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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [146r] (296/1278)
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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BAN—BAN
139
Name.
Habitat.
Fighting strength.
Remarks.
Al Bu Haji
Among the ’Anafijeh
usually at Taqauwieh
on the Diz.
150, of whom
30 are mount
ed.
Pay revenue through
the ’Anafijeh and own
200 cattle and 2,000
sheep and goats.
Bam Na’ameh
Shiraif and Kharran
80, of whom 30
are mounted.
The lands occupied by
this section are the
property of ’Abd-us-
Samad, Mujtahid of
Shushtar, to whom
they pay revenue.
Their water is from
wells and they own 200
cattle and 5,000 sheep
and goats.
Shijairat
Chiefly about SIdieh,
below Li’aimi; but
the section is a scattered
one.
100, of whom 30
are mounted.
The Shijairat have 200
cattle and 300 sheep
and goats.
(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
BAN! HASAN KHAN— Lat. 31° 52' N.; Long. 48° 56' E.; Elev.
An Arab camping-ground in Kbuzistan near fehuslitar on the road to
Muhammareh.— (Schindler.)
BAN! ISMA’IL— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, the 6th stage on the road from Bushire to Ahwaz, 122 miles
distant from the former ; it is a poor and dirty village peopled by Arabs.
Water from dirty pools.— (Bailward, 1905.)
ban! izar—
An Arab tribe dependent on the town of Hawlzeh in Khuzistan. During
the summer and autumn they inhabit the banks of the Karkheh and marshes ,
in the winter and spring they tiavel into the desert on both sides of the
river, where at those seasons they find pasturage for their cattle and flocks.^
(Layard.)
BAN! KATH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Zaidan district of Khuzistan. The district in which it is
situated is well suited to the cultivation of corn and grain of various
kinds, but ill-irrigated.—(La^/ard.)
ban! khalid—
A division of the Bavleh tribe (q.v.). .
BAN! KHATlR— Lat. 31° 12' N.; Long. 51° 5' E.; Elev.
A village on the road from Bushire to Ahwaz, 4 miles west of Shah Abal
Shah.— (Bailward, 1905.)
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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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- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K'
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