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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [261v] (527/686)
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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500
ino- more than 12 feet water may find shelter here in a nor’-wester,
but should be careful how they enter the bay, as there are one or two
rocky shoals, with only 10 to 15 feet of water in them. This anchor-
ap-e is called Bandar Khan, and from here commences Bardistau
Bank. ( Bruchs — Constable — Stiffe.)
RAS-AL-MAK.Gr— Lat. Long. Elev.
The north-west point of the sand banks or shoals forming the inner
bank of the harbour of Bushahr. L is the chief danger in entering
the harbour, being a lee-shore in a “shimal.”
[Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
RAS-AS-SHAGHAB—Lat. Long. Elev.
A broad point on the coast of Ears, 3£ miles south south-west of
Bushahr. There is a small clump of date-trees, half a mile south of
this point, and a well of good water at them.
[Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
RAS-AS-SHAT (?)- . n
Lat. {S.-W.point) 29° 5' 5*. Long. [S.-W. point) 50 41 18'. Elev.
The point which forms, with the banks off it, the shelter of Bushahr
harbour against the north-west wind. It bears north-west | west, 10
miles from the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, and is very low and sandy, hardly above
sea-level. Inside it is an extensive swamp, intersected by numerous
creeks extending for many miles inland and to the eastward, beyond
Shif. [Constable—Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
BAS-BARDISTAN —
Lat. 27° 49' 30". Long. 52° 2' 5'. Elev.
An elevated bluff-point on the coast of Ears. [Bruchs.)
RAS-BARKAN—Lat. 30° 0' 57'. Long. 49° 35' 22'. Elev. _
A point off the coast of Khuzistau, being the south-west point of the
flat that runs off the Hindian river, parallel with the coast, east to
long. 50°, where it extends about H miles off shore. It is composed
of mud, and in some parts of patches of sand and clay.
[Bruchs — Constable — Stiffe.)
RAS-EGDAR (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A point on the shore of Ears, near Bushahr, from whence it bears
south-east i east. It is about 30 feet high, and has a few date-trees
upon it; between it and the town the land is swampy.
[Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
RAS-HALlLAH—Lat. 28° 50’ 30'. Long. 50° 54'. Elev.
A point on the coast of Ears, forming the north side of Halilah bay.
[Bruchs.)
RASHlR or RlSHlR or RlG-SHAHR or RAS-SHAHR—
Lat. Long. Elev.
An old Portuguese fort on the coast of Ears, 5 miles south of Bushahr.
It has 300 houses, and pays a revenue of 1,200 tumans. The coast
here is bold and open, and is recommended as the best place to land a
force advancing against Bushahr, for deep water is found at no great
distance from the beach. [Pelly — Kinneir — Jones.)
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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.
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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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- ‘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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