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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎48r] (100/982)

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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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BAG—fiAH
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BlGH SHAKABl— Lat. 28° 05' N. Long. 50° 54' E. Elev.
Another name for the village of Shakari on the Bushire peninsula [q. v.).
BAHABlD— Lat. 30° 52' N. Long. 55° 22' E. Elev.
A village in the Anar district (g'.v.) of Kirman.
BAHADUR KHAN!—
A clan of the Qashqai llidts. It numbers about 1,000 families, and pos
sesses about 200 mules. Their feudal chiefs are Bahadur Khan and his three
brothers, and sons of Suhrab Khan. They inhabit the country from Gar-
mapush and Bideh in Galleh-Dar to Vanak, in Ears.— (Ross, 1880.)
BAHAR LIT (tribe)—
A tribe of eastern Ears, said to number 5,000 and to muster 500 armed
horsemen. They appear to be a fine race, of good physique, and their
women all carry arms as well as the men. Their summer quarters are the
hills north of Darab. The Khan of the tribe resides in the fort of Khusu.
Early in 1879 an engagement took place on the banks of the Rud-i-Naqsh-
i-Rustam, some 14 miles north of Khusu, between the regular troops aided
by the Bahar Lus, and the ’Arabs. The ’Arabs were posted on the south
bank. Eigh‘. hundred regulars with 2 guns and the Bahar Lus advanced
from Darab, crossed the pass immediately north of the bridge, and defeated
the ’Arabs with heavy loss. It is said that 150 ’Arabs were killed on the
spot, and 80 prisoners were taken, who were afterwards brought into Darab,
and publicly executed.—-( Vaughan, 1890.)
BAH ARM AN —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Kirman, 39 miles west of Sang, on the road to Anar. It is
said to contain 300 houses. —(Sykes, 1894, from native information.)
BAHARU — Lat. Long. Elev. 2,040'.
A stony plateau in the Pusht-i-Kuh district of-Luristan, on the right bank
of the Mi,ma river, 73 miles south-south-east of Deh Bala on the road to
Dizful. From April to October it is encamped on by about 50 houses of
Kaituli Kurds, but Lur camps are seen in the vicinity along the road.
Water abundant from the river. Camp room, forage and grazing in spring
and early summer, but no fuel except small thorn trees.— (Barton, Septem
ber 1897.)
bahArvand—
A major division of the DIrakwand tribe of the Bala Girleh group of
Luristan (q. v.).
BAHEN, see BAHT.
BAHI or BAHIN— Lat. 27° 40' 30" N. Long. 54° 22' E. Elev.
A small village of Luristan, about 3 miles west of Lar, on the road to
Bushire.
A short distance to the west of the village are two cisterns of water.—
{Butcher } April 1888.)

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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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