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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [314r] (632/686)
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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605
ated. Layard thought it certainly did not contain more than 10,000
inhabitants when he visited it in 1845, and it is now reduced to about
8,000. The Shustaris are net wealthy, but at the same time there is
less actual poverty and destitution in this town than in most others in
Persia. u They are,” says Layard, “bigots in religion, and attend
strictly to its outward rites and ceremonies. Saiads and Mullas have
a great influence over them. The population is, on the whole, moral,
and crimes, except on occasions of popular ferment, appear to be of
rare occurrence/^ Selby, however, says that the Shustaris are the least
bigoted of any Muhammadans he ever met, and that he received the
greatest liberality and hospitality from them. The Arabic language
is generally understood, although the Persian prevails, and the Arabic
drSs is at the same time affected in preference to that of Persia.
The inhabitants of Shustar are usually divided into as many parties
as there are chiefs. The consequence of these divisions is manifest,—
frequent disturbances take place, which generally terminate in blood
shed The jealousies existing between the chiefs are fomented by the
Government, to which they thus easily fall a prey. Besides these po
litical chiefs, there are many Saiads in Shustar, of high reputation and
great influence, backed by a reputation of sanctity. Although they
take no open part in political dissensions, they are frequently, in fact,
the chief promoters of them. He who can ensure the support of these
holy men, with the addition of the Mujtahids and Mullas, is the most
certain of success in the province of Khuzistan.
Prom Shustar families have been daily emigrating to the country of
the Bam Lam Arabs of the K'ab, and to Basra. The inhabitants
are greatly oppressed by their chiefs and by the Government
The Government accounts of Shustar and Dizful are kept by a Mus-
taufi; they are, however, greatly neglected, and are general y m
arrears. The chief of each quarter collects the appointed sum frona its
inhabitants, but very seldom pays to the Government that which he
has received : but, appropriating it to his own use, is compelled, when
called upon for payment, to oppress all within his power m order to
raise the amount a second time. He will even, very seldom, give a
receipt for money received from a raiyat. . co .
There are several Arab tribes considered as dependencies of Shustar
and Dizful They occupy the plains to the west of those towns, fre-
ana Y lzl -’n iiil aee s, cultivate corn, barley, and nee, and
tend large flocks of sheep. They have their own petty Shaikhs, who
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aJu/miles from Shuster, but are sometimes taken through the canal
than is now' carried on, but were checked by the chilling influence of Per-
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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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