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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎249r] (502/706)

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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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QASI—QASR
485
QASIMlBlD (9)—
A small village surrounded by poplar trees, cultivation, and gardens,
1 mile west of road, at 8 miles beyond Mahallat on the road from Qum to
Gulpalgan.— {Bell, 1884.)
QASIMABlD (10)—
A river in Mazandaran flowing into the Caspian, between Rud-i-Sar
and Salmrud.— {Holmes.)
QASLAN—
Former chief place of the Isfandabad buluk of Kurdistan, it is now in
ruins (1902.)
QASR-I-DUKHTAR—
Ruins in the Qum district, miles from the town of Qum, on the road
to Burujird.—( W. 0. Report on Persia, Part II, Route 138.)
QASR-I-QAJAR—
A favourite palace built by Fath ’All Shah, 3 miles from Tehran, on the
road to Gulahek. It is situated on a height near the foot of the hills, and
consists of a square brick building, enclosing a quadrangle, with its usual
ornaments of tanks and plane trees. Brick terraces and flights of steps
conduct from the palace to a largo neglected garden, which is spread out
in the plain below.— {Stuart.)
QASR-I-KHUSRAU—•
Ruins of a Sassanian fort just outside Qasr-i-Shirln.
QASR-I-SHlRlN— Elev. 1,800'.— {Wilson.)
A small town with a population of about 1,000 deriving a livelihood
entirely from the pilgrim traffic. It is divided into two quarters, the
Luristanl and Turk, who were the two peoples responsible for the origin of
the present population. The Luristani quarter shelters such few Persians
as reside in Qasr-i-Shlrin. These are not more than about twenty people.
The bazaar is small, and consists of foodsoller^ and a draper or two. Former
ly there were more sh/ ps. but the misrule of Shir Khan Sinjabi (Samsam-ul-
Mamalik) followed by the atrocious tyranny of Karim Khan Bajlani, and the
Kalhur exactions, has emptied the place of all craftsmen, and latterly
even of butchers and grocers. There is a large Customs House with
a European (Belgian) in charge, and a small disused barrack originally built
by Muhammad ’AH Mirza at the beginning of the nineteeth century.
The Governor resides in a strong castle on a hill south of the town, which
was built by the robber chief, Juanmlr of the Hamavand about 30 years
ago. Across the river {i.e., on the S. bank) are two gardens, one belonging
to Government, built for Nasr-ud-Dln Shah at the time of his pilgrimage
to Karbala, one planted by Juanmlr, and the last, north of the town at
a distance of about a mile and on the north bank, is a garden constructed
by the late QazT, or Sunni chief priest, who was strangled in it by order
of Shir Khan Sinjabi.
The town is full of caravansarais and houses built to accommodate animals
and travellers. Of late years it has been much improved, as the
Anglo-Persian company have built houses for their staff in the town. For

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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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