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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [219v] (443/686)
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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of Daulalabad near Hamadan, and flows west, crossing the road from
Daulatabad to Nihawand at miles. It is here 30 feet wide and 1
to 2 feet deep (April), and is crossed by a bridge. {Schindler, 1877.)
KULAR or KHULAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 32 miles from Shiraz* This village produces the
grape from which the celebrated wine of Shiraz is made. This wine
is exported to many places. Some of the vineyards are said to be
a thousand years old. The inhabitants are warlike and trade a good
deal in charcoal. {Pellyl)
KULA SHIK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Karmanshah where the Siyah Si) ah clan of Kalhurs re
side. {Plowden.)
KULA SHlR or KALA SHlR—Lat. Long. Elev.
The remains of a strong old fort said to have been built by Muham
mad Muzaffar, near Dih-i-Shir in the Pusht-i-kuh subdivision of
Aazd. To the east is a flat-topped hill, with scarped sides, like the
“Drugs” of Southern India of the same name. {MacGregor.)
KULA TAPA—Lat. Long. Elev. 4,730'.
A deserted fort on the western border of Kurdistan, 6 miles south-east
of Pan j win, on the road to Mari wan. {Gerard.)
KULBAR or KULVAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A district of the province of Ears, 32 miles east of Shiraz, at the
south-west corner of Lake Niris. It possesses about one hundred
villages and hamlets, most of them depending on the water obtained
from the Kur by means of five bands, or dams, thrown across it. Most
of the water in the Band Amir river is exhausted before it reaches
Lake Nitis on account of the numerous irrigation channels in this
district, which is one of the most fertile in the country, producing
abundance of rice, barley, wheat, tobacco, and some cotton.
The cultivation of rice in this plain is inconceivably great, and it is
admitted to be by far the richest and cheapest in the Persian empire.
The greatest part of the wine, known by the name of Shiraz wine, is
made here.
It extends east and west from Pul-i-Talkh to Band Amir, about 40
miles, and north and south about 15 miles. {K. Abbott — Pottinger.)
KULt—
A tribe of Karmanshah, despised as being unclean and filthy beyond
power of description. Its members are considered capable of any
iniquity. They appear to have little or no religion. Their marriages
take place without any special ceremony. They have no scruples
about food or drink. They wander all over the country and appear to
resemble gipsies in their manners and customs. {T. C. Ploivdenl)
KULlAHl—Lat. Long. Elev.
A tribe of Karmanshah. Tbeir country lies to the north and east
of that city; is bounded on the north by the province of Sihna; east
by Asadabad, south by Dinawar; and west by Pusht-i-Darband.
In former days the tribe furnished an infantry contingent, but for
* About 42 miles. (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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