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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎312v] (629/982)

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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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LUR—LUR
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by modem Persians as a synonym for a rude or depredatory person, while
the word ‘ Fail! ’ means a rebel. The Lurs maj be conveniently classified
under four heads, thus
(1) Faili Lurs, indicating the servants or followers of the Vali of Pusht-i-
Kuh, the first of whom rebelled against his master, as noted below*
(ii) The Lurs of Pish Kuh.
(iii) The Bakhtiari, vide this Gazetteer.
(iv) Other sections of Lurs, who have wandered farther afield, such
as the Mamassani and Kuhgalu tribes.
Between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries the province of Luristatl
was ruled by a race of independent princes, who were called Atabegs,
The last prince of this race was Shah Vardi Khan, who rebelled against
Shah ’Abbas, early in the seventeenth century: and, on the arrival of the
latter at Khurramabad to punish him, fled to the Pusht-i-Kuh. Later, when
Shah ’Abbas pushed forward to Saimarreh, Shah Vardi Khan retreated
to Jangileh, the qishlaq ot the present Vali, and there later lost his life after
much fighting. On his return to Khurramabad, Shah ’Abbas appointed
one Husain Khan, a servant of the dead Vali and a traitor to him, as VaH
of Pusht-i-Kuh ; but retained the Pish Kuh district under the direct
management of a Persian Governor, with the seat of government at Khur*
ramabad. This arrangement has obtained ever since with a varying
degree of authority as far as the latter is concerned. This division of the
country was the occasion for the importation into the province of a foreign
tribe of some distinction. This was the Silsileh or Saisalih (Saiyid Salih).
On his appointment as Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh, Husain Khan pointed out to
his royal benefactor that, owing to the many enemies against whom
he would have to contend, it would be impossible for him to preserve
order without the assistance of foreign mercenaries. To aid him, there*
fore, the Silsileh tribe was drafted from the Mahi Dasht district of the
Kirmanshah province into Luristan, and it was arranged that they, in con*
junction with the Dilfan tribe, should supply Husain Khan yearly with one
hundred horsemen. Up to the end of the reign of Nadir Shah, these two
tribes remained the dependents of the Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh ; but, with the
upheaval which followed on the death of that monarch, they appropriated
those lands on which they were located and became semi-independent
like their neighbours, or at least only responsible thereafter to the authority
of the Persian Governor.
Tribal Divisions : Pish Kuh .—The district of Pish Kuh, or the province
of Luristan proper, is divided up into four principal tribes, with numerous
8ub-divisionS‘. They are the Silsileh, the Dilfan, the Bala Girieh and the
Tihran. These divisions have no single chief like the Bakhtiari; and
more often than not they are engaged in hostilities against one another.
They are notorious for their plundering propensities, particularly the
Silsileh and the Dilfan.
Silsileh .—The habitat of this tribe is to the north of Khurramabad.
They are of Arab origin and the circumstances under which they became
incorporated with the Lurs are explained above. They occupy the plain of
iUishtar, whose ancient name was Alishakar, and the adjoining country.
The plain itself is highly cultivated and productive of rice and opium in
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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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