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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [74v] (153/982)
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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138
BAN—BAN
Division.
Sub-division.
Fighting
strength.
Remarks.
Hamudi
Maujur
Nahaiyu
Suwaiyid
550
Nil.
Do.
Suwairi
’Alwan
Zuhairleh
80
99
Do.
Huwaishim
350
99
Do.
Mir’ai
50
99
Do.
Dirairat
30
99
Halaf
Suwaijit
160
99
Do.
Al Bu Ghurbeh
280
99
Do.
Hiyadir
550
This sub-division
Do.
Al Bu ’Abaiyid
450
are among the
marsh-dwelle.s.
Ditto.
Do.
Sudan
350
Nil.
Do.
Braiheh
200
This sub-division
Do.
••
Bani Sakain
200
are among the
marsh-dwellers.
Nil.
The Hataf division were originally a separate tribe ; they are now found
among the Bani Turuf and perhaps also among the Bani Tamim. [McDouall
—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
BANISHAN— Lat.33° 7' N. Long. 47° 35' E. Elev. 2,950'.
The name of a cultivated valley constituting the uppermost part of the
Rudbar district of Luristan, and of a camp of the Lurs containing some
50 huts, situated above the valley. The camp lies 99 miles west of Khurram-
abad on the road to Deh Bala. The valley lies along the right bank of the
Saimarreh river just where it issues from the Saza-Bin gorge. There is a
large area of richly cultivated and irrigated lands. Large flocks and herds
are owned. The Saimarreh river is here fordable at some points. Banlshan
lies within the territory of the Yali of Pusht-i-Kuh.— (Burton.)
BANI TAMlM (1)—
A division of the Bani Hardan tribe
BANI TAMlM (2) (Tribe)—
A large and powerful Arab tribe in Southern ’Arabistan. They are tent-
dwellers, and range the drier parts of the country between the rivers Karun,
Shatt-al-’Arab and Tigris. Unlike most of the tribes of the province, in
religion they are Sunni Muhammadans, and in their mode of life also they
differ considerably from the other Arab tribes of ’Arabistan. They are said to
be of Muntafik extraction. Their territory in Southern Arabistan includes
the right bank of the river Karun between Milaihan and Sab eh, and they
may be found anywhere to the west of that line up to the Turkish frontier.
In summer the bulk of the tribe approach the Karun ; in the date season
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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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