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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [331r] (666/686)
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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UMA—UMM
ter remove to the sea-coast north of Bushahr. They number about
1,200 families, and were originally a subdivision of the Baidarwands,
but, having been long separated from them, they may now be consi
dered a separate tribe. They accompanied Nadir Shah in his expe
dition against Kandahar, and afterwards settled for a short period in
Kandahar. They afterwards returned to their own country with some
difficulty ; and now the greater part of the tribe of tllaki has proceeded
from Shiraz to Tihran, where they have since remained. [Layard.)
UM-AL-JARM—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small low island, less than a mile in extent, near the coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(about one mile from the point so called) a few miles
from Daiyir, Ears. (Constable — Stiffs—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
UM-AL JISR (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A thin strip of low sandy shore. If miles north-west, half north, from
Um Khailah island, coast of Ears. It lies in a north-west by northerly
direction to Has Yabrin or Jabrin. There is a channel for boats
between it and Um Khailah. Inside Um-al-Jisr is an extensive
swamp, intersected by deep khors, the mainland being about 5 miles
distant; this swamp continues to the northward, nearly to Laur.
(Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
UM-AL-SAKHR—Lat. Long/ Elev.
A village in Khuzistan near Eellahlah, where the huts of the Hazbah
section of the K-’ab tribe are chiefly located. (Ross.)
UM-AN-NUKHAILAH or NAKHlLAH—
Lat. (Two date trees in the centre) 27° 49' 18' / . Long. 51° 28 SQ".
Commonly called Um Khailah or Mukhailah, is a low islet, visible
6 or 7 miles, with two small date-trees in the centre and fths of a
mile across, lying 6 miles west by south fiom Has Um-al-Jaim,
coast of Ears, and at the north end of the Ras Mutaf shoals. It is
frequented by fishermen from Daiyir. „ t>-j *
(Constable—Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.
UMAT-TEMR—Lat. Long. A E . lev ' f , . .
A village in Southern Khuzistan, passed immediately after leaving
'Amairiby boat for Muhammarah, from which it lies about 60 miles
north on the right bank of the Karun. (Schindler.)
Vide Ummut Temr.
UM-ES-SUKHR—Lat. Long . tti - • ?- leV *
A habitation of the Hazbah tribe of Arabs m Khuzistan. (Ross.)
UMMU'T-TEMR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village of mud huts, 21 miles from Ahwaz on the right
bank of the Karun river, Khuzistan, where there is a feny. A small
ferryboat ( l( ballam ,, native, wide, flat-bottomed boat, 15 feet to 20
feeUong, 3 feet wide, drawing 6 inches of water provided with huge,
lateen sail) plies across the river, which is here 250 feet wide 18 feet
deep banks 5 feet of firm soil. It can take across 1 ton per trip.
Horses and mules must swim across. Low bushes grow along left
bank. Two hours wore expended in croesmg over 8 mules with then-
loads ; current strong. 27th March 1 . ( •)
639
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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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