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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [150v] (305/982)
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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4
FAL—FAL
290
In the damp parts the heat in summer is almost intolerable, and mosqui
toes abound to an almost incredible extent. From June to September mili
tary operations would be practically impossible owing to climatic reasons.
In the drier parts of the district tamarisk and camel-thorn are found.
Inhabitants. The population of the district is almost entirely of the
Ka b tribe; the people form fixed communities and should therefore be
regarded as settled. The probable number of souls is about 45,000.
. th® villages are settlements situated on canals from the Jarrahi
river, and known by the same name as the canals.
Agriculture and trade*—D&tes are the principal crops of the district. Rice,
wheat and barley are also cultivated on a considerable scale. Sheep and goats
are plentiful and numerous herds of cattle are to be seen; there are a few
horses and donkeys.
The chief exports are dates, rice, wheat, barley, hides, and melons.
Buzieh is the only port situated in the district and most of the trade is
carried on there.
. man is e 1 ual t0 about 248 Ibs - English, and is equivalent
to 16 fehushtar mans ; it is divided into 12 waqiyahs of 20 lbs. each.
Communications.— drier tracts can be traversed in any direction.
In the moister parts progress is difficult, but even there in places there are
paths practicable for laden animals. There is little information about sup-
Pll f?u c f analS * bemg numerous there should be no difficulty as to water.
Ihe first step in a military occupation of Fallahieh would be to seize
a position near Janjireh commanding the irrigation of the district; this would
prevent the inhabitants resorting to their usual tactics of flooding the coun-
1;ry, and by manipulation of water-supply combined with a blockade they
ishould be brought to submission. J
., comniunicntion. The main artery of internal communication is
the Jarrahi river which boats of considerable size can navigate to the upper
most limits of the district. The Jarrahi is not connected by a navigable
t'?l, h M hC - KhUr , M ? 8a ’ but!tis prolonged to the Karun, which it
enters at the Mari creek by the Fallahieh-Marid canal. For a number
s f w eS - ! i nthe .r ig i lb0 f h00d ° 4 Fallahieh this canal is only a ditch 6 to
hnn+Q ? 6 W1 fn E H to 2 feet, and it is therefore impracticable to
diffic H Ti m 115 , m t but is could P robabI y bo Widened without much
and deeper A 10milesfrom *0 Karun the canal begins to become wider
b ? ata f re owned by the riverside population of the Jarrahi,
y ere is said to be no lack of small craft when necessary. About 300
ballams are said to be at Fallahieh. y
ma1frr, , tT i? ”'7 Th J e 8istriot > which belongs to the Shaikh of Muham-
,W?tY n ‘ . ered by two Shaikbs »f the Ka’b tribe. The only
house ri 0 B v ! r gln ! t0 the Ceiltral Persian Government are a customs
house at Buzieh and a post office at Fallahieh.-(JWn Gull Gazetteer.
Elev.
FALAed (os PALAEl) Lat. 31° 19' 30"; Long. 51° 29'. rmsv.
aad n Behbeii t n n ibi 0 J ^ •, (?) ’ I a Village 2 miles oS the road between ^
ana Behbehan, about 80 miles from the former. Consists of a few miserable
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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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