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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎382r] (768/982)

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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—RAN
753
Irrigated Land.
Area
in
khish .
i
Proprietors.
Owner’s share
of produce in
1906-07 (in
Ramuz
mans.)
Remarks.
500
j The I’tizad-us-Sultan
550
But for damage by hail,
the owner’s share should
have been 700 to 800
Ramuz mans.
100
The Samsam-us-Saltaneh
600
In this case the rent was a
full one.
500
450
350
The Muntazam-ud-Dauleh and the
Munazzam-ul-Mulk
The Shahab-us-Saltaneh and the
Mu’In Humayunl.
Arsalan Khan, Hasan Khan and
the heirs of the late 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. Nau-
fagham (or Sipahdar).
10,000
Do.
Do.
250
The Saram-ul-Mulk and the Shuja’
us-Sultan.
1,500
Do.
Tiie remarkable differences in the rates of these rents is said to be
justified by the corresponding differences in the produc'iveness of the
estates. The people are generally contended under the present regime,
and the landowners all busy improving their property by extending the
irrigation canals.
The Khans pay one hrdn per man of their rends into a common fund,
which is maintained by them for the internal Government of the Bakhtiari
tribe.
Topography .—The following is a table of the principle villages of the
Ramuz district. They are each described under heir own names in this
Gazetteer :—
1. Basaidi.
2. Bayaman.
3. Bunneh-i-Mulla Ahmad.
4. Bunneh-i-Qaid’AITKhan.
5. Daiyur, or Deh Uria.
6. Daur-i-Kal.
7. Du Kuhak.
8. Gandak.
9. JaTzan.
0. JuAsiab.
11. Kaleh-i-Mir ’Abdullah.
12. Kaleh Shaikh.
13. KTmeh.
14. KuruhT Rahdar.
15. Kut-i-Shaikh.
16. Mai Qaidl.
17. Mamuhlyeh.
18. Mirbacheh.
19’ Paigachl.
20. Palim.
21. Pakin.
22. Qumar.
23. Qindaqi.
24. Ramuz.
25. Rustamabad.
26. Sarata.
27. Sar-i-Chashmeh.
28. Sultanabad,
29. TughaP.
30. Zarninl.
These villages are all agricultural. In the Persian villages the livestock,
consisting of cattle, sheep and goats, are not in excess of the require
ments of the villagers, but the Arab settlers are believed to possess a con
siderable surplus of sheep .—[ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908).
RANG (SAR CHASHMEH-I-KUH-I-), vide SAR CHASHMEH-I-KUH-I-
RANG.
112 l. B.
5 C,

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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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