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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎251r] (506/982)

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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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(Ap
proxi
mate
mile.
Name.
Bank.
Inhabitants.
Remabks.
504i
Abu Dibbis ..
L.
15 mud houses of poor
Arabs and Al Bu Kurd.
No rifles nor mounted
men.
The people are cultivators.
This village lies farther
north than the last,
though it is farther down
the river.
506
Karaishan
It.
20 mud houses of Al Bfi
Kurd. Of the fighting
men 8 are mounted
and 10 have rifles.
Wheat and barley are cul
tivated and 15 mules, a
number of donkeys and
. some sheep and goats are
owned. One small ferry,
boat is kept here.
511
Kut-ul-’Amaireh
L.
100 mud houses, chiefly
of Bavieh of the Lij-
barat and Al Zahrau
sections, and 50 tents
of Al Bu Kurd. There
are 150 mounted men
and 150 rifles.
Part of the village is called
Kut Shaikh ’Ali from the
principal Shaikh of the
Bav.eh, who had his seat
here. There is cultiva
tion and about 200 camels
are owned. On account
of a great loop made by
the river, this place is
about 2 miles due west
of Kut Saiyid Salih..
There is one small ferry,
boat.
512
Muzaffari, or
Muzaflarleh.
%
L.
20 brick houses, 180 mud
houses and 20 shops ;
also a large caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and a qaliyP-hkhaneh
built by Miz’al, the late
Shaikh of Muhammareh.
The people are Al Bu
Kurd with a few Efiz-
fulls. They have 10
mounted men and 100
rifles and are reputed
warlike.
-
This place was formerly
known as Ithleh. It
stands on a narrow
tongue of land between
two bends of the river.
After Muhammareh and
Nasir 7 , Muzaffari is now
the most important place
on the Karim below Band-
i-Qir. The Shaikh of
Muhammareh has a brick,
house hero- and main
tains an agent, one of
the Al Bu Kurd ; he fre
quently camps here in
winter when he has busi
ness at Nasirl or with
the Bavieh. There is
some trade at Bandar
Muzaffari with the sur
rounding tribes, and mer
chants occasionally land
here with goods in retail
quantities. Ono small
ferry-boat is kept here.

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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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