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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [12r] (28/686)
The record is made up of 1 volume (336 folios). It was created in 1885. 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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GAZETTEER OE PERSIA.
PART III.
A
ABAD—Lat. Long 1 . Elev.
A village in the province of Ears, about 28 miles from Bushahr. It
has 150 houses, inhabited by a tribe called Abadehi, with an annual
revenue of 350 tumans. {Felly)
ABADAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
An island in Khuzistan, formed by the Hafar canal joining the
Shatt-ul-Arab and the Bahr-el-Mashir rivers, and bounded north and
west by the former, east by the latter and south by the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Its shape is triangular, two sides having a length of about 30 miles,
and the third, or base, of not more than 10 miles. There are many
villages on the island, and it is covered with date trees and swamps,
filled with high reeds and rank vegetation of all sorts. There was
formerly a village on it of this name, but now it is a mass of ruins.
The Daris tribe, numbering 400 males, and tributary to Muhammarah
inhabit huts in the island.
Kinneir distinctly states that the Bahr-el-Mashir is the outlet of
the Karun river, but Sir Henry Rawlinson exposes this error, and says
it is the east arm of the delta of the Shatt-ul-Arab. From this error
the whole island of Abadan was surrendered to Persia by treaty.
During the Persian campaign of 1856, the Persians erected five
batteries on the north side of the island, some of which were intended
to prevent the British passing up the Shatt-ul-Arab, or Bahr-el-Masdiir
to Muhammarah. (Chesney—Rawlinson — Kinneir — Holland — Ross.)
ABADEH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A ruinous village in Ears on the north bank of Lake Nargis. It
lies between Tasht and Khushkhak. Round it is some opium cultiva
tion and Iliyat encampments. From it a road leads throug-h Kawanali
to Shahri Babak. {Wells)
ABADIH—Lat. Long. Elev. 6,200'.
A walled town in Ears, 122 miles south south-east of Isfahan, 116
miles north of Shiraz, 163 miles from Bushahr. Morier says tlm first
appearance of Abadih announces a large place, but on a nearer inspec
tion the town exhibits only a great extent of ruined walls without
inhabitants. The present population lives within a square enclosure
one side of which is a strong square fort, with high brick walls, two’
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The third of four volumes comprising a Gazetteer of Persia. The volume, which is marked Confidential, covers Fārs, Lūristān [Lorestān], Arabistān, Khūzistān [Khūzestān], Yazd, Karmānshāh [Kermānshāh], Ardalān, and Kurdistān. The frontispiece states that the volume was revised and updated in April 1885 in the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermaster General’s Department in India, under the orders of Major General Sir Charles Metcalfe Macgregor, Quartermaster-General in India. Publication took place in Calcutta [Kolkata] by the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, in 1885.
The following items precede the main body of the gazetteer:
- a note by Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Sever Bell, Deputy Quartermaster General, Intelligence Branch, requesting inaccuracies, omissions and suggestions for the gazetteer be reported to the Deputy Quartermaster General;
- a second note, dated 26 November 1885, describing the geographical scope of the four volumes comprising the Gazetteer of Persia , and also making reference to the system of transliteration used (Hunterian) and authorities consulted;
- a preface, containing a summary of the geographical boundaries of the Gazetteer, a description of the Persian coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , an abridged account of trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1884, and a description of telegraphs in the regions described by the Gazetteer.
The gazetteer includes entries for human settlements (villages, towns and cities), geographic regions, tribes, significant geographic features (such as rivers, canals, mountains, valleys, passes), and halting places on established routes. Figures for latitude, longitude and elevation are indicated where known.
Entries for human settlements provide population figures, water sources, location relative to other landmarks, climate. Entries for larger towns and cities can also include tabulated meteorological statistics (maximum and minimum temperatures, wind direction, remarks on cloud cover and precipitation), topographical descriptions of fortifications, towers, and other significant constructions, historical summaries, agricultural, industrial and trade activities, government.
Entries for tribes indicate the size of the tribe (for example, numbers of men, or horsemen), and the places they inhabit. Entries for larger tribes give tabulated data indicating tribal subdivisions, numbers of families, encampments, summer and winter residences, and other remarks.
Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.
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- 1 volume (336 folios)
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The gazetteer’s entries are arranged in alphabetically ascending order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 341; 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 volume has two printed pagination systems, the first of which uses Roman numerals and runs from I to XIII (ff 3-10), while the second uses Arabic numerals and runs from 1 to 653 (ff 12-338).
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