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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [200r] (404/706)
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. .
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Kurdistan
387
Sardasht and Baneh are here included under the Persian section, though
occupied by the Turks at present (1912). They were both under the Govern
ment of the Kurdistan province through the sub-governorship of Sauj
Bulagh (Mukri tribe).
The capital of the province is Sinandlj or Sinneh, as it is popularly called.
Climate.
Snow falls for four months in the year, during which months the people live
in underground houses, which are often absolutely useless as protection
against the weather ; here they store food for themselves and fodder for the
cattle. The great want of the district is fuel which is everywhere very scarce,
and dung is carefully preserved as a substitute.”
Population,
See also under ‘ Kurds.''
The population of the province of Kurdistan consists wholly (excepting
the inhabitants of SinneL) of hill people and nomad tribes. The following
is a list of the Hldt or ll-i-Chddar Nishln of Kurdistan :—
Il-i-Chddar Nishln (tent dwelling tribes nomads, of Kurdistan.)
Yearly tribute to
Government.
Popula
tion.
Krans.
Residence.
ll-i-Abdur Rah nan
250
1,820
Villages belonging to
ll-i-Burakeh
500
600
Amanullah Khan
Vakil
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
.
Kurdistan.
ll-i-Balilvand
3,000
3,250
Gavrud, and Almiag,
ll-i-Purpisheh ,. ,.
1,000
3,000
Isfandabad.
ll-i-Tamartuzeh .. ,.
300
500
Yailaq.
U-i-Durachl
2,500
7,350
Hasanabad and
ll-i-Sukur
350
440
Yailaq.
Scattered.
Il-i-Shaikh Isma’il ..
2,700
3,250
Isfandabad.
ll-i-Gurgeh
1,500
8,450
Yailaq.
ll-i-Givehkash
1,500
2,146
Near Sinandij.
ll-i-Gulbaghi and Ahmed Zainal
5,000
11,450
Qaratureh and
ll-i-Gavik
1,200
3,380
Husainabad.
Zhaurud and Kalat-
ll-i-Gushkl
2,500
1,300
i-Arzan.
Shahrizur,
ll-i-Lur and Kulahgar
1,000
1,599
Scattered.
ll-i-Laleh
1,500
' 1,760
Yailaq.
Il-i-Mahmud-i-Jabraili
500
1,850
Yailaq.
li-i-Mundaml
3,000
3,750
Hasanabad.
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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.
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- 1 volume (349 folios)
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The volume contains a list of authorities (folio 6) and a glossary (folios 343-349).
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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.
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- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II'
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