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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [188r] (380/1278)
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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181
The following table shows the sub-divisions (Lur : Taslt) into which the
Buir Ahmadi are split up :—
Ta Muradi (Lur : Ta or Tata, a brother) Kurrai.
Kurrai.
Narrai.
Sardaki.
BadlGni.
Afghai
Kagavai
SIsakhti.
Ta Ahmadi,
Juzari.
Shaikh-i-Mamu.
Dasht-i-Mauri.
Sar Chuti.
Sar Kuhaki.
Shaikh-i-Abil.
Tarmaji.
Aulad-i-Mirza’Ali.
Saiyid-i-Baba Muhammadi.
’Amalajat.
The Buir Ahmadi, in all number 4,500 families ( 22,000 souls).
Trade. —The chief trade of the Buir Ahmadi is with Ardakan and, to a
small extent, with Behbehan, from which latter place they get most of
their arms and ammunition, though a small amount is also obtained
from Ardakan. Most of the fruit which supplies the Behbehan market is
grown in their territories.
Military.—The Buir Ahmadi are capable of putting about 600 horsemen
and 1,000 footmen into the field. They are brave and warlike, and make
good fighting men. It is for the footmen, however, that they are best known,
being noted for their mobility,and credited with the power of marching
80 miles a day. They are also noted for the audacity of their raids ; their
principal raiding grounds being near Khan-i-Zinian, and near Shulgistan.
Chick says, “ They live in small fortresses in the mountains east of Beh
behan, where they have supplies of provisions and water. The passes to
their strongholds are inaccessible, and it would cost the Governor of Shiraz
a very considerable sum to capture even a few of them. Divided into many
hostile factions, some of which have (1910) allied themselves with the
Bakhtiari. In the plains it is said that one Qashqal tufangchi is worth
Bakhtiaris. ”
Chick also gives their numbers as 7,000 riflemen ; but it is hardly possible
that so many could be collected together.
Communications. —The main roads leading from the Buir Ahmadi terri
tories are to Behbehan via Tang-i-Tikau ; to Ram Hormuz, via Linda and
Likak ; and to Ardakan through their own country.
For Resources, Administration, etc., see under Kuhgalu. — {Ranking, 1910 j
Chick, 1910 ; Wilson, 1912 ; Grey, 1913.)
BUKAN— Lat. 30° 4' N.; Long. 53° 9' E. ; Elev.
A vilaee in Ears. 194 miles north-west of Arsinjan. It is situated in a
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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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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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