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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [138v] (281/686)
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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GUAIZA KWERA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Western Kurdistan, four stages from Silma on the
road to Panjwln. [Rich.)
GUAIZAWARA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the borders of Kurdistan, under the Giuzhih pass, which
leads from Panjwln to Sulimama. It is 16 (?) miles west of Panjwin.
[Gerard.)
GUDAPAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Luristan, about 25 miles south of Karmanshah; through it
flows the Karasu, after being joined by the Gamasiab. [T. Plowden.)
GUDARBARUT—Lat. 30° 55' 28". Long. 57° 50' 15". {Lentz ?)
(Elevation in St. John's Map, 1,000 feet.)
A place on the road from Karman towards Farah.
GUDAR-LBALtJTAK-Lat. Long. Elev. |^750'*
{Mackenzie.)
A ferry over the Karun, 134 miles from Isfahan, on the road to Shustar
via Ardal. There is a small village near, down the stream. The river
is usually crossed by a raft of skins; hence caravans prefer the Bazuft
road. The river is deep, and in the winter 40 yards wide, flowing at
5 miles an hour. The spring floods give a rise of 11 feet. The situa
tion of Gudar Balutak is admirably adapted for a flying bridge, and
there is nothing to prevent the working of such a bridge if a good stout
one was built for the purpose. Laden mules could then make the
passage in a few minutes. {Baring — Schindler — Mackenzie— Wells.)
See also G5 d-I-Balutak.
GUDAR-I-NAL SHIKAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Ears, about 4 miles north of Jahrum, on the road to Firuz-
abad. It leads over a range running north-west to south-east, and is
not very difficult. {Abbott.)
GUDAR-I-SHOR—
A pass, 10 miles from Tut, on the road from Yazd to Blabanak.
{MacGregor.)
GUDAR-I-SURKH—Lat. Long. Elev. 4,890'.
A pass between Illahabad and Pusht-i-Badam, on the road from Yazd
to Blabanak. {Gill.)
GUDAR KULUKHI—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place for camels, 63 miles from Naiband on the road to
Yazd. No water. {Stewart.)
GUGIRD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A plain in Khuzistan, lying at the south foot of the Kuh-i-Asmari
hills, about 45 miles east of Shustar. The soil of this plain is clayey,
and produces wheat, which is sown in December and reaped in March
before the vernal equinox. When the rains are abundant, the harvest
yields from 10 to 15 for one. It is inhabited by a division of the
Janiki tribe. {DeBode.)
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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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