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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [269r] (542/686)
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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515 33 a
SAR—SAR
five hours. The latter part of the descent of the Sariburd for miles
1S carried along a shelving declivity of schists, and cannot be ridden
over on mules. It is quite impracticable for artillery. (Ainsworth.)
SAR-I-DURAH—Lat. Long. Elev. *
A village close to Yazd, on the south-west side. (Abbott.)
SAR-I-FARIAB—Lat. Long. Elev
A halting-place in Ears, 50 miles north-west of Bihbahan’ on the road
to Isfahan. (Ross.)
SAR-I-KAMISH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Persian Kurdistan, about 9 miles north of Sihna. It
is large and has some fine vineyards round it. (Rich.)
SARILA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan,three stages north-west of Bihbahan, on the road
to Shustar. It is inhabited by the Zanganah tribe of Kurds, who
were brought here by Nadir Shah. There are only about 400 families
of them now. (DeBode.)
SARIMA—Lat. 30° 8' 37". Long. 49° 29' 13". Elev.
A village on the coast of Khuzistan, situated in a cluster of
banyan
Merchant of Indian extraction.
trees at the upper part of a bight near the Hindian river. (Bruchs.)
SAR-I-MAIDAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the plain of Firuzabad, Fars. (Ross.)
SAR-I-MlL—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Khanikin-Karraanshah road, a short distance from
the western end of the plain of Karind, 15 miles from that village.
There is the ruin of a small fort here, situated on the edge of a
plateau. (Taylor — T. C. Plowden.)
SAR-I-PUL—Lat. Long. Elev. 2,300'.
A place on the road between Karmanshah and Khanikin in Kurdistan
on right bank of Hulwan river, which is here bridged, contains only a
few huts and a filthy sarai. Two battalions and six guns quartered
here (10th April 1882)» Corn-fields about, wild rocky mountains to
north. (Gerard!)
SARIPUL-I-ZUHAB—Lat. Long. Elev. 2,300'.
A village in the west border of Karmanshah, 29 miles from Karind, and
situated on the right bank of the Hulwan river. There are but a
few huts and a filthy sarai. The name signifies “ the head of the bridge
of Zoliab.” There is a massive stone bridge here over a rapid stream.
(Ferrier — Taylor — Gerard — Floyer.)
SARISHAbAD—L at. Long. Elev.
A village of over a hundred houses, in the Mahal-i-Isfandabad, Kur
distan. (Napier.)
SAR-I-SHAKIFT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Southern Luristan, about 65 miles from Khuramabad.
The word means “ Head of cave,” 4 miles from the summit of the pass
over the Kialan range, and 9 miles from Birinjar. (Schindler.)
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:340v, back-i
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