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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [184r] (372/686)
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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345
KAW—KAZ
KAW AR—Lat. 29° 12' 20^. Long. Elev.
(St. John.)
A village of Ears, about 51 miles from Shiraz on the road to Lar,
situated in a plain of the same name. The plain is level and studded
with camel thorn, and has villages at long intervals. It is watered
by the Kara Agach river, which enters the plain on western side by
a gorge between theKuh Siakh, which guards the Shiraz plain on the
west and the Kuh-i-Safldar. Here, from time immemorial, a stone
dam has supplied water to the canal which irrigates the Kawar plain,
the banks of the river being too high for purposes of irrigation. The
southern part of the plain collects the drainage and produces rice.
The greater part of the plain is uncultivated and desolate. The
village Kavar is a large one, surrounded by orchards, and there is
a small cluster of villages in its neighbourhood. About a mile south
of the village, the river Kara Agacb, here called Kawar, is crossed
by a stone bridge, 30 feet above the water, called Pul-i-Nau.
There is a caravansarai here, and a few supplies of grain and slaughter
cattle are procurable. (Jones — Durand — Stack.)
KAZAWAK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A river of Karmanshah, which rises in the south slopes of the mountains
of Ardalan, and, flowing south, falls into the Karkhah, about 4 miles
above Karmanshah. (Kinneir.)
KAZIM—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears on the Kurdistan Or Jarahl river, near Bihbahan on
the road to Shustar. (DeBode.)
KAZlN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A district in Ears. See Karzin.
(W. 0. Report on Persia, Part II, Route 50.)
KAZRAN—See Kazrun.
KAZRfjN—Lat. 29° 37'. < Long. 51°43'. Elev. 2,800'.
A town in Ears, 70 miles west of Shiraz and 95 miles north of Bu-
shahr. It is situated in a valley, 30 miles long and 7 or 8 broad,
bounded on the north by a salt lake and fertilised by a number of
rivulets of excellent water. The drainage of the valley flows into
the salt lake mentioned. The town is divided into the upper and lower,
and covers a considerable space. The buildings are of stone and
mortar, and have an appearance of solidity and neatness which is want
ing in mud habitations; they are also frequently stuccoed. Many
of them are fortified, possessing parapets and loopholes for musketeers.
Excepting in size, the place hardly deserves the name of a town, as it
is, more properly speaking, a conjunction of two large villages, and
possesses only about a hundred miserable-looking shops. The situation
is the north-west side of a well-cultivated vale on a slight rise.
Palms, walnut, and orange and lemon trees, are nearly the only verdure
it possesses. There is nothing of interest to be seen in the place.
The climate is warmer than that of Shiraz, but not oppressively so,
and the inhabitants boast that it is so fine that fruits of cold and hot
climates (sardsir and garmsir) flourish side by side. Excellent opium is
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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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