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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎381r] (766/982)

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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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RAM—RAM
751
remainder of he boundary ia a line connecting Bu’airish with the naphtha
springs mentioned above this line crosses the Ghpal stream about four
miles above the barrage on the same.
Physical Characteristics —district is a fertile plain, about one-half
of which is said to be watered by various streams and springs. The most
important of the streams are the Ramuz river (or upper course^of the Jarrahi)
between its exit from the hills and its junction with the Marun, and a short
section of the Jarrahi proper between that junction and its exit from the dis
trict, also the Marun river, which is the principal feature of the south-eastern
portion of the district. The Gupal stream, which traverses a part of the dis
trict north of the Ramuz-Nasiri mad, the Jarrahi and Marun rivers are de
scribed under separate articles. It remains to mention the Zarnini andMuw-
wailheh streams which are features of some importance in the neighbourhood
of Mirbacheh. The Zarnini or Zarini is crossed about 4 miles from Ramuz
on the way to Mirbacheh. At that point it is (in winter) a swiftly flowing
stream of fresh water, 1 to 2 yards broad and 2 to 3 feet deep, with per
pendicular banks 4 to 5 feet high except at the crossing place, and its
course east to west-south-west. The subsequent course of the Zamini
is uncertain ; a good deal of it is probably expended in irrigation, but it
has been identified conjecturally with the fresh water stream of the same
size, which passes a mile to the east of Mirbacheh village flowing in a north
westerly direction ; possibly, however, it goes southward to the Jarrahi
river. The Muwailheh is a salt stream, crossed about 2 miles west of
Mirbacheh on the way toNasiri. At that place it is running to the north
west, its bed is 200 to 300 yards across, and on the left bank, which is
scarped, there are stony hillocks rising as much as 80 feet above the
level of the water. The stream here resembles a canal and hugs the left
bank of its channel; its average breadth is 10 yards, but even in winter a
place was observed where its breadth was only 4 yards, and its depth,
nevertheless, did not exceed 1£ feet. About 5 miles from the crossing
place the Muwailheh falls into the Gupal. Besides these two streams in
the neighbourhood of Mirbacheh, springs of fresh water are said to exist 10
or 12 miles to the south or south-east of that village.
People. The inhabitants of the Ramuz district are chiefly Ahl-i-Ramuz
a local breed, of mixed Arab, Lur, Behbehani and Qana \ ati blood, who are
related to the surrounding population much as Dizfulis and Shushtaris are
to the tribes in the districts of Dizful and Shushtar. The Lurs, who are the
next most numerous, are chiefly Chehar Lang Bakhtiari, including Shir
»Alis and Galavaris, or Kuhgalu of the Bagdali, Bahmai, Bair Ahmadi,
Agha Jari and Taibi section. The balance of the population are Arabs or
Saiyids. The Arabs belong chiefly to the Hamid, A1 Khamls and Ban!
Lam tribes, and are mostly settled or semi-settled cultivators. It is cal
culated that among the Lurs, one half of the fighting men are armed with
rifles and one-fifth mounted.
Ramuz town is the principal place in the district; a conspectus of the vil
lages is given at the end of this article. The total population of the district
is probably about 12,000 souls, and inclusive of the Al Khaims, only a few
of whom, though the tribe is now semi-settled, appear in the table of villages
t below.
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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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