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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [313r] (630/686)
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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603
5 tumans
| kiran
1 do.
2^ do.
1 do.
1 tuman to 35 kirans
is artificial, having been cut for the benefit of the rice-fields, the main
river running to Nurabad and thence to Kazrun, being in fact no other
than the Shahpur, marked on the map as running into the sea north of
Bushahr. The trade to Shiraz from Pul-i-Murt to Tang-i-Rudian and
Shiraz goes for some distance along the bank of the Shul.
.. [Baring — Wells.)
SHtL—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village and valley in Ears, near that of Kam Firuz. There are
eight villages in the valley, the smallest hamlet, apparently, being called
a ^village. The “ Mal-i-Diwani ” of Shul is 800 tumans nominally,
but about 1,200 are exacted. Beside this—
For every 1,000 vine-roots
„ walnut tree
„ 4 apple or apricot trees
• >>■ cow . . •
„ sheep
poll-tax .
belongs to Nasi rail ah Khan, Kashkai. [Durand.)
SHULGISTAN—Lat. 31° 23' 5". Long. Elev. 6,900'.
A village in Ears, 21 miles from Abadih, 184 miles from Shiraz, on
the road to Isfahan by Yazdi Khast, from which place it is distant
76 miles and 21 miles respectively. It is a small place of fifty houses,
and has a large caravansarai and a post-house. The village is sur
rounded by high mud walls, with strong gates. Water from kanats.
See also Abadih. ( Ussher—Onseley—Montr—lay lor—Clerk)
SHULISTAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A district'of Ears, towards Khuzistan. [Durand.)
SHUMBlR or SHUNBAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Ears, 36 miles south-east of Khormuj which is on the road
from Bushahr to Lar. It is 82 miles from Bushahr. (Pelly—Boss.)
SHURAIFAT or SHARlFAT— u • n 4-
A principal K'ab tribe of Arabs, according to Ross numbering about
900 adult males, living in huts near Hawizah in Western Khuzistan
and tributary to Fellalnah. Felly makes them many more and gives
Hindian and Dih Mulla as their principal villages. (Pel/y Boss.)
qttttt} tt t Long. Elev.
A hamlet on the south-east border of Yazd and ^st of^hbanan in
m“ telf on the a edg W e 3 a^e. palh of “kavir.” ^ol,)
SH T Kfof the ancient town*of Susa are lh£s — of
Dizful in Khuzistan near the ^ Je still visible,
good account of the mounds, Ae fimestone he discovered
Z one of which therej
ZcTL: CdTn thafpart of the mounds which had been identified
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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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