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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [315v] (635/982)
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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620
LUR—LUR
and is said to be 20,000 sowars, of whom half are armed with rifles. Their
Khans and chiefs are influential. In this connection the following table
will be of interest :—
Rahim Khan.
’AH Khan.
(Married sister of
Muzaffar-ul-Mulk.)
’Aziz Ullah. {Died.)
Gidan Khan. {Died.)
(Married daughter of Kurd
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.
, follower of Vail
of Pusht-i-Kiih.)
Salar. {Died.)
Agha Riza.
Married—
(1) Bairanaw and wife.
(2) Sag wand
Karim Khan
or
(Khazal Khan ?)
Fazal Khan.
(Married
daughter of
Samahdi Khan,
Hasan and.)
’All Murad
Khan.
Jamshid Khan, by
No. 1.
Hasan Gidau
Khan.
Husain Khan.
Khanjan Khan
(No issue.)
Two sons (young).
Daughter betrothed to son of Saiyid
Muhammad Husain, Chief
Mujtahid of Dizful.
Mehr ’Ali
Khan.
I
Daughter.
(Married to
son of Muzaf
far-ul-Mulk.)
The two important sub-divisions of the Sagwand were formerly the
Rahim Khan and ’AH Khan, but these divisions are now beginning to
lose their application. Over one section of the former Fazil Khan, when
present, presides : and in his absence the leadership devolves on his nephews
Hasan Gidau and Khanjan Khan. Over the second section Agha Riza
presides, with whom is associated Karim or Khazal Khan. This section
is certainly inferior to, and possibly half that of, the other. The ’Ali Khan
are comparatively few in numbers, and since the overthrow of their leader
Mihr ’Ali Khan by Hasan and Khanjan Khans their followers have joined
Rahim Khan.
i'he Tnlabl occupy the villages to the south of and in the plain on
Khurramabad. They are chiefly located on a mountain called Samakh, which
is close to the Chigini and near the Ab-i-Kashgan. It is abundantly covered
with sumach trees and is the haunt of much horned game, especially the
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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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