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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [250r] (504/686)
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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477
MUR-MUZ
Abadih plain, the road leads up and down mountains and through
valleys. The population is sparse, and a great part of the country
barren, or only affords grazing for goats and camels. The climate here
is much more bracing than at Shiraz, though it is not wise to travel
in the middle of the day during the hot months: even at this season
the nights are generally cool.
The winter is severe, snow often lying on the ground for months
together. Intermittent fever only occasionally occurs. Dyspepsia,
diarrhoea and ophthalmia are the most common diseases. See also under
Z ARGUN.
MURlABAD (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village close to Yazd, on its eastern side. (Abbott.)
MUSALLA—A place near Shiraz where the poet Shaikh Sadi is
buried.
MUSGHUN (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, a few miles from Jarah towards Masarm, situated
close to the bend made by the Dalaki from south to west. Has
a considerable trade in chalk. A short way beyond Musghun is
a pass called Kotal-i-Musghun, steep, but with a fairly good road,
over soft lime. This pass can be turned by a narrow path along
the Dalaki river, a little to north-west. (Durand.)
MUSHIR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small new fort in Ears, 42 miles from Shiraz on the road to
Bushahr by Kazrun. (Taylor.)
MtJSHKEIT—Lat. Long. Eley.
A village in the Dizful district of Khuzistan, inhabited by Ali-
Kathir Arabs. (Layard.)
MUTAF—Lat. Long. Elev.
A great shoal in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, off the coast of Ears, extending to
south-east and eastward for 18 miles from the island of Umm-Khailah :
also a cape so called. This has hitherto been called by English sea
men the Bardistan bank. The shoal appears to be composed of
sand, with a rocky foundation. Its edge is one-third of a mile out
side Umm-Khailah, or 6| miles off the mainland, and to the south
east this distance increases to 8 miles. Inside the shoal a deep-water
channel, or khor, runs up between Umm-Khailah and the mainland,
and continues for 8 miles beyond that island, but has no outlet. It is
called Khor Aiyaz (?). Vessels can anchor off the tail of Ras Mutaf,
quite sheltered from the “shimal.” As there is no shelter from a
shimal between this and Bushahr, and it is a convenient and acces
sible place for anchorage, it may be advantageously resorted to by vessels
caught in a north-west gale near this port.
(Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
MUZAEFABABAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the district of Kavar, Ears. (Ross.)
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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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