‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [315v] (635/686)
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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SHU-SHU
There is a telegraph line from Hamadan to Burujird and Shustar.
The Governor of Shustar, in 1882, was Abdul Wahab Khan, a native of
the town. The present condition of the place is filthy and ruinous in
the extreme. It has but little trade, and no industries, with the ex
ception of carpet and felt manufacture, in which only some 200 people
are engaged. (Kinneir — Chesney — Layard—liawlinson — Loftus —
Holland — Lovaz — Uoss—Lucas — Robertson — Baring?)
Lieutenant-Colonel Bell (March 1884) writes about Shustar and its
vicinity :—
“ From Band-i-Kir to Daulatabad the road is good, and can be readily
widened and improved.
“ Between Daulatabad an_d Shustar it is narrow and bad. Following
generally the line of the Ab-i-Gargar, it is cut up by canals and
ravines; the former are crossed by rough log or fascine bridges, 2 to
8 feet wide. No bridging material, beyond the rafters of the nearest
huts, is available on the spot.
“ Had the swamp not intervened, the better road would lie in the
direct line between Band-i-Kir and Shustar. This road would be im
passable after rain.
“ The above road is known as the Ban! Kaid Hasan Khan.
t( An alternative, but longer, road keeps to the left bank of the river,
crossing the Gargar by tbe Pul-i-BoleitI, and is called the ( Baui
Daudi 1 road.
“ To the south of Shustar the population is Arab. The Arab dress,
the ‘ aVa * and ‘ ka'ba/ are chiefly worn by the chiefs of the town,
the lower orders wear blue cotton trousers and tunics girded round
the waist. They do not wear the kefiyeh, or camels' hair turban, that
being worn by true Arabs only ; the Persian felt hat is worn, or else
an ample pagri. The prevailing colour of the dress of the lower
orders is blue.
“ From Shustar roads lead to Isfahan, 12 or 15 stages of 275 miles.
Communications. To Bihbahan, 6 stages of 130 miles, and thence
to Shiraz, 9 stages of 170 miles, and to Karman-
shah, 10 stages of 245 miles, insecure on account of its proximity
to the Turkish frontier; to Gulpaigan, and to Hamadan, see pages
207, 209, 220, 225 of Gazetteer of S. W. Persia.
“ As regards the vicinity of Shustar about the Pul-i-Lashkar, the
banks of the Ab-i-Khurd, below the bridge, are well wooded, 12 feet
high, and slope upwards towards the city. The ground south of the
town is uneven ; the poppy is extensiyely cultivated on either bank.
Above the bridge the banks of the Ab-i-Khurd are also well wooded,
and the ground along its left bank well cultivated, and slopes upwards
^ ^ nor ^ 1 ) var< ^ fh® ground slopes downward towards
the Ab-i-Shateit. The timber is suited for bridging purposes (crib
“Three gates give access to the city on either side.
The town walls are in ruins, and its outskirts are in ruins; an
enclosed enceinte could readily be formed out of its debris, stone
jemg plentiful everywhere. The town occupies a space not exceeding
608
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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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