!['GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎59v] (123/706)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100025472757.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_3_1_0123.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎59v] (123/706)")
'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [59v] (123/706)
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.
100
BUL—BUM
BULlBlD. See BILlBlAD-r-
BULABBAS—
i.e., Abul ’Abbas, a village in lower SllakMr, 12 miles from Bumjird to
the left of the road thence to Isfahan.— {Schindler.)
BULAGH—
A village in the Garmeh Bud district of Azarbaljan, on the road from
Saraskand to Mianeh. It is picturesquely situated on the brink of a
precipice.— (Morier .)
BUL’ALl—
Corruption of Abul ’All, a small village in Azarbaljan, on the head waters
of the ’Ajabshlr river, and 15 miles south of Gugan.— {Schindler.)
BULAN—
A village in Kirmanshah, situated in a narrow valley adjoining that of
Bllawar and to the north of it; it is about 36 miles north of Kirmanshah
city. It contains about 20 houses inhabited by BUawari Kurds, and has
some trees and cultivation adjoining it. Water from a stream. Supplies :
300 sheep and goats.— {Vaughan.)
BULANGl—
A village of Azarbaljan, about 32 miles from Urumieh, situated at
about 2 miles to the left of the road to Tabriz.—(frerard.)
BUHTUI (BEHTUI) or AHMAD AY AND BEHTUI {q. v.).—
A tribe in the Qasr-i-Shirln district {q. v.) — {Soane, 1911.)
BULGAM—
A large village, north of the Persian village of Kizil Qishlaq on the
Eussian side of the Upper Aras, with a post of 30 Cossacks under an officer ;
there is a summer ford here.
BULGUR—
A stream falling into the Gulf of Enzali {q. v.).
BULTAK— Elev. 7,800'.
A village in the Earidan division of the Isfahan province, about 14!
miles from Khoigan on a branch of the Karj-rud.— {Schindler.)
BULUK-I-SALISEH—
One of the eighteen buluks of Kurdistan, 8 to 12 farsakhs south-west of
Sinandlj or Sinneh composed of the three (saliseh) sub-districts Amirabad,
Palangan and Bilavar. It has 40 villages and a population of 6,000, all
Sunnis. The yearly taxes amounted to 13,360 krans a year ago, but are
more now. The buluk produces bad wheat, but good cotton, rice, peas and
lentils, and is well-wooded with oak and ash. {Schindler, 1902.)
BULVARD—
A village, 15 miles north-east of Qum.
BUMAHIN (1) — Lat. 35° 44' 54". Long. 51° 51' 0". Also spelt Bumhind,
Bumgin and Bumahan.
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
'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [59v] (123/706), 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_100034644542.0x00007c> [accessed 18 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100034644542.0x00007c
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_100034644542.0x00007c">'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎59v] (123/706)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100034644542.0x00007c"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100025472757.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_3_1_0123.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
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
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/3/1
- Title
- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:350v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence