Skip to item: of 706
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎47r] (98/706)

This item is part of

The record is made up of 1 volume (349 folios). It was created in 1914. 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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

Beg, and the tribe which accompanied him when he came to Darna and
Dartang. The language of the ruling family has thus continued to be Kurmanj
(Northern or pure Kurdish) and that of the peasants the Guran or debased
Pehlevi tongue. This admixture accounts for the widely divergent physical
and moral types found in the tribe, which in its Jumur branch, composed
entirely of the peasant Guran class, is of a low standard, poor and filthy,
while the Qazanlu of Ben Kudra are a finer tribe in every respect, having
much more of the true Kurd stock among them.
The Jumur sub-section has always been sedentary, and has been settled
since early in the 19th century around Quretu village where ’Aziz Khan, the
most noted of the Jumur Chiefs, built a house, his brothers having fortified
residences in neighbouring villages. On the death of ’Aziz Khan six sons were
left, Karim ’Ali Agha, ’All Murad, Majid, Parviz, and Hamid, the last of whom
was only about 3 years old. So long as Juan Mir Hamawand held Qasr-i-
Shirin, the Jumur Bajlan were a poor and insignificant people, but on Juan
Mir’s death ’Aziz Khan obtained the post of guardian of the frontier in his dis
trict and the right to maintain road guards up to the old Bajlan frontier at
Mil-i-Y’aqub on the Sar-i- Pul road, and he left some money and flocks to
Karim Khan.— {Soane, 1911.)
Karim Khan supplies 15 horsemen and 15 tufangchis to the d’Arcy con'
cession works, at a salary of 15 and 10 tumdns respectively.
The oil wells belong to the Bajlan, but the Chiahsurkh camp is on Guran
territory.
The Baj Ians are agriculturists and shepherds.— (Rabino, 1911.)
The Baj Ians under Persian rule barely number 200 families. They occupy
the territory from Qasr-i-Shirin to the frontier. There are two rival factions,
the ’Aziz Khan, who have a post of 100 horsemen at Quretu, and the Qadir
Agha, who have a similar post at Bishkan. For further information see
Rabino’s “ Gazetteer of Kirmanshah ” and Soane’s article on Qasr-i-Shirin.
The Bdjldn country may be said to be bounded by Qa r-i-Shirin, Dar-i-
Diwan, Zuhab, Shirvan rivers, and Aqdagh mountains, the two latter form
ing the locally recognised Turkish frontier. The Bajlan tribe musters 100
horsemen and 300 families.— (Wilson.)
BAJMANLU—
A tribe living in the Tehran province.
BAKARABAD (1)—
A large village, 10 miles from Isfahan, 174 miles from Shiraz, a little to
the west of the road. It is situated under rocky hills, and has trees and gar
dens.— (Taylor.)
BAKARABAD (2)—
On the right bank of the stream draining the Khanakha valley, Kirmanshah,
9 miles from the pass at its head and 4 miles from its junction with the
Gahvareh river, contains 30 houses of Kurds owning large flocks and herds ;
beyond the stream to the west rises the Hashta mountain. The valley is
here broad and open, and there is a large amount of cultivated land.
Graz ng, good; room for camping ; only fuel cowdung. The stream contains
abundant water, and is supplemented by several springs.— {Burton.)
C300GSB

About this item

Content

The item is Volume II of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1914 edition).

The volume comprises the north-western portion of Persia, bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north by the Russo-Persian frontier and Caspian Sea; on the east by a line joining Barfarush, Damghan, and Yazd; and on the south by a line joining Yazd, Isfahan, and Khanikin.

The gazetteer includes entries on human settlements (towns, villages, provinces, and districts); communications (roads, bridges, halting places, caravan camping places, springs, and cisterns); tribes and religious sects; and physical features (rivers, streams, valleys, mountains and passes). Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, resources, trade, and agriculture.

Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.

A Note (folio 4) makes reference to a map at the end of the volume; this is not present, but an identical map may be found in IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/1 (folio 636) and IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/2 (folio 491).

Printed at the Government of India Monotype Press, Simla, 1914.

Extent and format
1 volume (349 folios)
Arrangement

The volume contains a list of authorities (folio 6) and a glossary (folios 343-349).

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 351; 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 also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎47r] (98/706), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/3/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100034644542.0x000063> [accessed 29 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100034644542.0x000063">'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [&lrm;47r] (98/706)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100034644542.0x000063">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100025472757.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_3_1_0098.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100025472757.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image