!['GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎530r] (1064/1278)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100025472816.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_4_1_1066.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎530r] (1064/1278)")
'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [530r] (1064/1278)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
s$<
EAR—KAR 523
(Ap
proxi
mate)
mile.
Name.
Bank.
Inhabitants.
Remarks.
506
Karaishan .
R.
20 mud houses of Al
Bu Kurd. Of the
fighting men 8 are
mounted and 10
have rifles.
Wheat and barley are
cultivated and 15
mules, a number of
donkeys and some
sheep and goats are
owned. One small
ferry-boat is kept
here.
511
Kut-ul-’Amaireh
L.
100 mud houses, chiefly
of Bavieh of the Lij-
barat and Al Zahrau
sections, and 50
tents of Al Bu Kurd.
There are 150 mount-
red men and 150
ifles.
Part of the village is
called Kut Shaikh’Ali
from the principal
Shaikh of the Bavieh,
who had his seat
here. There is cul
tivation and about
200 camels are owned.
On account of a great
loop made by the
river, this place is
about 2 miles due
west of Kut Saiyid
Salih. There is one
small ferry-boat.
512
1
Muzaffer!, or
Muzaffarieh,
t c
L.
' : • .--V'
20 brick houses, 180
mud houses and 20
shops ; also a large
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and a
qahvehkhdneh built
by Miz’al, the late
Shaikh of Muham-
mareh. The people
are Al Bu Kurd with
a few Dizfulis. They
have 10 mounted
men and 100 rifles
and are reputed
warlike.
This place was formerly
known as Ithleh.
It stands on a narrow
tongue of land be
tween two bends of
of the river. After
Muhammareh and
Nasiri, Muzaffari is
now the most im
portant place on the
Karun below Band-
i-Qir. The Shaikh
of Muhammareh has
a brick house here
and maintains an
agent, one of the Al
Bfi Kurd; he fre
quently camps here
in winter when he
has business at Naeiri
or with the Bavieh.
There is some trade
at Bandar Muzaffari
with the surrounding
tribes, and merchants
occasionally land
here with goods in
retail quantities.
One small ferry-boat
is kept here.
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (635 folios)
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [530r] (1064/1278), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100041319222.0x000041> [accessed 14 March 2025]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100041319222.0x000041
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100041319222.0x000041">'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎530r] (1064/1278)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100041319222.0x000041"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100025472816.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_4_1_1066.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100025472816.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/1
- Title
- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:635v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence