!['GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎323v] (651/706)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100025472757.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_3_1_0651.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎323v] (651/706)")
'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [323v] (651/706)
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.
634
USH—UZU
inhabitants are Kurds of the tribe of Zera, The Zeras, however, m common
with all the Kurds, are of the Sunni religion ; and thus differing in langu
age, in manners, and in faith from their Afshar masters, submit impatiently
to their dominion. They are a remarkably fine, active and athletic
race, and are, perhaps, the most warlike of the many warlike elans who
inhabit this part of Persia. o o -
Ainsworth estimates the plain at 8 to 9 miles in length and 2 to o in
breadth. Fraser puts it at 14 to 15 miles each way and Rawlinson at 10
miles each way.
Ainsworth accounts for the discrepancy by supposing that Rawlinson
included in his estimate part of the lower valley of the Gadar, which,
from the direction by which he approached Ushnu, may have had more
the appearance of constituting part of the upper plain. Ainsworth says
the plain of Ushnu would appear to have once been a lake, which was
gradually filled up by deposits of gravel brought down by the Gadar, which
at the upper end of the plain attain a depth of upwards of 100 feet.
(Rawlinson-, Ainsworth-, Fraser.)
USHTARJAN—
One of the five parishes of the Lanjan hul k of the Isfahan province
situated on both sides of the Zmdeh Rud : it contains the following vil
lages : Ushtarjan, Sarshir, Fudan, Bagh-i-Wahsh, Chamagusaleb, Isfina
Kuhcheh, Jifreh, Humeh, Khulanjan, Gargun, Adarjan, {Schindler.)
USHTARlNAN—
A large village 14 miles north-west of Burujird, 600 houses, population,
3,000 ; it belongs to peasant proprietors, has 4 kandts, a stream, 80 pairs
of plough oxen, and is divided into 5 parishes. There are 400 carpet looms.
— (Preece.)
USKtJH—
A beautiful valley in Azarbaljan, south-west of Tabriz, and tributary
to the Aji Chai. The hills which surround it are clothed with wood • its
villages are embosomed in trees, and its soil is very productive. (Morier.)
USTAJLU—
One of the Kizilbash tribes (q.v,). Very few now remain ; they reside
in Azarbaijan.— (Schindler.)
Uz—
A village in Mazandaran, situated on the Nur river, about 60 miles
north-east of Tehran. Like all the Elburz villages it has a shrine. It
has considerable cultivation and about 500 inhabitants.— (Lovett.)
UZGUL (1)—
A village a few miles from Tehran on the road from Gulhak to Firuz-
Kuh.— (Napier.) It belongs to the Shamran district.
UZGUL (2)—
A village in ’Iraq, about 9 miles north-east of Tehran.—A good many
muleteers live here.— (Lovett.)
UZUN DAGH—
A peak in the hills east of the Murdi valley and south of Maragheh, in
Azarbaijan.— (Schindler.)
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' [323v] (651/706), 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_100034644547.0x000034> [accessed 3 July 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100034644547.0x000034
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_100034644547.0x000034">'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎323v] (651/706)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100034644547.0x000034"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100025472757.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_3_1_0651.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