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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [125v] (255/686)
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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228
FA H—FAR
be seen, notably the one leading to the head of this ^ Sarab-i-Siah
valley. Near the mountain Kala Safid the Fahliun is joined by the
Sul stream from the north, the mam stream from the east being here
called the Tang-i-Khast. It is 18 yards wide and 3 feet deep, flowing
very rapidly. (Fw/tf Ab-i-Shur.)
The name of a subdivision of the Mamaseni tribe, inhabiting the above
district. The name of their chief in 1883 was Mirza Hadi. _
( Wells — Baring.)
FAHRAJ —Lat. Long. Elev.
A large village 17 miles (Abbott says 30) from Yazd on the road to
Bafk. It is beautifully shaded by mulberry trees, and its kanat
brings cold snow water from Shirkah. It has a slender minaret oi
mud! from which the towers of Yazd, 17 miles distant, can be seen.
* [Stack.)
FAHWANDA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Ears in the plain of Marv Dasht. [MacGregor.)
FALAT—Lat. 31° 19' 30*. Long. 51° 29'. Elev.
In Khuzistan (?) or Ears (?), a village 2 miles off road between Ardal
and Bihbahan, about 80 miles from former. Consists of a few miser
able mud huts, built on, and about, a mound on the right (west) side of
valley, which is here about 6 to 8 miles broad. A beaten road leads
to Shiraz. From here a road goes to Shiraz, distant 8 stages, or 160
miles, 5th June 1884. [Bell.)
FALLAHIAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
See Dorak.
FALMAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village between Pul-i-Gurg and Chamburaki, Ears, north of Shiraz.
There is much water about it. [Durand.)
FAMtlR—Lat. Long. Elev. 2,700'. [St. John.)
A lake in Fars, about 13 miles south-east of Kazran and 45 miles
west of Shiraz. It is a long narrow sheet of fresh water, stretching
north-west and south-east, about 3| miles long by half to one mile
broad. On its south side it is very shallow, but it is said to be beyond
a man's depth in the centre. It occupies the north side of a beautiful
vale, bounded by lofty and rocky mountains on both hands, and is fed
on its south-east extremity, where the village of Famur is situated.
There is excellent grazing on the banks of the lake, which is sometimes
known as the Daria-i-Parisban. [MacGregor — Abbott.)
FANl (KHtJZISTAN) —Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in the mountains to the north-east of Chaman-i-Ghaz, on the
road between Dizful and Khuramabad. [Schindler.) See Ab-i-Fani.
FARAKAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Bushahr district of Ears, situated about 50 miles
from Bushahr. It has 200 houses, and pays ISOtumans revenue.
[Felly.)
N.B .— This is perhaps Baraki, on the sea-coast, about 40 miles from Bushahr to
the southward,
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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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