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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎37r] (78/982)

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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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point by the Khur Vasta. About 20 miles lower down the coast, the Hindian
river with a south-south-westerly course flows into the Gulf also. The
Karun and Jarrahi run ordinarily between steep banks of some height.
Climate. —The temperature at Muhammareh ranges from 32° to 115°
Fahr., the hottest month being July, and the coldest January. Rain falls at
any time between the middle of October and the middle of May, the heaviest
being in December ; the total amount, however, is very small. A dry north
westerly wind in May foreshadows the Barih or north-wester, which lasts
for 40 days. From the middle of October to the end of April the climate is
comparatively cool and pleasant. The summer heat is intensely dry but
not unhealthy for natives.
People. —The population of Southern ’Arabistan has been roughly esti
mated at 300,000 souls. With the exception of the town of Muhammareh,
some of the larger villages, on the Hindian where there arc a number of
Persians, and about the Jarrahi, where there arc many Lure, the people are
all ’Arabs with a considerable infusion of Persian blood. The ’Arab tribes
of Muhammareh and Fallahleh are semi-settled, while those to the west
of Karun are wholly nomadic. The former are mainly agricultural, while
the latter are chiefly pastoral. The vast majority are Shl’ah Muhammad
ans. The principal tribes of Southern ’Arabistan are the Muhaisin and the
Chaub, who have their centres at Muhammareh and Fallahleh respectively ;
and the Bavleh, who occupy a large part of the country between the Karun
and the Jarrahi. Important tribes upon the Karun are the Hamaid, wdio
occupy Nadafia on the left bank, and both banks of the Haddam stream ;
the Zargan, located at Kraneh on the left bank and a small tract on the
Jarrahi; the Anafijeh, whose territory extends westwards from the right bank
half-way between Band-i-Qlr and Aliwaz to the left bank of the Karkheh ;
the Salamat in the neighbourhood of Wais ; and the Ban! lamlm, who extend
from the right bank near Saba westwards to the Turkish frontier, south of
Hawlzeh. There are several minor tribes of less importance, but who are
still independent. The language of Southern ’Arabistan is a dialect of
Arabic, with a certain proportion of Persian words. The fighting strength
of the southern province was calculated in 1902 to be 54,500 men, an
estimate founded on tribal books. They are principally armed with a rifle
of Martini pattern, of which there are computed to be at least 15,000.
Cartridges are refilled locally with native powder. Besides these rifles
there are a certain number of fowling pieces.
Products and trade .—The Muhammareh district produces dates; the
Karun neighbourhood wheat and barley ; the Fallahleh district wheat, rice,
dates and wool; the Jarrahi and Hindian districts rice, wheat and wool ;
the Hawlzeh district rice, wool and ghi. As compared with the northern
province the supply of livestock is very limited. A certain number of sheep
and goats are grazed in the pastoral districts about Ramuz and Hawlzeh,
while in the villages on the banks of the Karun a further limited number
are found, as well as buffaloes in the lower country. Mules and camels
are found at Nasirleh, though scarcely sufficient to meet the demand for
transport up country; and neither are bred locally.
The towns of Muhammareh and Nasirleh are the only considerable centres
of trade, both internal and foreign. The imports of the province are cotton.
112 IB I

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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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