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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎373v] (751/982)

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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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736
QAS—QAS
Immediately on arrival at their winter quarters they lay down rice in cer-
• tain places, which they gather before they leave. On their return to the high
lands, they find their winter crops well above ground, and, as the weather
warms, they attend to the irrigation of these. They reap in July and August.
In the highlands, in the vicinity of Main fine walnut trees occur, and excel
lent vineyards, carefully tended by Persian (Tajik) peasants, who pay rent
to the Qashqai, are a noticeable feature of the Asupas valley. Raisins are
largely made and the grapes are also exported.
c The breed of horses, though strong and serviceable, shews no remarkable
' Horses quality. They average 14 hands 1 inchin height
and are active, hardy, enduring, and surefooted.
- The colts are sold when about 3 years old, the fillies only being kept.
Bell places the price of a good horse at from 200 to 400 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . Valuable
horses are only breed by the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. and his well protected relations; for
. with others, immediately a very good colt is heard of, it is demanded by,
. or for, some one in authority, and a colt or filly is not infrequently fired
for some fictitious unsoundness in order to prevent its being claimed.
The numbers owned by the tribe were in 1892 estimated at between
6.000 and 7,000, mostly mares.
• Mules and donkeys are also owned and used for transport in the periodic
Cattle ard sheep migrations. Camels arc not owned in large
quantities. The fine breed of Qashqai cattle
- are proverbial, and a hardy breed, owned by the Tajiks, generally black
in colour, is used both for the plough and transport. Very large flocks
of sheep and goats are owned. The former are of remarkable size, some
times weighing as much as 140 lbs. The goats are chiefly black and red
in colour. The wool of the sheep and goats is all required for the use of the
tribe, who work it up into articles of clothing, camp equipage, horse cover
ings, and carpets.
The men are of medium height, light, active, and hardy. They are war-
Fighting qualities and like in their traditions and tastes, good riders
strength. and accustomed to firearms. The tribe could
furnish good infantry also, men inured to hard work over rough country,
and requiring but little transport for their few simple wants. General Gordon
describes the horsemen encountered by him in 1892 as “ tough and rough
irregulars mounted cn email, wiry horses.” Nasrullah Khan informed him
^ that he could furnish 5,000 horsemen with 1,000 Martinis among them, and
. that in the next two years he counted on being able to arm the whole
5.000 with Martinis ; but subsequent enquiry and observation went to
show that this statement was largely exaggerated, and that the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. could
in reality count on from 1,000 to 2,000 horsemen with about 200 Martini
rifles only. j

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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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