‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [334v] (673/686)
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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are crossed. (3) The Giozhih pass via Dola Dreigli and Panjwln.
(4) From Sulimanla to Sihna over Kali Balin.
[Thielmann—War Office, Persia.)
ZAHIDAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place on a plain in Ears, 19 miles east of Fasti, on the road
to Dorab. {Ouseley?)
ZAIDAN-I-CHAM—Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Luristan, inhabited by the Khushdas-i-Aghajeri clan of
Iliyats. {Me Ivor.)
ZA1DAUN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A subdivision of the Zlr-i-Kuh section of the Kuhgehlu tribe, living
near Bihbahan in Fars. {Baring)
ZAINABAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, 7 miles from Yazd, near the hills, in the direction of Taft.
{Abbott.)
ZAIN-UD-DlN—Lat. Long. Elev. 4,695'.
(Sometimes written Zindan). A post-house and caravansarai, about
45 miles from Yazd on the Karman road. No provisions of any kind
procurable here. The water is salt. {E. Smith — Gill.)
ZAITUN or CHAM—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, 15 miles south of Bihbahan. It comprises
about 2,000 inhabitants, and is situated in a pleasant valley, fertilised by
both the branches of the river, called Zohreh and Hindlan, or Tab,
which here form a junction. There is also a district of Bihbahan of
this name, enclosed by a range of low hills, and admirably watered by
the river Zohreh, from which numerous canals and watercourses are
also derived. The land devoted to rice-grounds yields abundant crops
of a superior quality. Cham is the principal village, and there are
several others.
Zaitun is bounded to the east by another range of sandstone hills,
the west faces of which are exceedingly steep; to the east, however, they
are very little above the level of the plain of Zaitun. Zaitun is
bounded to the east by another range equally precipitous ; to the
west however they unite almost insensibly with the plain of Bihbahan.
These are the Zaitun hills. Their sides are furrowed by a thousand
torrents, and the 1 ’oads across them are on the west side very difficult.
Zaitun, formerly Zaidun, <c meaning an olive tree” forms a central
point whence trade from Hilam and Hindian {q.v.) converges. Goods
go up by land, passing to Dih-Mula, then Arat, and then Zaitun.
r lhe march of 20 miles to Bihbahan hence is stony and through the
lower spurs of the mountain range. The village is described as pretty,
has palm gardens and a good patch of cultivated land.
{Kinneir — Felly — Blunt.)
ZALAKI—
See BakhtiarIs and MamIvand.
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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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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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