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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [46r] (96/686)
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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69
AWA—BAB
AWARZAMAN—Lat. Long. Elev. 5,947'.
A village 18 miles from Daulatabad in Karmanshah, and 8 from
Nahawand. It contains thirty houses. [Schindler)
AWlZ—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of mud huts and ‘ kapahs/ or reed huts, 3 or 4 miles north
of Farrashband, Fars. [Abbott — St.John.)
AYAISHAH—
A tribe of K^ab Arabs, living in tents on the Karun in Khuzistan
tributary to Hawizah, and consisting of 200 adult males. (Boss.)
AYISHABAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Yazd, about 3 miles south of Yazd. It is situated on
the verge of an utterly sterile plain, but is itself surrounded by
gardens. (K. Abbott)
AZAN-UZAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of twenty houses, 1 mile to the left of the Tabriz-
Karmanshah road, about 30 miles from the latter. (Napier)
AZIMtJNJIRD—Lat. Long. Elev. 1,184'.
A village in Fars, 26 miles south-west of Fasa on the road to Firuzabad,
which lies west north-west. (Stolze.)
AZMlR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain, otherwise called Giohzeh, on the western border of
Kurdistan, north-east of Sullmania, lies at the foot of the Avroman
range. Gulambar lies under it, the capital of Shahribazar.
It is of course a spur of the great Kurdistan range, and is crossed
on the road from Karachulan* to Sulimania by a very tolerable road,
which zigzags up the face of the hill without any precipice. The
road then leads over the hill for £ mile, and then descends, at first not
badly, but afterwards it continues along a precipice, which it is
dangerous to ride on; thence the descent is easy into the plain of
Sullmania. (Rich)
B
BABA AHMAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Khuzistan between Bihbahan and Shustar, two
marches from the former. It has an Imamzada, and some clear springs.
baba gani—
A clan of the Jaf Kurds living on both sides of the Diala river,
Kurdistan, on the Turkish frontier. (Gerard)
BABA HAJI—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Fars, 15 miles from Shiraz, on the road to Firuza
bad, from which it is distant 51 miles. A few supplies are pro
curable here from the nomads, and there is generally some grain stored
in the village. Water is derived from a spring. The climate here in
summer is said to be cool and refreshing. These distances differ from
those given in routes. St. John and Ross describe it as only a cara-
vansarai, 20 miles from Shiraz. There is fruit procurable.
(Belly)
* Karachulan was the former capital of Shahribazar.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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