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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎246r] (496/686)

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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MIA—MIR
MlAN-I-Kt}H—Lat. Long. Elev.
A district among the hills of Yazd, containing many villages.
[MacGregor.)
MIAN-JANGAL—Lat. Long. Elev.
A mined caravansarai between Tang-i-Kasim and Sarvistan.
[Abbott.)
MIAN-KALA—Lat. Long. Elev.
Two hills in Ears, seen from Persepolis, across the plain of Marvdasht,
which rise steeply from the plain, and are said to have been used as
outposts to the hill-fort of Istakhr. [Durand.)
MIAN-TAK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A beautifully wooded valley in Kurdistan, abounding in game,
between the Garan pass in the Zagros chain, and the valley called
Dasht-i-Katawan, on the Sihna-Sulimama road. [Flowden.)
MIHRABAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Abar Kuh district of Ears, between Shiraz and Yazd.
[MacGregor.)
M IK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the district of Sakiz, Kurdistan, on the road from
Sihna to Sulimania. [Rich.).
MILAIHAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A camping-ground in Khuzistan near Hawizah, occupied by the
Barukuh tribe of Arabs. [Ross.)
MIN AU— Lat. Long. _ Elev._
A village in Khuzistan inhabited by the Bait-ul-Haji tribe. [Ross.)
MlRABAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
This, with Ramisht (g.v.), forms one of the sixteen districts of Persian
Kurdistan. [Plowden.)
MIRA KARIN D—Lat. Long. Elev -
A halting-place on the summer route from Sihna to Zoliab, about 48
miles south of the former place. This route is rendered impracticable
in winter by snow. [Gerard.)
MlR-AMMAN (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of a tomb, 3 miles from Ras Barkan, with some date groves.
1 It is probably on the Hindian or Tab river, and is perceptible from the
coast, when near Ras Barkan. ^ 7/> _
[Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
MIR BACHCHA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Khuzistan, near Ram Hurmuz. [Baring.)
MIRDI—Lat. Long. Eley.
A village of Ears on the road between Darab and Fasa. [ototze,)

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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:

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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