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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [218r] (440/686)
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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KUH—KUH
Kt) H-I-MUMlAtJ—
Lat. Lon^. Elev.
A hill in Ears, about 20 miles west of Darab.
A blackish bituminous matter issues from the rock here, which is re
garded by the Persians as a sovereign remedy for cuts, bruises, and
even fractures, but it really has no superior qualities to other bitumen.
KUH-I-NAK RAH— (Ouseley.)
Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain in Ears, passed at the 90th mile on the route from Shiraz
to Darab. ( J-F. 0. Report on Persia, Part II, Route 205.)
KUH-I-NAL SHIKAN—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill close to Harunabad in Karmanshah. It is composed entirely of
white marble, and derives its name from the destruction it causes
to horses'’ hoofs. (Rozario.)
KUH-I-NAL SHIKAN—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Khuzistan traversed between Shahanshah and Chimisk on
the road from Burujird to Dizful. (Schindler) See also Nal Shikan.
KUH-I-NISAR—Lat. * Long. Elev.
Name of the highest part of a range stretching apparently from north
east to south-west of Farrashband, Ears. St. John^s map makes it ter
minate, in a southerly direction, about due west of that place (vide
Durand’s Report of a Tour in Ears, 187-S). The lesser range above
Earrashband is about 3,200 feet high. (Durand.)
The summit of the pass over this wide and broken range is reached
9 miles after leaving the plain of Farrashband on the road from that
place to Kalimah. There are slight traces of the road made by the
Persian Army in 1856-57. (St. John.)
KUH-I-Nfj—Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of hills in Karmanshah, forming the side or rim of the
crater-like valley of Pain-tak, ihe entrance of which is from the
Bishawah plain, and the exit by the Tak-i-Ghurrah (?) (T. C. Plowden)
KUH-I-PURU—Lat. Long. Elev.
A snow-clad mountain, forming the western boundary of the Julga-i-
Sihna in Karmanshah. (Rozario.)
KUH-I-RANG—Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill of peculiarly coloured earth which is said to give a tinge to the
Karuu river at Ardal in Luristan. The river here goes by the name of
the Kuh-i-Rang river, and doubtless this is the origin of the name
Karun. (Wells)
KUH-I-SAElD-DAR (?) or AZHDAHA—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of mountains, above the valley of the Kara-agach river,
Ears. Highest point on south-east, about 9,200 feet above sea; top of
the peak to east of pass about 7,600 feet. (Durand)
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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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