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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎41r] (86/988)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (490 folios). It was created in 1918. 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
660
supply the wants of the province to a much greater extent and on far
better terms than does Burujird at the present time, but for the unfortunate
state of the country towards its southern limits, which precludes the entry
of any caravans from that direction.
In regard to the villages of Luristan, beyond the few hamlets in the
immediate neighbourhood of Khurramabad and those mentioned in the
detailed notices of the various tribes below, they are hardly worthy of con
sideration. There is practically no settled population in Luristan : nearly
the whole of it living in their black goatVhair tents, with which they wander
unceasingly over their recognised tribal grazing-grounds.
Climate .—The climate of Luristan, owing to the great differences in
elevation, varies considerably; and, as in the adjoining Bakhtiari country,
its inhabitants can accommodate themselves almost according to their
inclination. During most months of the year the climate is one generally
of a temperate zone, tempered by a somewhat excessive cold in the higher
altitudes in midwinter and severe heat in the lower valleys in mid-summer.
But the latter are practically deserted at this period; while the greater
number of the Illats (nomads) abandon in the winter time the higher
ground (their ydlldqs or summer quarters), for the plains of Silakhur or
Dizful, which constitute their qishldq or winter quarters.
Language .—In general terms the language of Luristan may be said to be
Persian, tempered by the Lur, dialect. This is a mixture of Persian and
Arabic, the result of the close connection with the many Arab tribes that
overlap or encroach upon this region. The most notable divergences from
modern Persian are found in the Lakl dialects spoken by some of the Dilfan
tribes.
Rawlinson says that the language of the Lurs is from the old Farsi, which
was coeval with, but distinct from, the Pehlvi tongue in the time of the
Sassanian kings.
Ethnology and History .—Who are the Lurs and whence they came is
one of the unsolved riddles of history. They appear to belong to the same
ethnical group as the Kurds, their neighbours to the north : tjiough they
consider it an insult to be confounded with them, and call them Leks.
Most writers agree that they are of aboriginal, old Aryan, or Iranian stock,
who preceded Arabs, Turks and Tartars in the land : and that they have
lived for centuries in their present habitat. The expression Lur is used
by modern Persians as a synonym for a rude or depredatory person, while
the word ‘ Fail! ’ means a rebel. The Lurs may be conveniently classified
under four heads, thus :—
(r) Fail! 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.
(Hi) The Bakhtiari, vide this Gazetteer.
(iv) Other sections of Lurs, who have wandered farther afield, such
as the Mamassani and Kuhgalu tribes.
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The item is Volume III, Part II: L to Z of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (Provisional Edition, 1917, reprinted 1918).

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 towns, villages, districts, provinces, tribes, forts, dams, shrines, coastal features, islands, rivers, streams, lakes, mountains, passes, and camping grounds. Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, administration, water supply, communications, caravanserais, trade, produce, and agriculture.

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 includes an Index Map of Gazetteer and Routes in Persia (folio 491), showing the whole of Persia, with portions of adjacent countries, and indicating the extents of coverage of each volume of the Gazetteer and Routes of Persia , administrative regions and boundaries, hydrology, and major cities and towns.

The volume includes a glossary (folios 423-435); and corrections (Index to the sub-tribes referred to in the Gazetteer of Persia, Volume III, folios 436-488).

Printed by Superintendent Government Printing, India, Calcutta 1918.

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1 volume (490 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 492; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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