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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [183v] (371/686)
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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KA.S—KAW
KASTUD (?)—Lat. Long 1 . Elev.
A plain in Kurdistan between Hamadan and Sihna (south) in which
Kurba (q.v.) is situated. (Kinneir.)
K ATA W A L—Lat. Lono". Elev.
A stream of Kurdistan which turns due south at a point about 32
miles north-west of Sihna. Ford here barely passable in March.
( Gerard.)
KATHIR—
One of the principal tribes of Khuzistan, numbering 5,000 adult males.
It is tributary to Dizful, has both huts and tents, and inhabits Shaur-
diz and Shatait. {Robertson.)
KATSHU—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears on the left of the road, going from Isfahan to
Shustar, between Bagh-i-Wabash and Kahv-i-Rukh. {Schindler.)
Elev.
30 miles
from
KAUNEK (KOVNAK)—Lat. Long.
A village of Khuzistan, between Shustar and Dizful,
the latter. {Baring?)
KAURA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, situated in plain of Bidshahr, north-west of Lar.
KAVA ALI THIR KHAN—Lat. Long. EwT^
A village in Ears near Sar-i-ab-Siah and the mouth of the defile Tang-
i-Thir, about 80 miles north-west of Shiraz.
{W. O. Report on Persia, Part II, Route 206.)
KAVAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A plain and^ village in Ears, south of Shiraz, traversed by a road from
Shiraz to Lar. At 7 miles from Dih-i-Nau (23 miles from Shiraz), the
Mahalu mountains on left throw out a low spur, dividing the plain
of Shiraz from that of Kavar. It is crossed by the Gardan-i-Baba
Haji, which is about 150 feet high. The plain is watered by the Kara
Agacn river, which by a stone darn supplies water from irrigation
canal. The village of Kavar is surrounded by orchards and a cluster
o small villages. The greater part of the plain is uncultivated aud
desolate. {Stack.)
K AW AM AB AD—Lat. 30° 9' 7'. Long.
Elev. 5,50O'.
i .. . {St. John?)
A large walled village of Ears, 500 yards square. It possesses only
eighty inhabited houses, but many cattle. It is situated at one end of
the Bulagi plmn, 53 miles from Shiraz, on the road to Isfahan, via
Abaaih. I he walls have big round buttresses of brick, and there is a
gateway at the south end. There is a post-house, outside the villao-e
for Sanitary details see Zargun. {Trotter?) * '
KAWANALI—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village apparently of considerable size, to the north of Lake Niris
m ^ rs- 1 A from ft is sai( l to cross a Kotal between Kuh-i-Khan
and Roshan Kuh and to lead to Shahr-i-Baabk. {Wells.)
344
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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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