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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎140r] (284/982)

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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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about 16 feet wide and roughly cobbled. The parapets in some sections
have disappeared. Several of the arches have been swept away within late
years and have been replaced by narrower structures ; with the result
that a part of the bridge towards the centre has a considerably narrower
roadway than the original and the bridge presents an unsightly aspect
from a distance. About 400 yards above the bridge a line of mills, 39
in number, run into the river at right angles from the left bank. They are
built upon rocks assisted by artificial dams and are connected with each
other in some instances by gangways ; and all are liable to be submerged
in the spring floods. A permanent canal, known as the Nahr-i-Kilmikk,
leaves the liver on the east side below the bridge.
The only edifice on the right bank of the river is the palace of
Kushk of the Persian Governor-General of ’Arabistan. It is of modern
construction, and consists of a rectangular enclosure 500 feet by 300 feet,
in which are several buildings. The high enclosing wall is of hiick and
has no pretensions as a citadel. The ground about here affords the best
camping-ground, of an area practically unlimited.
Inhabitants. —The population of Dizful is some 45,000 souls and is in
creasing. It has absorbed many heterogeneous elements, and some of the
groups into which the inhabitants are formed, bear names or cherish tra
ditions indicative of foreign origin. Such are the Jama’at-i-Giveh Kashan
who claim to be of Lur extraction : the Afshars, descendants of Nadir Shah :
and the Khavanin, who name Changiz Khan as their ancestor. Neverthe
less, they have now become fused in one common community and homo
geneity of language, customs and dress, and may be said to constitute a
type of their own. No Lurs, Kurds or Arab's reside within the fown. The
most prominent sections of the inhabitants are the Saiyids, numbering 6,000
and divided into many sub-secf ions : the Tujjar or merchants, who are 500
households : the Mashdikh, some 250 houses ; and the Khavanin, whose num
ber of males is estimated to be some 100 houses. The lower orders belong to
a poor type ; they are dirty, discontented, unhealthy and ill-favoured in
appearance ; many of the better classes are respectable and well-mannered-
The only religion is the Shi’ah faith in its standard form, and there are no
Babis or ’AU Ildhis or avowed infidel’s. Although bigotted and fanatical
in regard to their particular form of religion, they show no signs of hosti
lity to strangers—in somewhat marked contradistinction to the attitude
of the inhabitants of Shushtar.
Trade and Industries. —The religious vocation is practised by a consider
able number of persons : the shopkeepers number about 2,000; while the
remainder are employed in local industries. The indigo of Dizful, though
inferior to that imported from India, enjoys local favour and the annual
average output is estimated at 3,000 Eizfuli mans. It is graded in three
qualities and fetches 30 to 60 krdns per Dizfuli man. At the present time
the indigo works are closed, and the traders have removed their plant
on account of the excessive imposts placed by the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i-Mukarram, the
new Governor of Northern ’Arabistan, upon the industry. Agricultural
implements, stirrups, bits, horse-shoes, knives, tools, and some rifles are
manufactured at Dizful from imported steel and iron : copper is converted
into cooking pots; and brass and German silver are used for samovars, pipe

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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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