![‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎135r] (274/686)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00011a/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_1_0274.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎135r] (274/686)")
‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [135r] (274/686)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
247
GAR—GAR
failure of these acorn crops, combined with those of corn caused the
great famine of 1871. (Durand.)
GAREH on GARTH—Lat. Long. Elev. 14,000'.
A mountain in Khuzistan, south-west of the Ardal plateau. It forms
a mighty mass; between it and the Zardah lies the lofty Kuh-i-Dinar.
The Karun escapes from the Ardal valley between the Kuh-i-Sabz
and Kuh-i-Arman, through the Dupulan gorge. ( Wells)
Many offshoots and spurs from tins mountain range are crossed on
the Isfahan-Shustar road between Ardal and Shalll, and increase the
difficulties of that road. AAells says the marches over this portion
were very trying : the up and down hill work on the south side of
the Arman-Gareh saddle was terrible, though this may be avoided
by making a detour through the valley.
GARMAB—Lat. Long. Elev.
One of the eight villages of which the district of Biabanak, to the north
of Yazd, is composed. It is situated 5 farsakhs north of Baiazah.
[Mac Gregor)
GARMlLl—Lat. Long. Elev. 6,500 , .
A small village on the slopes of the Gair range, Ears, near the
Kam-Firuz plain, and about 20 miles from Duzd (Diz)-i-Kurd. The
slopes are covered with oak trees. The head of the village pays three-
fourths the produce to the Il-begi of the Kashkais, who does not
supply seed. There is no poll-tax or tax on animals, owing to the
village not being regularly settled. This place must have been of
importance formerly, to judge by the tomb stones. (Durand)
GARMSlR—
The term which is applied to the road which leads from Bandar Abbas
by Eorghan, (?) Tarum, Eurg, and Darab to Shiraz. It is said to be
much infested by an insect called “Sinn,” and there is very little
forage or provisions on it. [Abbott)
Stack says it is :—
“ a term applied by the Persians to all warm regions, particularly those
that are also deserts, or on the borders of deserts. Certain offenders
against the laws are transported to the Garmsir in particular between
the Shiraz mountains and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.”
Bell writes (1884)—
“ Inland from the low sandy shore of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, extends to
the low hills of sandstone and conglomerate a vast level of variable
width (average 35 miles), a barren mud flat for some miles, liable to
be flooded by high tides and heavy rains, and beyond a plain growing
cereals of various kinds, melons, &c.; it is sparsely populated, _ its few
villages being planted at considerable intervals apart; water is found
10 feet from the surface; it is of good quality, except for some miles
to the east of the Karun. Wells are numerous in and round about
the villages not situated on streams. It is poorly irrigated. A
few trees, chiefly the date-palm, grow round about the villages only ;
firewood is scarce. Each village community owns from 50 to 60
donkeys, 300 to 500 sheep, and 5 or 6 cows.
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 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).
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [135r] (274/686), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100033249832.0x00004b> [accessed 24 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100033249832.0x00004b
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100033249832.0x00004b">‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎135r] (274/686)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100033249832.0x00004b"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00011a/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_1_0274.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00011a/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1
- Title
- ‘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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence