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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [243r] (490/686)
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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MAN—M AII
MANDIZAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A celebrated hill fort (Diz), situated on the hill overlooking the plain
between Shustar and Dizful in Khuzistan. It is a place of some
strength against an unscientific enemy, and is the residence of
the Mahmud Laleh branch of the Chahar Laug Bakhtiari. The pro
per name is Mlandizan. (Layard.)
MANGANON or MANJANlK—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A valley in Khuzistau, through which the river Tala flows,
some ruins here. (DeBode.)
MANGASHT—Lat. 31° 27'. Long. 50° 10". Elev.
A fort on the Bakhtiarl mountains, 78 miles, on a road from Kumishah
to Shustar. It stands on an isolated mass of rock, scarped all round
to a depth of 150 ft., and therefore is difficult of access, and was
of great celebrity during the Persian wars. The open ground on
the summit of the rock is about half a mile in circumference, and
contains two perennial springs. Mangasht is the name also of a range
of hills in Khuzistan, a continuation of the Zagros chain; they
are lofty and precipitous,—the highest peak being within the range of
perpetual snow,—and are destitute of soil and vegetation. Naphtha
is plentiful in them. They are visible on the road from Shustar to
Band-i-kir. {Imp. Gaz. — I. B. } W. 0. } 1881, Part I.)
M AN GEBRAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
It forms one of the outer or eastern portions of the great Zagros,
and together with two other parallel ranges, renders Rawlinson’s route
from Bizful to Khuramabad via Kirab extremely difficult and quite
impracticable for an army. {Bell.)
MANGERRAH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of hills in Luristan, on the banks of the Dizful river.
(Chesney.)
MANJANlK—Lat. . Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan on the plain of Ram Hurmuz.
MANKAL—Lat. Long. _ Elev.
A village in Ears, 48 miles south-east of Bushahr, on
Lar. It is situated near the foot of the Kuh-i-Khaki;
wells. {Ross.)
MANSHAR or MANSHAT (?)—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Shlrkuh, Yazd, about 25 miles south of the town
of Yazd. It lies in a hollow, and is watered by two streams. It
is the largest village of Shirkuh, has a mosque and a few shops.
& {Stack.)
MANSGRAbAD—L at. Long. Elev.
A village on the Kum-Firuz plain in Ears. {Durand.)
MARID*—Lat. Long. Elev.
A canal crossed by the road between Muhammarah and A main, or
Umairah, said to be navigable for a few miles. {Schindler.)
* Vide Marid.
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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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