![‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎220v] (445/686)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00011a/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_1_0445.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎220v] (445/686)")
‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [220v] (445/686)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
KUM—KUN
district lias been in the hands of Haji Mirza Aga Khan and his
brother Fazl 'All Khan since 1882. For Medical Considerations see
Kunah takhta and Dasht-i-Akjan. [Felly — Stack — Ross.)
KUMAKKESHI—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Fars, 4 miles south-east of Kazrun on the road to
Isfahan. [Abbott.)
KUNAH—Lat. Long.
A village in Khuzistan, about midway between
Elev.
Shustar and Dizful.
[Layard.)
KUNAK or GAUNAK—Lat. Long. _ Elev.
A village of Khuzistan, 19 miles east of Dizful, situated in a level,
cultivated plain. It has about a hundred Bakhtiari inhabitants.
Water poor, supplies plentiful. ( Wells.)
KfJNAR-I-SIAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 15 miles from Firuzabad, on the road to Kangun.
This is° in winter a favourite resort of the nomadic tribes from its
mild climate. There are some plane trees. Water is procured from
wells. [Jones.)
KUNAR KtjH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Bihbahan district of Khuzistan, on the plain of
Zaitun. [Layard.)
KUNAR TAKHTA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Fars, situated in the middle of the plain of Khisht, 61
miles from Bushahr and 31 miles from Kazrun. The village is inha
bited by nomads. Supplies in abundance can be procured from the
neighbouring villages. The water in the wells at this place is brack
ish; good water, however, is procurable from a spring 2 miles dis
tant. Draught cattle are procurable in the neighbourhood. There
is a caravansarai here with an arched gateway leading into a yard,
round which are rooms for travellers, and behind them stalls, and
there is also a small suite of rooms over the gateway. In the centre
of the yard is an elevated platform, the roof of a subterraneous cham
ber called “ Zir-i-Zamin/'’ to which travellers retire during the great
heat of summer.
It has a telegraph station. The name of this village signifies
“jujube bed/" from the bush which flourishes in the neighbourhood.
[Monteith — Clerk — MS. Route—Jones — Morier — Stack.)
Mr. T. F. Odling, M.R.C.S., in a medical report on the part of Per
sia adjacent to the telegraph line, writes thus of the country between
Dalaki and Kunar Takhta
“ The climate is less damp and slightly less hot and enervating than
the district between Dalaki and Bushahr. During July and August,
hot winds are prevalent. Good drinking water is procurable from the
hills, a few miles distant. The food of the people is essentially the
same as about Dalaki [c[.v.), as also are the diseases to which they are
liable. Ophthalmia, especially prurilent ophthalmia, is perhaps less
common ; it certainly is of a milder type, and causes less mischief.""
418
4
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (336 folios)
- Arrangement
The gazetteer’s entries are arranged in alphabetically ascending order.
- Physical characteristics
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).
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [220v] (445/686), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100033249833.0x00002e> [accessed 7 March 2025]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100033249833.0x00002e
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100033249833.0x00002e">‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎220v] (445/686)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100033249833.0x00002e"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00011a/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_1_0445.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00011a/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1
- Title
- ‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:340v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence