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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [249v] (503/686)
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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MUL—MUR
MULLA YAKUD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Ardalan, midway between Kasr-i-Shirin and Sar-i-pul, at
the confluence of the Ab-i-Dera with the Halwan river. (Rawlinson.)
MUMBENl—
A division of the Janaki Garmsfr tribe of Bakhtiari Lurs, who occupy
the valley of Mai Daud in Khuzistan. They can raise 800 or 900 excel
lent matchlockmen. [Layard.)
MUNAKILA (?) —Lat. 27° 48T5". Long. 51° 33' I O’. Elev.
A low sandy island off the coast of Ears, in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, which
is joined on to Jazir at Malgasab (?) by a reef nearly dry at low
water. (Bracks.)
MUND or MAND (^.v.)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A river in Ears which, rising near Darab, flows roughly east to west
north of Jahrum and falls into the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
at Khoi Ziarat. It
is an affluent of the Kara-Agach (q.v.). (Ross.)
MUNI NAHL—Lat. Long. Elev.
The name of some heights in Ears a few miles north of Kazrun.
(DeBode.)
MURAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
An ancient canal in Khuzistan coming from the Karun and crossing
the Dorak canal at right angles, flowing south towards the sea.
(Belly)
MURADAbAD—L at. Long. Elev.
A village in the Bala Hafarak (?) district of Ears. (MacGregor.)
MURDAEIL—Lat. Long. Elev.
A valley in Khuzistan between Mai Amir and Khar-i-Shutar Zar.
It is all of a slaty rock, and the country is wild and mountainous,
but there are some patches cultivated by the Janaki of the Arab
Gomish tribe. (DeBode.)
MURDI—Lat.
Long.
Elev.
A small village fort in Ears, 15 miles from Easa, on the road to Darab.
(Abbott)
MURDICHAI—Lat. Long. Elev.
A river in Ears, crossed between Pusht-i-Pai and Suk on the road from
Shiraz to Bushahr. (Belly)
MURGHAB—Lat. Long. Elev. 6,200'.
A village in Ears, 83 miles on the road from Shiraz to Isfahan, from
which it is 203 miles. It contains eighty houses; provisions are
scarce, but there is abundance of water.
The hills around it are covered with vines. The district of Murghab
has been for over 700 years in the hands of a family of Arabian
origin. (Morier — Clerk)
[N.B .—This is probably the same as Mashhad-i-Murghab.]
Mr. Odling, M.R.C.S., writes—
t( From Murghab to Surmek, which is situated on the edge of the
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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)
- Arrangement
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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