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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎35v] (75/982)

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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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62
ARA—ARA
Lurs, of whom there are several important tribes, notably the Sagwand
Bair ana wand and Dirakwand, who in turn are broken up into numerous
taifdis or divisions. It may be here noted that while all Bakhtiari are Lurs
all Lurs are not Bkahtiari. ’
“ (d) bur llldts. (*') SaywanA—The Sagwand are the largest breeders
among the Southern Lurs, and the dealings of a purchasing officer would be
limited at present to them. The present head of this tribe is Fazil Khan
who ,s represented in the neighbourhood of Dizful by his two nephews,’
Jihanjan Khan and Hasan Khan. These two chiefs, the former especially
are intelligent men of some business capacity and seem anxious to assist an
Englishman in any possible way. The Taifeh-i-Saadat (Saiyids), one of the
divisions of the Sagwand, especially devote themselves to the breeding
of mules, and are said to own young stock to a number of over 2,000 at the
commencement of their selling season, viz., December. They come down
into Dizful yearly from the mountains to dispose of their stock to buvers
from all parts, notably the Bakhtiari, who find their market later on in the
neighbourhood of Isfahan, while the Behbehanis purchase for the Shiraz
market.
“ {ii) Bairnawand and Dirakwand.—With. these tribes there is for the
present difficulty in having any dealings ; nor is it prudent for a European
to enter Lunstan from the south for the time being. This state of affidrs
is not likely to improve in the near future, unless some energetic action is
taken by the British Government in reference to the arrangements latelv
entered into for the opening up a road from Dizful to Kirmanshah bv
the new British Road Company. ^
Summary of mule supply .—I would summarize the capabilities of
supply of all the districts dealt with in this report as follows
Mules.
District.
3£ years and
upwards.
18 months to
2 -|- years.
(a) Shashtar
To be tapped"')
from the Chehar /
25
Nil.
(6) Bakhtiari Iliat .. .. ■<
Mahal during the f
months June— l
August. J
Nil
300
(c) Dizful ..
# #
200
{d) Lur Iliats
*•
Nil
| 1,000
Total
225
1,300
The above is the limit of purchase in one season by an officer arriving in
l the locality not later than the 15th December and lasting till 31st March.

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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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