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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎33r] (70/982)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (487 folios). It was created in 1910. 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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The mills are worked by a warm sulphur spring, which used to be a popular
Zoroastrian resort in ancient days, and is even now resorted to for the cure
of various skin diseases. The river north of the town is said to rise near
Ishkanan, reported to be 10 farsaJchs, two marches from here, and behind
the west extremity of the Kuh-hGavbus. Thence the river flows alongside
the road down a valley, disappearing underground about 6 miles west of
Anveh, and re-appearing somewhere near the sulphur springs. Thence it
flows on down a great plain past Tudiran, and rounding the northern slopes
of the Khamir peak, empties itself into the sea near Khamir.
There is a large but stony camping-ground to the west of the town. The
^grazing is good, and firewood is obtained from the hills.— {Vaughan, April
1890.)
’AQALEH—
A canal in the Fallahleh district, on the right bank of the Jarrahi river’
| a mile below Gharaibeh. It irrigates 50 fadddns cultivated bv Ka’b
of the Rubaihat section, whose fighting strength is 40 men, of whom 30
are mounted and all are armed .—{ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
’AQlLT— Lat. 32° 10' N. Long. 42° 10' E. Elev. 560'. 1
A plain in North ’Arabistan, almost encircled by the left bank of th®
Karun in a remarkable bend, which it makes on issuing from the mountains
through the Tang-i-Kaleh-i-Dukhtaran on to the plains of ’Arabistan.
This plain, which is highly cultivated and bears most luxuriant crops of
wheat, barley, tobacco, etc., embraces some 8 flourishing villages within its
area.
The inhabitants of these villages pay one-third of the produce as rent to
their landlords.
’Aqlll is virtually a private estate of the Bakhtiari Khans, but it is
attached to the Shushtar district. The revenue payable by the Bakhtiar!
Khans to the Persian Government is 12,150 tumdns in cash, 300 kharwdrs
of grain and 280 of straw.
The population of ’Aqili is apparently about 15,000 souls.
The table below embodies all that is known of the prosperous villages in
the district:—
Name.
Position.
Population and arms.
Remarks.
Badil
Near Muhammad-
ibn-Zaid.
100 huts of mixed
Lurs.
This is a bunneh or per
manent encampment.
There are 100 date-
palms.
Batwand ..
About 30 miles from
Shushtar.
80 houses. There
are 20 rifles.
Owned by the Sarum-ul-
Mulk, one of the Bakh-
tlari Khans.
Dasht-i-Bu-
9 miles from Shush-
250 huts. There are
Water is from the river
zurg.
tar and 2 miles
from the left bank
of the Karun.
50 rifles.
and from springs. The
proprietor is the Sha-
hab-us-Saltaneh.
U2 IB H

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The item is Volume III of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).

The volume comprises that portion of south-western Persia, which is bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north and east by a line drawn through the towns of Khaniqin [Khanikin], Isfahan, Yazd, Kirman, and Bandar Abbas; and on the south by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.

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

The volume contains an index map, dated July 1909, on folio 488.

The volume also contains a glossary (folios 481-486).

Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.

Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.

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1 volume (487 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 489; 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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