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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [65r] (134/686)
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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B1R—BIZ
JL
BIRIMP—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Kurdistan., six hours' journey from Sardasht, on the road
to Sulimania. {Gerard.)
BIRMIH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 103 miles north-east of Bushahr and 107 miles
south-west of Shiraz.
BIRUZIH or PIRfJZAH (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small town, capital of the Banah division of Sahna district of Persian
Kurdistan, situated 150 miles north-west of Sahna, and 90 miles
north-east of Sulimania. It is a wretched, filthy place, scarcely deserv
ing the name of town. The castle stands on a little artificial mound.
There are a number of Jews residing here. There is a pass which
leads from it to Arababa (?) in Turkish Kurdistan. The town is very
often called Banah. {Rich.)
BISAITIN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A collection of huts near Hawlzah in Khuzistan. They are inhabited
by the following clans of K'ab Arabs:—
Albu Ghuibah .
Bani Turuf
buari
Sudan
These are all tributary to Hawlzah.
300 adult males.
1,500 „ „
500 „
500
{Robertson.)
BISHAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A stream in Ears, which runs down the south-west slopes of Mount
Dinah and takes in their drainage. It is joined eventually by the
streams from the north-east slopes, which take in a fine tributary from
the Simiran hills, near the Tang-i-ab-i-Malakh, through which it
flows down to a point 4 farsakhs below a village called Darwashur (?)
in Shulislan and empties itself into the Karun, called Kharsun in latter
part of course. {Durand—-from native information.)
BISHGUM—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 75 miles east of A bushahr, on the road by Shiraz
to Flruzabad, from which last it is 76 miles west. It is situated in a
plain of oval form and of some extent. The water is bad and scarce,
and the neighbourhood devoid of cultivation. {Snodgrass.)
BEIZA (?)—Lat. _ Long. Elev.
A small district in Khuzistan, Persia, between the head waters of the
Alai and Tazang, tributaries of the Kurdistan river. It is very pro
ductive, and has extensive cultivation of wheat and barley.
BIZANAK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of cliffs running down from Kumarij, Ears, and ending near
Jarah, on the northern bank of the Dallkl river, Jarah being about
4 miles off, on the southern bank. {Durand!)
BIZDAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 150 miles east-south-east of Shiraz, and 14 miles
south-west of Darab. It is situated in a plain almost enclosed within
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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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