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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [55v] (115/988)
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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675
LUR—LUR
still able to hold their own. (See also Amaleh Karim Khan in this Gazetteer.)
Their claims to consideration^ as also indeed the explanation of their con
tinued existence^, is the relationship which binds them to the Yall of Pusht-i-
Kuh and secures to them in some measure his protection. The following
tabie will explain this point ; great weight being attached to the marriage
of Karim Khan's daughter :—
Gurgi Khan, brother of Haidari-Khan, father of late Yali.
Karim Khan, Hash-
mat-ud-Dauleh.
’ Aziz Khan —{di ed).
Abd-ur-Riz6 Khan,
at. 25-
Ali Mardan Khan.
Mahad (Muhammad)
Khan— {died).
Ghulam Riza Khan,
cet. 12.
Daughter married to
’ Ali Riza Khan,
brother of present
Yali, Ghulam Riza
Khan.
Population. From a reference to the tabulated statement attached it
found that the number of tents of the whole of Luristam inclusive
iQnlfnn , " Kuh ' 18 s0me i2 > 000 tents > or a to tal population of some
ISUjUUU souls.
The Persian Administration and the Chiefs .—Reference has already been
ma e ° ie act that the administration of Pish Kuh, or Luristan proper,
was taken out of the hands of the Vail by Shah 'Abbas in the early pari
v century ; and it has so remained ever since, being now
directly administered by a Deputy Governor, with residence at Khurram-
abad imder the orders of the Governor-General of Kirmanshah and, further,
m the detailed notes above on each of the more important tribes, the chief-
ains up o eac has been more or less thoroughly discussed. It remains,
thuefore to notice generally the relations of the different chiefs with the
fnS 6ach other as wel1 as the extent of their
sub-dT^nnl 1 ^ 1 ^ , their tribe ' The # es of Luristan, and even the
Strict \ ‘G °G Cm a 1 , - Cj L’ on j a very practical point of view, autonomous
connection n ^ he ^f^^at sevei ' a l oi them have no strong territorial
r^ri nd i m ° Ve ab0U the C0Untry ' if not absblu tely at will, at any rate
am howeve and without restrictions as to seasons. There
tbem Tlic 'p a .'^ a " ‘ s P ensive and defensive federacies existing among
of these secnvirT S yg 1 , oy e rn or elects to favour or to attach himself to one
colLclw a nnft reb 7 he services 0f certain chiefs and their aid in
find'Acr some mlv a - ^ be revenue : the chiefs, on their part
® 6 advant age m being reckoned among the friends of the Govern!
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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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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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