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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [209r] (422/686)
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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KHU—KHU
KHCR-KHARA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A stream crossed between Surmusi and Kara Rubbra, Kurdistan, on
the road from Sihna to Sullmania. This is the name also of one
of the sixteen districts of Kurdistan. (Plowden.)
KHURRA—Lat. Long. Elev. 7,390'.
An encampment of the Kuhgehlus under Wall Khan in the Boweir-
Alunadi country, on the Bihbahan-Isfahan road, 269 miles from the
latter; contains an Imamzada ; grazing in valley good; water muddy,
and in no large quantity (8th June 1884), [Bell.)
KHURRAH SHAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village close to Yazd, on the southern side. (Abbott.)
KHUSHAB—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 33 miles from Bushahr and 5 miles from Buraz-
jun. Here, in February 1857, a force under General Sir James Outram
defeated the Persian army. The water here is brackish from wells,
but sweet water can be attained by digging below. Sufficient supplies
are procurable for small parties. The village has 150 houses and pays
150 tumans revenue.
It is situated on rising ground in an undulating country, which is
quite open on the Bushahr side and well adapted to the movements
of cavalry. (Clerk — Felly — MacGregor.)
KHUSHAMANAH (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Persian Kurdistan, somewhere between Dawaiza and
Kala Ju. It appears to be near a pass, called Gardan-i-Khusha-
manah, through which goes the Sihna-Sulimama road.
(T. C. Plow den.)
KHfjSHAN(?)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village 4 miles from Shiraz, containing a hundred houses. (Taylor)
KHfjSHDAS-I-AGHAJERI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A clan of Illyats, inhabiting the region from the fort of Golab
to Zaidan-i-cham in Luristan. They number some thousand families,
possess about three hundred mules, and keep no herds. (Mclvor.)
KHUSHK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village fort in Pars, 26 miles from Jahrum on the road to Darab.
It is in the Jahrum district.
KHUSH KHAK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Pars 46 miles from the town !NairIz on the northern
shore of the lake of that name. Signs of old habitations are to be
seen but Khushkhak has ceased to exist as a village, and all is now
waste, except a few corn-fields, irrigated by the stream that waters Dih
Hurt! The watercourses are, however, utilised by a large encampment
of nomads who are here cultivating the poppy, large flourishing fields
of which lead down to the newly discovered lake Nargis. A narrow
channel here is said to connect it with lake Nairiz. From Khushkhak
fine pasturage is found along the edge of the lake to Tasht. ( Wells.)
KHtJSH KIROD—Lat. Long. Elev. .
A stream crossed by the road between Khuramabad and Burujird,
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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)
- Arrangement
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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