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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [79r] (162/686)
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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135
BUR—BUS
BURDIKHtfN (?)—Lat. Long._ Elev.
A town near the coast o£ Ears, situated in a great valley, 10 miles
broad, which lies to northward of Jabal Diraug, and extends inland
nearly 20 miles. This place is the residence of the Dashti Chief.
[Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
BURDI-SHlRAZ—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Ears near Baonat, on the eastern road from Shiraz to
Yazd. [MacGregor)
BURJ-I-HAJXABAD [vide Hajiabad)—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Ears, situated at the eastern extremity of Lake Niriz on
the road from Shiraz to Karman. [Lovett)
BURJ-I-TAIMtJR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A tower above the village of Dasht-i-Arjan in Ears. [Trotter)
BURS.—Lat. Long. Elev.
A valley between Kumishah and Kala Tul traversed by a broad river,
the Ab-i-Burs which has to be crossed by rafts. [Layard)
BURZU—Lat. _ Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 47 miles south south-east of Shiraz, chief place of
the district of Sarvistan. It is said to contain 800 families, and is
embosomed in gardens and orchards, producing a variety of fruits.
Salt and sulphur, both stated to be deposits from the springs of water
found in this district.
BU-SAIE—Lat. _ Long. Elev. _
The south-east point of a low swampy tract, about 15 miles in breadth,
between Khor Musa, coast of Khuzistan, and Khor Bamishir.
[Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
BUSHAHR*—Lat. 29°' 0 " 15". Long. 50°' 51 '30". Elev.
A port on the coast of Ears, 225 miles west south-west of Shiraz
by Firuzabad, 167 miles by Kazrun.
Bushahr is situated at the north extremity of a low sandy peninsula,
about 11 miles long and 3| miles broad. It is washed on the west
by the sea, which, after encircling its north point, turns towards the
east and forms a deep bay. Thus, the town is surrounded on all sides
by water except the south. Formerly, at the equinoctial tides, the sea
rose so high as to isolate the town ; but latterly this has not occurred,
although frequently the water approaches within a few hundred yards
of the town on the land-side, giving it an almost insular appearance.
The portion of land which forms the peninsula has been reclaimed
from the sea; the soil is fine sand and mud, with a rocky base of
sandstone, mixed with innumerable shells of so soft a nature as to
crumble under the slightest blow into fine dust. Its seaward aspect
is somewhat elevated and rocky, and from the constant action of the
tides and the soft nature of the stones, it is hollowed into innumerable
grotesque shapes.
The aspect of the town from the south. and the outer anchorage
ground is rather pretty, the square buildings erected on the top of the
houses, for the purpose of conveying wind into the apartments below
* Lat. 28°59' T\ Long. 50 °49'24",
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Flag Staff. Stiffs. Flag Staff
Residency
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,
St. John, obtained by telegraph from Tihran.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- ‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:340v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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