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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎73v] (151/982)

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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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136
BVK—BAN
1
Division.
Sub-division.
Habitat of sub-division.
Fighting
strength.
Sarkhah
Labaibat
On the west of the Karkheh
crossing also to the Shaur
between Aiwan-i-Kar,skeh
and Shush.
200
Do.
Mahur
Among the Kathir at Husaini-
yeh between the Diz and
Shaur.
100
Do.
Qasman .. . •
As for Barais
200
Do.
Rawaishid
Do.
500
Do.
Shabaikah
Do.
300
In regard to tne ijawainn dinovtj id met/
now any apparent political connection with the main body of the tribe.
The Sarkhah are not of very much importance.
The number of fighting men of the tribe in Arabistan is thus approxi
mately 8,000 including those of the tribe in ’Iraq, the fighting strength of
the whole tribe is probably about 15,000 men and their total number
45,000 souls. _ . .
Mode of life and resources—The majority of all sections of the tribe are
agricultural and live by growing cereals. The tribe has not, however, as
a whole abandoned a nomadic life for no houses are found among them, but
only hair tents, and they migrate towards the hills in the cold weather and
are on the move from February to June. ^
Wheat, barley, oats, maize, mash and lentils are among their crops, but
they have not much rice; their cultivation is shifting and desultory.
The camels and horses of the Bani Lam are among the best m Iraq, iney
have also buffaloes, cattle, sheep and donkeys. The horses possessed by
the portion of the tribe which lives in ’Arabistan are estimated at 1,500
and their camels at 3,000.
? Political position and military importance.—The tribe are with a few
exceptions Shi’ahs ; by some of them Persian is spoken as well as Arabic.
Blood feuds are rigorously prosecuted. The tribe are blindly submissive to
their Shaikhs both in peace and war, and they do not fail to combine against
outsiders. Their present head is Ghadhban. In Persia the tribe give much
trouble to the authorities and seldom pay any revenue. The tribe are noted
for their predatory tendencies, but in reality they live for the greater par
a peaceful and respectable life. In Persia it is the Khasra] that give the
most trouble, and the Kinanah also are said to raid in the Dizful district.
The Bani Lam are now well supplied with modern rifles, chiefly Martinis,
and are considered to be good shots, especially from the saddle. It is
estimated that on the Persianside about one-third of the dg^ngmen are
mounted and two-thirds are armed with rifles—(Pemaw Gulf Gazetteer,
1908.)
BAN! MALIK—
A division of the Bani Tamlm {pv.).

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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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