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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [252r] (508/686)
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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NAK—NAL
NAKARA KHANA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A remarkable rock in Ears, near Band Amir, 30 miles from Persepolis.
It is a curious-looking rock winch forms the termination of a range
of hills, and forms an amphitheatre of huge and stupendous rocks.
It is so called from its echo, which Persians believe was so great as
to cause the sounds of drums or music to be heard from this place to
the Chihal Minar, 9 miles distant. (Morier.)
NAKARA KHANAH-I-RUSTAM—Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of some ruins close to the entrance of the Firuzabad pass,
Ears, coming from Shiraz. {Taylor.)
NAKHODEH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Solduz district of Azarbaijan, situated at the
foot of an immense artificial mound, upon which is a quadrangular
fort, with eight bastions, the strong place of the district and the re
sidence of the Chief of the Kara-papa tribe, in -whose hands the
district of Solduz is. (Rawluison.)
NAKNIH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, two stages off Kumishah on the road to Bihbahan,
which is eisjht stages distant. {Wells.)
NAKHSH-I-BAHRAM—Lat. Long. Elev.
A famous rock in the Sahra-i-Babvam plain, 20 miles north of
Kazrun in Ears, and a few miles south of the Loband Jan ruins.
{DeBode.)
NAKSH-I-RAJAB— . .
Some celebrated Sassanian bas-reliefs near Persepolis in Ears. On
the south side of the entrance to the gorge of the Pulvar river (called
lower the Bandamlr) are the precipices in which they are excavated,
while on the northern side of the valley are those of Naksh-i-Rustam.
Ussher's “ London to Persepolis” gives a good account of them.
( Ussher.)
NAKSH-I-RUSTAM— v ^ ^
The name of some celebrated sculptures near Persepolis in lars. iney
are carved out of the precipices on the north side of the gorge or
valley of the Pulvar river, called lower down the Bandamir. The
plain between them and the Naksh-i-Rajab on the southern side is
perfectly flat, and intersected by numerous watercourses. Momer and
Uesher *give a detailed account of the figures, and Dr. Andreas has
lately found some cuneiform inscriptions of Darius.
{Ussher — Durand?)
NAKSH-I-TAIMtTR—Lat. Long. Elev
A building so called near the base of the K6tal-i«Dukhtar pass in
Ears, between it and the town of Kazrun, from which it is 7 miles
south-east. {St. John.)
NALSHIKAN (“THE HORSE-SHOE BREAKER”)—
Lat. Long Elev.
Is a pass west of the Zobaidih valley of Karmanshah, and 20 miles
west of that town, on the road to Harunabad. It is precipitous and
impracticable in places, but the heights could be crowned Supplies are
obtainable from the neighbourhood, and water is plentiful. ( laylor.)
481 31
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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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