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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎252r] (508/982)

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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.
6321
Baiudh
R.
632i
Braikeh or
L.
Braicheh.
1
637J
Farsiat
L.
645J
Isma’ill
L.
L
1
;l
547£
Chimaiyan
> L.
648
Qajarieh
If R.
|
:(
if
Inhabitants.
A couple of huts, one of
reeds and one of mud,
occupied by Saiyid Nasir,
a member of a Saiyid
family of Ahwaz. No
arms.
150 hou es of Ma’awTyeh.
They have 60 rifles and
30 mounted men.
4 mud house sand about
25 huts of Muhaisin,
among whom are a few
Saiyids. Rifles number
10 and mounted men 20.
40 mat huts of Muhaisin
of the Mut ir section.
They have 20 rifles and
25 mounted men.
17 mat huts of Muhaisin
and 3 of Saiyids, with
10 rifles and 15 mounted
men.
60 reed huts of Muhaisin
of the Zuwaidi t section.
There are 60 rifles and
50 mounted men. At
seed time and harvest
the place is temporarily
increased by about 35
houses of Bani Tamim
(H).
Remarks.
Wheat and barley are
grown.
Wheat and barley are
grown and the livestock
includes 30 horses, 15
mules and some donkeys,
cattle and sheep. The
Ma’awlyeh formerly paid
their revenue through the
Bavleh to the Shaikh of
Muhammareh, but their
headman is now permitted
to retain it as a per
sonal allowance. One
small ferry-boat is kept.
This place is only occupied
at the times of plough
ing and reaping. There is
then a small ferry-boat
here.
Some times pronounced
Sama’lnh Except a garden
(with 2 masonry water-
lifts) which is cultivated
all the year round.
Isma’ill is deserted at the
seasons of agricultural
inactivity. A small ferry
boat is sometimes to be
found.
This place was formerly
known as Saiyid K'.d-
him. Wheat and barley
are grown. About 50
horsemen, viz., the moun
ted men of the village,
are stationed here by the
Shai h of Muhammareh
for the protection of the
river, and there is a small
mud fort. A post and
telegraph Office construct
ed by the Persian Govern
ment was never used as
such, and has been con
verted into a rest-house
There is a ferry with
one small boat

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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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