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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [336v] (677/686)
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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650
ZHA—ZIIt
It is frozen over in winter. The plains around it are a favourite sum
mer resort of Jaf Kurds. [Rich.')
Mr. T. C. Plowden says—“ Lake Zlr-i-bar may be about a mile
long from north to south. In the spring, when the water is high, a
stream issues from the southern end and flows through the Avroman
mountains into the Ab-i-Shlrwan. The lake is decreasing in size
every year. It is surrounded by marshy land, which produces rice in
abundance and of excellent quality. According to local tradition the
lake covers an ancient city.”
ZHALAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place of
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
, three stages beyond Sulimania, on
the road to Baghdad. [Travers.)
ZIBAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, on the left bank of the Dizful river. It is
celebrated for its gardens and rich arable land. [Layard.)
ZIFARJAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 39 miles south-east of Firuzabad, on the road to Jab-
rum. [Abbott.)
ZIMKAN or ZEMKAN^.v.)—L at. Long. Elev.
A river of Western Karmanshah, forded 30 miles west of Karman-
shah, on the road to Gahwara and Karind. The road pursues its bank
for some distance. Its water is unwholesome. [Jones.)
ZINDAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A caravansarai, 45 miles south-east of Yazd, on the road to Karman.
It is in a dilapidated condition, and the water is salt. [Smith.)
ZlRBATlAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Luristan, 12 miles north-east of Badrai. It is cele
brated for its date groves, and its soil is favourable for the growth of
orange and lemon trees. The land produces grain of various kinds, and
cotton and hemp ; but the country is so frequently exposed to the de
predations of the Arabs that its inhabitants engage little in its cul
tivation. [Layard.)
ZIRGAN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A town in Ears, 20 miles north-east of Shiraz. A long straggling
place of 2,000 houses, mostly'one-storeyed, with flat roofs, built close up
to a chain of barren rocky mountains, on the eastern margin of a low
plain, full of gardens and cultivation. The main street is narrow and
filthy, with a number of shops scattered throughout, forming a bazar said
to be well supplied. There is a post-house at the north end of the town
and two mud enclosures in the main street, serving the purpose of cara-
vansarais. The water is from wells. [Jones — Trotter.)
ZIRGtJN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 17 \ miles north-west of Shiraz, on the road to Bih-
bahan. The water is from springs and a stream. Fruits and vines grow
here. [Felly.)
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:340v, back-i
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