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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [212r] (428/686)
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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KHW—KIF
The following is a short summary on Khuzistan by Lieutenant-
Colonel Bellj 1884:—
Khuzistan is the ancient Susiana, so called from the name of its
capital city, Susa, and the still more ancient Elam, originally peopled
by Turanians and the descendants of Shem. It fell to Persia on the
downfall of the Assyrian Empire.
The boundaries are roughly the Bakhtiari hills, the river Karkhah,
a line drawn from Hawizah to Muhammarah, and thence by the
coast line to the Hindian river.
From a point above Muhammarah generally to the Hindian river
to the north of Dilam, the inhabitants are of the Bani Chab Arabs,
under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Arabistan, head-quarters
Dizful. Under him are subordinate Governors at Muhammarah, Fella-
hiah and Dih Mulla. The frontier village above Dilam is Shaikh
Abul-Shaikh or Shah-Abul-Shah. The Government of Bihbahan
adjoins that of the Chab Arabs to the south and west, and is under
that of Fars, the head-quarters of which are at Shiraz. The minor
settlements to the southward of the Hindian to Bushahr embrace
a series of petty tribes, both Persian and Arab, living in their own
circles of villages and interfered with by the Central Persian Govern
ment very much in proportion to their several means of resistance.
They are subordinate to the Government of Bushahr. Of the settle
ments, fths are probably Persian, jth Arab.
As a general rule, the Arab circles of villages are farmed and
administered by their own Shaikhs, who arrange their own civil
disputes, and pay a lump sum as revenue per annum. They are
coming every year more and more under the local officers of the
Shah. The Persian circle of villages or a Persian port comes directly
under the local officers of the Shah.
For further information, see “ Chab Arabs,” “ Arabistan.”
KHWAJA HUMID—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, miles from Niris to Shiraz. It lies one mile
to the right of the road at the foot of a lonely rock.
(IF. 0. Report on Persia, Part II, Route 186.)
KHWAJAI—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears. Elevation 4,97u feet. One march from Tang-i-
Zanjiran towards Firuzabad. (Durand.)
KlALAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass over a range of the same name in Luristan, crossed on the
fifth stage from Khuramabad to Dizful, very difficult and dangerous
for pack animals. (Schindler.) See Kailun.
KlASl—Lat. Long. Elev.
A villao’e in Ears, 131 miles from Darab, on the road to Farrashband.
(Abbott.)
KIFRAWAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Karmanshah, inhabited by the Manushi clan of the
Kalhur tribe. (Plowden.)
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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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