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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [128r] (260/686)
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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young son, Jalal-ud-Daula, resides at Sliiraz as Deputy Governor.
The population of this province consists of the Dihati, or Dih-Nishln ele
ment, and that of the “ Iliyat,” or Chadar Nishins,” in other words of
settled, and nomad, inhabitants. The former are sometimes supposed
to be derived from the aboriginal race who were in the country before
the Aryan invasion; but they are now composed of many breeds, Irani
Arab, and Turkish, and even Chartas or Circassian. The latter are
also very mixed, being Irani, Arab, Turkish, and, as popularly sup
posed, Bactrian, the last being the Bakhtiarl.
The Lak tribe of the Irani Illyat are said to have no longer a name
among the nomads, but to have been absorbed into the town popula
tions.
The Arab Illyat are for the most part wanderers in parts of Bars as
yet unexplored by Europeans. They are nomadic and dangerous in
the extreme. Their summer quarters are in the hills of Baonat and
other places in the country between Shiraz and Yazd.
The Turkish Illyat, comprising the Kashkal, once a power in Ears,
are now poor and broken, and too near to the central power in Shiraz to
have much chance of regaining their former status and wealth. Rob
bery is the legitimate trade of every man in Ears, from Kajar prince to
Sur shepherd. It is plied according to the personal courage and
official opportunities of each man. A wholesome dread of the Shahza-
dah (the
prince-governor
A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925).
) alone saves Ears from becoming a pan
demonium.
The present chief of the Kashkal is Darab Khan, a stern task-master,
a pretended bigot, and one more feared than liked by all-
The -late chief of the Bakhtlari was Husain Kull Khan, known to
be greatly in favour of throwing open the Karun river to trade, and a
friend to Europeans, the present (1884) one being Imam Kull Khan,
vide BakhtIabIs.
Generally speaking, the products of Ears are as follows
Vegetable— fruits, opium, grain, oranges, limes, cotton.
Minerals —Sulphur, lead, red and yellow ochre, naphtha.
Animals —Horses, sheep, mules, asses.
Articles of manufacture, chiefly at Shiraz —Arms, cutlery, glass-ware,
ornamental pen-cases, silver and gold pipes, cotton cloths, cotton and
woollen stockings, and wine of two sorts.
The following information regarding the pack transport available in
the province of Ears is extracted from Colonel Rosses Report No. 27,
dated 22nd March 1884.
« Camels.—Vxice at ordinary times Rs. 60 to 80; rate of hire | rupee
per diem. Places convenient for collection and number avail
able—
Bushahr district
Bibbahan „
Bandar Abbas
Bs. Rs.
100 to 120
1,000
500
600
“ Morses (yabus)—
Price
Hire per diem
1
25
25
100
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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.
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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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- ‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:340v, back-i
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