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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎319v] (643/686)

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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SINICH—Lat. Long 1 . Elev.
A halting-place in Pars, six stages from Shiraz, on the eastern road to
Yazd. {MacGregor.')
SINJlBl—
A tribe who inhabit the plain of Mahidasht, in the province of Kar-
manshah. They number 4,000 tents, and have considerable numbers
of camels, horses, oxen, mules, and asses. They are said to be very lax
Muhammadans, and are regarded by the Persians as only nominally so.
Regarding this tribe, Mr. T. C. Plowden says (1881) as follows:—
“ The country of the Sinjabis extends from the Khan of Mahidasht
to Shila Zuliat (?), which lies 8 farsakhs to the west of the town of
Karmanshah. This tribe has two principal divisions ; (1) Chalawi (?),
of which Faraj-ullah Khan is chief; (2) Dilyari, under Ilahi Khan!
The whole tribe numbers about 1,000 families, and furnishes a con
tingent of 150 horsemen on the usual terms. The Sinjabis, like the
Kalhur, are famous breeders of mules,* but the three years’ famine has
told heavily on their resources, and they are not in a prosperous con
dition." {Ferrier — Plowden.)
SINJAT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Yazd, lying on the north side of the Khuranak range,
and on the south of the Siah Kuh, putting it about 30 miles north
east of Yazd. [MacGregor^]
SI RAJ—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 100 miles east of Shiraz, on south bank of lake
Nairiz. It has a mud fort and some cultivation round it.
SIRAWI oe SIRAVI oe SHAHRUWI— ( *'
A subdivision of the Zir-i-Kuh section of the Kuhgehlu tribe, living
round Bihbahan in Pars. A good many mules are purchased from the
Iliyats, and a few are bred in this district, ( Baring—Ross.)
SIR-I-AB-GILAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
The place of residence in the Karmanshah province of a small clan of
known as the Begzadah Siah Siah, and Mutta
Mu a S^h Siah. They jointly number only a hundred families.
SIRlMAH—Lat. Long.
Name of a small cluster of round (i.e., not palm) trees on the low
shore, about 9 miles north-west by north from Ras Barkan, coast of
“an, se r vl ng as a mask for the entrance of the Tab river, which
IwimvT 611 tl ! e 1 Se treeS and , he point ’ the entrance, which is very
shallow, has not neen surveyed on a large scale; the boats navigating
the river are only of 20 or 30 tons. v & *
ci T d T n T TT T , ( Constable— safe— Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot)
SIR-I-PUL Lat. Long. Ele v.
Znb S i}b tU a ml C i at + the S0uth - e ^ st corner of the famous fertile plain of
S’sothrsuo K^nd 50 te4 he '^l—ssingthe river

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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.

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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’ [‎319v] (643/686), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100033249834.0x00002c> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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