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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [169v] (343/686)
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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KAR—KAR
316
KARlAN—Lat. Long'. Elev.
A river of Luristan, which, rising in the Bakhtiaii mountains, falls
into the Karkhah between the confluence of the Kashghan river and
the plain of Jaidar. (Chesney.)
KARlMABAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 1£ miles from Abadih, on the road from Isfahan to
Shiraz. ( Taylor.)
KARIND—
Lat. 34° 16' N. Lo ng . 46° 14' E. Elev. { If*
A river of Karmanshah, which rises close to the gates of Zagros, and
has a tortuous course of nearly 100 miles in a south-east direction. In
the latter part of its course, it forces its way through the Zagros by a
tremendous gorge into the plain of Zangawan. Thence it takes the
name of Ab-i-Shirwan as it passes in a south-south-east direction
through the valley of Rudbar, being increased almost at the junction
by the Zangawan, Ab-i-Shirwan, and two other streams, all of which
come from the west. (Rawlinson.)
It flows south-east and joins the Karasu and Karkhah in Zangawan;
the united stream is called the Karkhah. (St. John’s Map.)
KARlND—Lat. 34° 16' 59 // . Long. Elev. 5,500 / .
A town in Karmanshah, 41 (Rozario 60) miles west of that place, and
171 miles from Baghdad, on the road between the two places. It is de
scribed by Fraser as grotesquely, rather then picturesquely, placed at the
mouth of a gorge between two precipitous hills. The houses, though
small, are neat and built in terraces on the slope of the gorge, with the
naked and scarped rock rising abruptly above them. Rich gardens
extend up the defile and along the base of the mountain, which produce
a variety of fruits,including the celebrated stoneless grape known as that
of Katind. The willow and the lofty poplar attain a considerable size
on the margin of a mountain stream that bisects the village, and is after
wards turned off into smaller channels for the supply of the gardens in
the plain. Several copious springs issuing from the plain, which is here
about 3 miles broad, add their water to numerous mountain streams
and form the sources of the Ab-i-Karind, the north-west tributary of
the Karkhah river. Kariud is famous for its cutlery and hardware.
The temperature is very mild; when Jones visited it in August the
maximum point of the thermometer was only 85°. A mild east wind
prevails throughout the nights, and is followed by a refreshing west
wind that lasts during the day.
The village of Karlnd formerly counted about a thousand houses;
now it contains hardly six hundred. Population probably 3,000. The
people are poor, and live mainly by cultivation ; their only industries are
carpet-weaving, cutlery, and gun-making, all on a very small scale.
The workmen are naturally clever and have succeeded in manufacturing
a rough imitation of the Peabody-Martini rifle; they cannot make the
cartridges, but recap the old copper cases by hand, and use them over
and over again till worn out.
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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.
- 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).
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- Title
- ‘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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