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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎50v] (105/686)

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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78
BAK—BAK
The tribes are engaged in constant blood-feuds amongst themselves^
and are, moreover, exposed to the jealousy of the Shah of Persia, should
any of them become or appear to be too powerful. When Layard
visited these tribes the most powerful chief was Muhammad Taki, and
he had more or less command over the following tribes :—
Janikx Garmsir
Men.
. 4,000
„ Sardsir
. 2,500
Kiyunurzl .
800
Suhunl
. 1,000
Blndun!
500
Moguw!
400
Gunduzlu . . . >
. 1,500
Dinarun!
. 3,000
Tribes of Ram Hormuz
. 1,500
Bahmehi
. 2,000
Feili
*
. 1,500
Total
. 18,700 men.
Of this number between 5,000 or 6,000 were horsemen, and the whole
well armed with muskets and matchlocks. But this number repre
sents that which he could have assembled only under the most favour
able circumstances; if opposed to other tribes he might possibly have
been able to raise 15,000 men, but if opposed to Government he could
scarcely have collected more than two-thirds of that number, except in
a moment of popular excitement. In calculating the actual force
which could be put in the field by the Bakhtiaris, it may be presumed
that each family can produce at least one armed man, and indeed each
family may be called on by the chief for the services of one person in
his wars; but it must be remembered that both for the internal
defence of the country and for the actual cultivation of the soil
and other necessary labours, a large portion of the male population will
>e unable to leave the tents. In the event of an external war, three-
fourths of the males between the age of 16 and 60 could probably join
le chief. The chiefs of these tribes have large herds of cattle
and flocks of sheep, as w 7 ell as many Arab mares and stallions of pure
breed with great numbers of horses of mixed breeds* The Bakhtiaris
may be considered the most warlike of all the Persian tribes, and their
.?y a y ^ . ^hah would seem to depend in a great measure on
the personal idiosyncracies of their chiefs and the Shah himself.
n ma eis o lehgion they are lax, but still they are outwardly
Muhammadans. Their language is a dialect of the Kurdish, but still
1 eilll g in many respects, and more particularly in the mode of
pionuncia ion, from any of the other modifications of that tongue,
Za^ros^' 6 Sp0ken by the different tribes extending along the range of
the no^essLn^nfColonel Ross estimates the number in
purposes^ C ri e a 10,000. Special herds of mares are kept for breeding

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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)
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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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