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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [98r] (200/686)
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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miles from the Guzinjun ridge, which is at the western end of the
valley and by which it is approached from Bihbahan.
The fords of the main stream and of that of Sar-ab-i-Siah are easy.
That of the latter is just above where a remarkable mound, evidently
artificial, is now crowned by a ruined mosque. The mound is circular
in shape, has 40 feet scarp and is 70 feet in diameter. (Wells.)
CHALVAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A stage in Khuzistan, the third on the route from Shustar to Isfahan,
via Uganuri and Kavarukh, 52 miles from Shustar between Lali and
Han-i-nan. (Mackenzie?)
CHAM—Lat. Long. # Elev. _
The principal village of the Zaitun sub-division of the Bihbahan divi
sion of Khuzistan. It is surrounded with date trees, which might
here be cultivated with success, the plain around being very rich
indeed. The village is termed Zaitun in the maps. It was for
merly a large town, but is now a heap of ruins and almost deserted.
See also Zaitun. (Layard.)
CHAM—Lat. Long. Elev.
A villa^e in Khuzistan, 8 miles east of Yazd, inhabited by Ghabars,
& (Abbott.)
CHAMAN-I-GHAZ—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Khuzistan, about 70 miles from Dizful, on the road
to Khuramabad. (Schindler.)
CHAMAN-I-GHAZ—Lat. Long. Elev.
It is shown on Bell's map between Tang-i-Laitum and Tang-i-Fani.
CHAM AN-I-SULTAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A poor village in Khuzistan, the first in the Barbarud district, on
the road from” Isfahan to Burujird. (Schindler.)
CHAMBtJRAKI—Lat. Long. T , ,
A village in Ears, to north of Shiraz (called Aiyub m St. Johns
map). It possesses plenty of water and corn-crops. The well and
groves of Aiyub are a short mile distant, on the hill-side to south. The
village is in fair order. (Durand.)
CHAM-I-CHlT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in the Bihbahan district of Khuzistan, the 3rd on the
Bandar Dilam-Isfahan road, about 64 miles from the farmer place.
(Ross.)
CHAM-I-GAHWARtT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A stream in Persian Kurdistan at the head of the Surun valley
between Kamirane and Kurugh on the Karmanshah-Sihna road.
(Plow den.)
CHAM-I-GARAN—Lat. hong. ? lev -
A valley and stream in Kurdistan on the Sulimama side of the Zagros
range, below the Garan pass. The stream ultimately joins the Ab-i-
Shirwan. The mountains which shut in this valley on either side are
called “Bagh Khun" and “Kuh-i-cham-i-garan.” (T. C. Plowden.)
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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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