'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [52r] (108/982)
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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BAKAR-
A small tribe of llldts in Fars, living in the Ardakan district. They
muster some 15 families only, and speak a Lur dialect.— {Durand.)
BAKR-ABAD (1)— Lat. 32° 30' N. Long. 51° 45 E. Elev.
A large village, 10 miles from Isfahan, 174 miles from Shiraz, a little to
the west of the road. It is situated under rocky hills, and has trees and
gardens.—( Taylor. )
BAKARABAD (2)—Lat. 30° 50' N. Long. 56° 12' E. Elev.
A village in the province of Kirman, a few miles south-west of the town
of that name.— {Sykes, 1900.)
BAKH— Lat. Long.
A village in the Pusht-i-Kuh district of Yazd.
BAKHAITAT—
A division of the Al Kathir tribe (q.v.).
BAKHAKH (1)—
A section of the Muhaisin tribe {q.v.).
BAKHAKH (2)—Lat. 30° 12'40" N. Long. 48° 27 E. Elev.
A village on the east shore of ’Abbadan island. It contins 50 mud huts,
and is inhabited by Bakhakh Muhaisin.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
BAKHAKH-UT-TURA— Lat. 30° 12' N. Long. 48° 27' E. Elev.
A village on the east shore of ’Abbadan island inhabited by Bakhakh
Muhaisin.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
BAKHTGAN, vide DARlA-I-NlRIZ.
BAKHTAJIRD— Lat. 28° 44' N. Long. 54° 32' E. Elev.
A village in Ears, passed about a mile .distant on the right of the Fasa-
Darab road, about 7 miles before reaching the latter place.— {Preece, 1884.)
BAKHTlARl—
The largest and most important section of the Lurs.
They inhabit a district commonly known as the Bakhtlarl country, on
Geography. eas t ern and south-eastern borders of Luris-
tan ; and so merging with the latter as to make
their boundaries indefinable to any very clear extent. Its boundaries on
the north-west, north and north-east, read in that order, are the Ab-i-Diz,
the ShuturanKuh, the district of Faridan and the Zindeh Rud, and the pro
vince of Isfahan ; on the east the Qashqal country ; on the south the district
of Behbehan and the plains of ’Arabistan; and on the west Luristan.
The whole district is divided into three sections, both for geographical
and revenue purposes—
G‘) Chehar Mahal, the extensive plateau at its northern and north
eastern. boundary;
Elev.
— {MacGregor.)
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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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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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