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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [244r] (492/686)
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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465 30
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manded by some low hills on the right, and can be of little use for
the protection of the district. The men of the garrison said that
they got no pay, but were allowed a half-oke of barley a day; and
even this pittance was not given regularly. They lived by robbing
the government and the people as often as they got the chance.
They complained bitterly of their treatment, and of the government,
and wished that some foreign power would annex the country.
The local levies, or militia, of Marivan are subordinate to the
Mustaufi BashI, or Hakim of Marivan; these consist of about 1,500
tufangchis, armed with flint guns, and 200 horsemen. Only half
the tufangchis serve at one time. A regiment of infantry, nomi
nally of eight companies of 100 each, and called Fauj-i-Kurdistan, is
furnished by the surrounding districts as their quota for the regular
forces ; this is not under the authority of the Hakim of Marivan, but
is commanded entirely by its Sartip. The names of these officials,
respectively, are Mirza Muhammad ISadik and Muhammad 'All Khan.
The regiment was armed with heavy muzzle-loading muskets, sighted
to 550 yards.
Gerard (27th March 1882) writes—
“ Marivan is situated among valleys with lovely grazing ground. A
small square fort, with flanking bastions, is here close to the village : it
is of somewhat modern construction. The Kurd Civil Governor of the
district treated me most hospitably, and also the Persian Commandant,
who has 10 gunners and 30 Sarbaz as garrison.
MARYAK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill in Pars, beautifully wooded, and covered with vegetation to
the summit; near the road between Masarm and Jarah. {Durand.)
MARYDASHT—Lat. Long. Elev
A plain in Pars, about 22 miles north of Shiraz, crossed on the
road to Isfahan. The soil is alluvial, and there is an abundance
of good water. ’
It is a district of Pars, and contains only seventeen villages at the
present day, though LeBrun was informed in his day that it contained
880. The soil of this plain is, in general, less stony than that of
Shiraz, and is chiefly composed of marl. In many parts, and parti
cularly to the south-west, it is a decided clay.
The plain is 15 miles in width, and about 40 miles long. It is higher
than Shiraz, and possesses every requisite but good government to
become most populous. Though there are very few villages in the
plain, numbers of Iliyat feed their flocks on its wide expanse.
It extends from Pul-i-Khan to the gorge of the Mashhad river,
and from Tajabad to Jahlium. Its villages are Tajabad, Shamsabad-
Izabad, Dih Chasht, Rajabad, Fahwanda, Gashak, •’Aliabad, Rush-
maiju, Khuslik, Khurmalik, Haulatabad, Sahlabad, Amrabad, Hilibid,
Piruri, Kinara, Jahlium, Ahmadabad, Jahvanjan. Its provisions
consist chiefly of rice. The Iliyat plunder people, it not kept in order.
The productions of the district from the winter sowings are wheat,
barley, bran, and a little opium, and from the summer sowings rice,
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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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