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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [220r] (444/686)
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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417 27
KUL—KUM
some cause or other the privilege was withdrawn. The Chiefs Subhat-
ullah and Aman-ullah Khan, two brothers, are now (1881) negoeiating
for permission to raise a cavalry contingent on the usual easy condi
tions. The land of the tribe is ct milkiat •” the people are cultivators^
and also breed mules and sheep in considerable numbers. The women
weave carpets and knit woollen stockings and gloves. The tribe was
wealthy and prosperous until ruined by the exactions of •’All-Kuli-
Mlrza, who, having been appointed by his father, Imam-ud-daulat,
(formerly Governor of Karmanshah) Hakim of the Kuliahi, plun
dered them right and left. The tribe now comprises about 6,000
families. (T. C. Plowden.)
KULIKUN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Khuzistan standing at the foot of the bills, a little way
off the road from Dizful to Shustar. A great many of the inhabi
tants were carried off by the plague. [Robertson.)
KULLAL—Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of a “ black-looking ” village, situated in the middle of a waste
about half-way between Ahram and Khormuj, Ears, connected with
Bushahr by a caravan road over the hills of Tangistan. Has four
towers. {Durand.)
KUMABAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small walled village among gardens, in the plain of Murghab,
Ears. {Taylor.)
KUMAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of the Bani Rashid, an independent clan of K'abs, tribu
tary to Ramis. There are said to be five hundred adult males in the
village, which is composed of huts. {Robertson.)
This is probably Kunar.
KOMARIJ—Lat. Long. Elev. 2,950'.
A village of Ears, situated in a plain of the same name between Ku
nar takhtah and Kazrun, 77 miles from Bushahr on the road to Shiraz.
The plain is situated near the summit of the pass called Kumarij
Kotal. It is a level patch, 9 miles by 4, shut in by hills 600 to 800
feet high. The village has about five hundred inhabitants and lies at
the foot of the hills on the north-western side of the plain. Its grey
houses are flat-roofed and built of stone. It has also a fort and a
ruined sarai. Very few supplies are procurable, but forage is abun
dant, and fuel is obtainable from the nomads in the vicinity. The
water is for the most part brackish, but there is one passable well;
caravans usually avoid this place. The K6tal-i-Kumarij is remark
able for the singular conformation of the long flat-topped hills at its
foot, and the extreme badness of the road. Half-way up the road
becomes so narrow that a laden mule strikes its load against the rocks
on either hand. It is literally a staircase, ascending 1,200 feet, shut
in by overhanging peaks on the left (going to Kazrun) and with a
torrent bed far below on the right. The opposite side of the torrent
bed is flanked by a black wall of rock, 300 feet high. On account
of its narrowness great inconvenience is experienced when caravans
from opposite sides meet in the middle. The administration of this
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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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