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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [32v] (69/686)
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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42
AFZ—AGH
now inhabited by the k’ab Arabs, where Dorak was their principal
settlement. The Bakhtiarls were confined to the mountains, and the
Afshars were generally sufficiently powerful and united to oppose
them with success if they ventured into the plain. The Gunduzlu
now number 1,500 fighting-men, and acknowledge the supremacy of
the Bakhtiari chief.
The Afshars are also found round lake Urmia and in the district of
Sain Kala in the south-east of the province of Azarbaijan. In the latter
their title was disputed by the Chardaori tribe, with whom they are
in consequence in a constant state of feud.
Sheil, who commanded a regiment of Afshars of Urmia, says they
are the wildest and most turbulent lot in Persia, always quarrelling,
robbing, and getting drunk. Nevertheless, they had fine physiques,
and had the making of very excellent soldiers in them.
They have the character in Persia of being officious and loquacious
flatterers.
Abbott mentions coming across encampments of Afshars at several
places on his route from Bam to Shiraz.
{Morier — Malcolm — Layard — Shell — Abbott — Napier.)
AFZAR'—Lat. Long. Elev.
A district of Fars lying south-east of Shiraz and Firuzabad. It pro
duces wheat, barley, tobacco, gram, dates, and cotton. {Ross.)
AG HA JEM—
A sub-division of the Pusht-i-Kuh sections of the Kuhgelu tribe
inhabiting a tract near Bihbahan in Ears: chief Haii-Hemuni in
1882. [Baring.)
AGDA On AKDA— (Leniz )} Lat - 32 ° 26 ' 48 "- L “»g- 5 3°36' U". Elev.-
A large walled village in the district of Yazd, 55 miles north-west of
Yazd on the road to Isfahan. It has a high mud fort partly in ruins,
and chapar khana/ J where the traveller is assigned lodging. It
contains only about 300 poor families now, but the adjacent ruins
proclaim it to have been a place of more importance in former times,
t is said to have existed over 1,000 years, and has many monuments
and ancient inscriptions. It lies about 2 miles south of the mountains
bounding the south of the plain. It is remarkable for its noble
caravansarai and “ dbambdr” built by a merchant of Kasht about 1851;
f! 80 ! 1 ?" a lar ^ e ^mg in a hollow under the fort, which is fed from
the hills. The date trees in its neighbourhood give the place a pic-
turesque appearance. Water and supplies are plentiful. The district
of Aghda appears to contain only two other villages, viz., Shamsabad
and feaiad Muhammad to the east, and about twelve inhabited
megrahs. Its productions are wheat, barley, cotton, good pomegra
nates, hgs, grapes, peaches, plums, apples, water and musk-melons, and
cucumbers Its revenue is 500 tumans. It was formerly much sub
ject to raids from Bakhtiari and Baluch marauders.
(A. Abbott Jones — Gibbons — Smith — Stack — Floyer.)
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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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