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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [317v] (639/686)
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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SIA-SIH
SlAH-MANStfR-Lat. Long. Elev.
A village near Sbahabad, 10 miles from Dizful in Khuzistan. It has
but one palm. [Schindler.)
SlAH-PtTSHAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place, 12 miles from Zaitun, on tbe road from Hindian to
Sblraz. [Telly.)
SIAH-SlAH—
A class of tbe Kalhur tribe of Karmanshab, numbering 1,000 families
and resident about Cbillah, Kasikaran, and Kulasbik. [Plowden.)
SlAH SURAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill in Ears, a few miles to east of Jarah. [Durand.)
SlDIH or SIHDIH—Lat. Long. Elev. 7,300'.
A village in Ears, about 15 miles from Asupas, in tbe direction of Kuh-
i-Dina; there are splendid crops about Sldih, well watered from springs,
tobacco, Indian-corn, dal, vetches, &c. The village is said to pay 600
tumans mal-i-diwani—but this is doubtful. Excellent honey is found
in tbe neighbourhood, sold at the rate of 3 kirans for 8 English lbs.
Many Armenian tombs are found here, and, under a mound to the
south, is said to be buried an old Armenian monastery. [Durand.)
SID-I-SULlM AN—Lat. Long. Elev.
The name of a dam beside the Marid canal, 13 miles north of Muham-
marah in Khuzistan, on the road to Ahwaz. [Schindler.)
SIHDAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass of Ears, marked in St. John's map as Sihanr, lying south-east
of Kalamih, a place east of Bushahr, on the road to Eiruzabad.
[St. John.)
SIHGUMBAZAN (or “ The Three Domes”) —
Lat. Long. Elev.
Three hills of Ears, rising from the Marvdasht plain, about 8 miles north
of Persepolis. Istakhr is one of them. ( Ussher.)
SIHIN KALA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the border of Western Kurdistan, 4 miles south-east of
Haiar and about 16 from Sultaniah in Tabriz. [Jukes.)
SIH KUNAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Bushahr district of Ears, containing 200 houses of Shabun
Karehis. It pays a revenue of 60 tumans. [Telly.)
SIHNA or SEHNA—Lat. j ^ ]■ Long. 47° 18' E. Elev. 5,300'.
A town, capital of Ardalan, situated 300 miles south-south-east of
labriz, south of Zangan, south-west of Kazvin, 60 miles north-west of
Hamadan, /? miles north of Karmanshah, north-east of Baghdad, and
east south-east of Sulimania.
it is secluded in the bosom of a deep valley, well cultivated and
interspersed with orchards of peach, apricot, pear, apple, and cherry
trees, and is at once a most romantic and flourishing little town. It is
surrounded by a mud wall; its population amounts to about 4,000
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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)
- Arrangement
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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