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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [249r] (502/686)
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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475
MUH—MUK
that the advantages of the situation of Muhammarah are that the
Karun lies to its north-east; the Shatt-ul-Arab to its south-west; its
inhabitants (Arabs) are more active and less bigoted than the Turks ;
its situation is more salubrious than that of Basra ; and its waters
(Karun) cool and invigorating. In our hands he considered that it
would become the emporium of trade between Armenia, Arabia, Persia,
and India. Persia derives no benefit from the port; political reasons
cause her practically to close it to commerce.
MUHR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A desert in Ears, which extends south-west from Fahlian, between
the Ab-i-Shor and the Shams-i-Arab rivers to the sea between
Bandar Dilam and Bandar Rig. It is uninhabited, but lions, wild
hoars, and antelopes abound. (DeBode.)
MUHRlZl—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Bushahr district of Pars. It contains 2,750 houses,
inhabited by Arabs, and pays 250 tumans revenue. [Belly)
MUJAD'AH—
A small tribe in Khuzistan numbering sonm sixty adult males. They
live in tents on the banks of the Karun river, and are tributary to
Hawizah. [Boss)
MUKADDIM ou MUJADDIM—
A tribe of Khuzistan numbering some two hundred adult males.
They live in huts at Fellahiah, to whose Shaikh they are tributary.
[Boss)
MUKASHAH—
A tribe of Khuzistan, numbering some seventy adult males. They live
in huts at Fellahiah, to whose Shaikh they are tributary. [Boss)
MUKASIBAH—
A class of Chab Arabs, who live at Anayetu, to the south-east of Buziab,'
their principal town in Khuzistan. They number about 2,500 fighting-
men. They are scattered about throughout the pasturage during
winter and spring, and concentrate at or near Fellahiah towards sum
mer for provisions and trade. [Belly)
MUKH—Lat, Long. Elev.
A small plain, 6,000 feet above the sea, immediately to the north
of Tang-i-Zanjiran, Ears. [Boss)
MUKHAK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A caravansarai in Pars, 20 miles north-west of Jahrum on the road
from Lar to Shiraz. [Boss)
MUKHBARABAD—
Lat. Long. Elev. 3,713 .
A halting-place in the Mishvand valley in Luristan, 16 miles south of
Nasrabad, on the road from Khuramabad to Dizful. There is a tele
graph station here. Also a post-house. [Schindler)
MUKUL (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Pars, about 42 miles from Shiraz, on the road to
Kangun. Water procurable from wells, and fruit obtainable. [Belly)
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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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