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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [55v] (115/686)
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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88
Bakhtiaki Lurs.
Details of families.
The Haft Lang are subdivided into the—
Durakai —4,C00 families, with summer residence in Chahar-Mahal and part
of Bazuft, and winter residence in Sardasht and Diz
Haft Lang. SMhi .
BakhtiarIwand or Baidarwand. —3,000 families, with residence in
summer as above, and winter residence in Susan-Surkh-Ab, Andaku,
Shimbar, and Lali.
UiiAKi — 1,200 families, residing during the summer in the mountains near
Falat and Semiran, and in the winter near the sea-coast to the north of
Bushahr.
Mal-Ahmadi. —This tribe, 1,000 families, and the above were originally sub
divisions of the Baidarwands, and accompanied Nadir Shah in his expedi
tion against Kandahar, Returning to Persia, the former settled near Kalat.
Salak. —2,000 families, with summer residence near Gulpaigftn and Khonsar,
and winter residence at Japalak and Sllakhbr. They are chiefly engaged
in agriculture.
The Haft Lang are chiefly Iliyats; the Chahar Lang are now,
many of them, settled in villages; the former are poorer and worse
clad, as a rule, than the latter ; they are less civilized. [Layard.)
Now, under the
IlkhanI
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
and a more settled rule, they are becoming
less barbarous in character, and caravans can pass in safety through
their hills, as mentioned before.
The chief tribes of the Chahar Lang are—
Kiyunurzx. —1,000 families, occup} T ing in the summer Feridan, part of
Japalak (Jopalag), and Pazuft, Zarda Kuh, and the mountains of Man-
gasht; and in the winter Hallagan and plain of Tul. They are chiefly
lliyats, and are brave and expert horsemen.
Suhuni. 1,500 families, occupying during the summer Bazuft and Zarda
Kub, and in the winter Gulgir, Asmarl, Shimbar, and Andaku. They
are Iliyats, and have both good horsemen and matchlockmen. They culti
vate corn and barley, for the growth of which their lands are very
favourable.
Mahmud Salih. 1,000 families, occupying during the summer Chihal
Chashma and Feridan, and in the winter Miandizan and hills above the
plain. It is one of the original tribes of the Chahar Lang.
Mocurwi.—1,000 families, occupying in summer Feridan and vicinity of
Buruprd, and in the winter Kal’a-i-Tul and vicinity of Buruiird. It is
one of the original tribes of the Chahar Lang.
M emiwand or Mantvand and Zalaki. —7,000 families, generally encamp
with the tribe of Mahmud Salih. A subdivision of the Memlwand encamp
near Bizful during the winter; they are chiefly agriculturists.
jamah.— 500 families.
The chief dependencies of the Bakhtiari Lurs are the—
6,000 families, occupying during the summer Towah Doveral
nnO mountains above Susan and Bazuft, and in the winter Susat
R ? lir " ori g in ally came from Isfahan, and are as barbarous
i > nor f an as an ^ °f the mountains, and are only kept in subjectioi
™/T. 0 f J eT?re J“ n, 8 l lT, nt , or deatb - They muster a few goed horsemen
a ,0 „oL» W fl matchlockmen. They cultivate corn, blrley, and rice
and possess large flocks of sheep and goats.
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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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