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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [‎330r] (664/686)

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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TEM—T1Z
Mamasenis, traversed by the Sar-Ab-i-Siah. The plain is circular,
dotted with square mud towers of the Lurs, all placed on artificial
mounds, commanding- the tents or huts at their feet. The Lur people
sjtay here all the year round. The Sar-Ab-i-Siah is known as the
Ab-i-Shur on St. John's map, and as the Rudlan, Tang-i-Khast,
Shashpir on Well's map. There are numerous irrigation channels
supplying the rice fields. [Wells.')
TEMBIH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan between Gxlrgir and Shakarab on the road
from Malamir to Shustar. There is a good spring here, and supplies
are procurable. After Tembih there is no fresh water for miles, and
all supplies must be carried. [Baring.)
TIFL ‘UMAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
(also called Gird Earamurz). A village 6 miles from Yazd on the road
to Isfahan. It has about a hundred houses. The inhabitants are silk
cultivators. [E. Smith.)
TIHDASHT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village and a valley in Ears, the former being 8 miles distant
from Eiruzabad. It is situated under a rocky mountain ridge, back
ed by semicircular galleries of tabular rock. Ruins of two other
villages lie in the plain below. It is built of stone, in an exceedingly
narrow and dirty style of architecture. [Stack.)
TIKAN (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village in Ears, about 16 miles from Shiraz, towards Bushahr.
[Tag lor.)
TIKANTAPA— Lat. Lon £- , ® le 7v - u-u
Village in Kurdistan, 162| miles from Tabriz, on road to Karmanshah,
100 houses; water plentiful. [Napier)
TTKTIKAB—Lat. . Long. Elev.
A small waterfall in Khuzistan passed on the road from Rizzi to the
Balarud river, on the Khuramabad-Dizful road. [Baring.)
TIRATUL—Lat. Long. Eley.
A district of Kurdistan, lying apparently in Persian territory, north
west of Sihna and north-east by east of Sulimama. [Rich.)
TlRHAN—Lat. Long. Elev. _
A subdivision in Luristan of the Pusht-i-Kuh section of Lurs.
number 8,000 families. [Baring)
'^u^tsidence in F^fhe Gove.-nor
day's march from Sisakht, which is about half-way between Bihbahan.
and Kumisbah. [Wells.)
TTZARJAN--Lat. It is the best of all these which
^ ii-u^hidest^n ^^well-watered recesses. Tizarjan has a river
^ “rt oVfield and wood, (UUng a broad hollow at the foot
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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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