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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎48v] (101/686)

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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BAH—BAI
B AH RAMAB AD—Lat.
Long.
Elev.
A village iu Kurdistan, 11 miles from Sihna, on the road to Hamadan
(Kinneir.)
Isfahan. [Ross.)
BAHR-UL-MASHIR—Lat. , Long. Eley.
A branch of the Kamn river in Persia, which leaves the Hafar at
about 8 miles above Muhammarah, and running south-east on the east
side of the island of Abadan falls into the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 11 miles east of
the Shatt-ul-Arab. Its western point is in lat. 30°, long. 48° 38' 50";
its eastern in lat. 29° 59' 30", long. 48° 44' 30". Its length is about 45
miles, and it joins the sea by a good navigable channel, having in it
near the sea from 5 to 7 fathoms, and being about a quarter of a
mile wide. Bruchs says that this channel is now blocked up by a
dam near the Hafar Canal. Except for this all authorities agree in
regarding it as a fine navigable stream, used much by large native
boats, in order to get to Muhammarah without entering the Shatt-ul-
Arab. The Euphrates steamer went up this river to Muhammarah. In
September it is said to have little water in it, not more than 5 or
6 feet in some parts. The water of this river is said to be very
wholesome. m
Three-fourths of the water of the Karun is discharged through the
Hafar canal into the Shatt-ul-Arab, the remainder (i) goes direct to
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by the Bahr-ul-Mashir mouth. The latter carries 7
feet over its worst shallows at low tide, and is about ^ a mile wide. It
is now little used, and appears to be becoming shallower yearly. The
rise of tide varies between 8 feet and 10 feet.
{Bruchs — Chesney — Whitelock — Wray — Holland — Bell.)
BAHUSH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass over the Siah Kuh leading to Kalimeh in Ears. {St. John.)
BAH RAMI RANGE—Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of the hills to north of Bushahr, stretching from Ahram to
Kuh-i-Khormuj. It runs parallel to that of Tangistan. It con
tains excellent white rock-salt in small quantities, and sulphur; is
very bare, except where the wild almond grows upon it. {Durand.)
BAlANDARAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Persian Kurdistan, near Mik, on the road from thence to
Sulimauia. {Rich.)
BAIDHA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Southern Ears inhabited by the 'All Kulikhanl clan of
Kashkais. {Ross.)
BA1TAVAND—.Lat. Long. Elev.
A village 15 miles north-east of Shustar, in Khuzistan. It is
situated at the foot of gypsum hills, and surrounded by green
BAHRIAH
A village in Khuzistan, about 35 miles from Hindian, on the road to
_ _ — — ^ — 7 . £
fields and meadows, through which runs a rivulet, coming irom tne
mountains, to the right of which the water is brackish. It consists
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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:

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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