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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [245v] (495/686)
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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468
MAZ—MIA
MAZAFRI—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Fars, 18 miles from Shiraz on the road to Jahrum. It
has a small fort and some trees and gardens. Water is procured from
streams. [Jones.)
MAZAHB1NAN (?)—Lat. Long. ^ Elev. _
The west extremity of the plain of Ram Hurmuz in Khuzistan is so
called. [Layard.)
MAZAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place, two stages from Shiraz, on the road thence to
Karman. [Pottinger.)
MAZ RA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Fars, five stages from Shiraz, on the eastern road
thence to Yazd. [MacGregor.)
MEHRABAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
One of the chief villages of the Abar Kuh subdivision of the province
of Ears, about 12 miles south of the town of Abar Kuh. There is a
good deal of cultivation round, and water from “ kanats.”
[MacGregor.)
MEHRIZ—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Yazd, about 4*0 miles south of Yazd city, on
the camel route to Bandar Abbas. [MacGregor.)
MELIHAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A plain on the right bank of the Kanin river in Khuzistan passed
between 'Amairi and Muhammarah. [Schindler.)
MlANDAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A narrow valley between the plain of Iwan and Gilan, traversed by
the Shustar-Zohab road. [Pawlinson.)
MIANDIH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village 21 miles from Fasa, on the road to Darab. [Ouseleyl)
MIAND1ZAN. See Diz Miandizan.
MIAN-I-KOTAL—Lat. 29° 32' 38" [St. John). Elev. 5,600'.
A caravansarai in Fars, 49 miles west of Shiraz, and 21 miles
east of Kazrun. There is a considerable and excellent spring here,
which gushes out in streams springing from the face of a precipitous
cliff, and, flowing across the plains, causes, at some 2 or 3 miles distance,
a marshy lake. The sarai is a good one, recently built and in excel
lent order, and situated in a commanding position on a natural terrace,
some 200 to 300 yards square. Felly thinks Mian-i-Kotal is the first
point on the road from Bushahr where the climate can be considered
such as would suit the European constitution during the hot season.
There is no village near this, nor are any supplies obtainable unless a
little straw, but the earavansarai would contain 500 men, and there is
camping-ground for 500 more on the plateau. The surrounding hills
are covered with open forest, so fuel would be procurable.
[Taylor — St. John — Clerk — Hardy — Felly.)
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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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