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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [470v] (945/1278)
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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m
KAA—KA'B
K
KlARZAN NCR, vide GUMAR.
KA’B—
The largest and most important tribe of Southern ’Arabistan ; they are
, Arabs and are at the present day to a contain .extent Persianjzed.
Distribution .-—The Ka’b form almost the whole population of the Falla-
hlyeh district, which is their headquarters, and they also occupy the greater
part of ’Abbadan island. A few are found in the Haffar tract on the right
bank of the Karim in the Muhammareh district, and some on the left bank
,of the Bahmanshir. They are also foupd in considerable numbers in the
. Jarrahi district.
Sub-divisions and numbers .—It is most difficult to obtain any reliable
information as to the structure of the tribe, but the followng is the classi
fication which appears to express the facts, in so far as they are known, in
the most satisfactory manner :—
Division.
Sub-division.
Section.
j
fighting
strength
Habitat, etc.
Dris .
’Asakireh . 1
. }
’Abbadi (Al Bfl) .
80
On both banks of Khur
Dauraq below Buzieh
on the Khur branch of
the Aushar canal, and
on the Abd-un-Nabi
canal cf the Janjpeh
group.
Do. .
Do. .
Abd-ush--Shaikh
(Bait.) T
k 40
Qn jthe Aushar canal in
the Fallahleh district.
Do. .
Do.
’Abfid (HajI)
100
At Maqtui Fauqani on the
Jarrahi fiver.
Do. .
Do.
Afadileh .
30
Manyuhi on ’Abbadan is
land.
Do. .
Do. .
Afsaiyil (Bait)
5f)
Dp the Aush&r canal in
thp Fallahieh district.
Do. .
Do.
’Ah (Al BQ)
200
On the Musaiyir canal
in the Fallahieb dis
trict.
Do .
Do.
’Amir (Al Bu)
100
On the Janjlreh canals.
Do. .
vjsiX - J.
Do.
’Araiyin (Al Bu) .
70
On the Aushar canal in
the FaUuhieh district,
and on the left bank of
the Shatt-al-’Arab.
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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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