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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [114r] (232/1278)
The record is made up of 1 volume (635 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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BAK—BAK
109
The relative fighting value of the tribes of Persia has according to the
best authorities changed somewhat during the. last five years.
The chief Khans of the Haft Lang Bakhtlarl-
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Asad, Samsam-us-
Sultaneh,
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Ashja,
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Zaffar,
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Jang, Amir-ul-Mufakham,
Amir-i-Mujahid, etc., are in some cases permanently, and m others very
frequently, on the worst of terms with each other and their sons and
younger Khans. This introduces an element of weakness and has led to
each being surrounded by his own special following. Each of. the latter
with their leader being bent solely on making the most of the situation
of the moment. ^ ^
A varice is a failing of both high and low amongst the Bakhtians.
The Khans of the Chehar Lang play a very insignificant role and are
completely under the influence of the Haft Lang.
A common danger would no doubt unite the whole tribe closer together,
but the relative fighting power in comparison with the powerful southern
tribes such as the Qashqai, Arabs, etc., far better armed than they used
to be, has declined. , .
Another feeling which one remarks amongst the more important Khans
is that the Royal family may still obtain in the future a far more energetic
support than they actually may have at the moment. The present
Governor-General of Ispahan,
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Zaffar, cultivates the most intimate
relations with the Zill’s sons—ignoring completely the blood feud that
existed between the two families owing to Husain Quli Khan (
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-
Zafar’s father) having been assassinated by the Zill. _
The Khans.—The various ruling branches of the two divisions will be
found set forth in the two appended statements of the genealogy of these
Khans.
Bt. I.
K
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The item is Volume III, Part I: A to K of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (Provisional Edition, 1917, reprinted 1924).
The volume comprises that portion of south-western Persia, which is bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north and east by a line drawn through the towns of Khaniqin [Khanikin], Isfahan, Yazd, Kirman, and Bandar Abbas; and on the south by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The gazetteer includes entries on towns, villages, districts, provinces, tribes, forts, dams, shrines, coastal features, islands, rivers, streams, lakes, mountains, passes, and camping grounds. Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, administration, water supply, communications, caravanserais, trade, produce, and agriculture.
Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.
The volume includes an Index Map of Gazetteer and Routes in Persia (folio 636), showing the whole of Persia with portions of adjacent countries, and indicating the extents of coverage of each volume of the Gazetteer and Routes of Persia , administrative regions and boundaries, hydrology, and major cities and towns.
Printed at the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924.
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- 1 volume (635 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 637; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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