feet or 9 feet under water, and was easily passed. In the
preceding June, when the stream was comparatively low, the Assyria
had reached Ahwaz with much greater ease. Between Ahwaz and the
natural band, 7 miles below Shustar, the river offered no difficulties
^ to the passage of * the Assyria ; the lowest water met with was 4 feet;
its current was 3 miles an hour. The river has here worked a bed^
through which it rushes with violence, not sufficient, however, to
prevent the passage of a steamer, which at this time of the year could
ascend to Valerian's bridge. This branch, the Ab-i-Shateit, is more
rapid, shallow, and winding than the Ab-i-Gargar. Its banks are
fringed with stout poplars, and are well covered with grass in April.
The soil is a rich alluvium.
The Ab-i-Gargar carried generally 3 fathoms (February), and was
ascended by the Assyria to the Mahi-Bazan Band. Its current was
sluggish. It carries 12 feet at the lowest season. Its average width is
60 to 120 yards. Nearing Shustar, its current increases to 5 miles an
hour. Its former bed was considerably higher than its present one; it
falls suddenly at Shustar about 20 feet. The present depth of its bed
and width of its channel in places is due to the Band-i-Mizan having
given way, and the major portion of the waters of the Karun having
forced their way down it—a natural occurrence if the relative positions
of its proper bed and Ab-i-Gargar be considered.
The Assyria stopped only one mile short of Shustar, where a
natural ledge of rocks bars the river, and through which there is an
opening, 10 yards wide, affording a passage to boats of 20 tons
burden; wood abounded along the banks.
In October 1876 Lieutenant-Colonel Prideaux, then Officiating
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, went 50 miles up the Karun river
in the steam launch of HajI Jabir Khan, Governor of Muhammarah.
The river appeared to him shallow in proportion to its breadth, and
the steam launch, which drew 3 feet of water, several times bumped on
sand-banks. He doubted whether the river could be navigable, at
any season, for any vessel, unless of very light draft. His impres
sion, which was based on the information he received, as well as on
actual observation, was that the river was but ill-adapted for a
commercial highway.
In October the river is at its lowest.
Hutting troops along the banks of the Kanin during the summer
months can be carried out without danger; by surrounding the huts
with camel-thorn screens, to be kept constantly wet, so as to produce
evaporation, the temperature can be reduced to quite a bearable point,
y i.e., 80° to 90°.
KAR0NIS—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Ears, on the road between Darab and Fasa. (Stdltze.)
KARY0N (KARYAN)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A large village in Fars on the Lar-Shiraz road, with a population
formerly of about 2,000 souls, but on 19th March 1881 containing
only about three families. Two forts, one mile east of village, called
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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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