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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [115r] (234/988)
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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MUH-MUH
734
Section.
Habitat.
Fighting
strength.
Rismabks.
Bait Kana’Sn
On the east shore of ’Abba-
dfin island, also on the
north sliore; and on the
left bank of the Shatt-al-
’Arab above and below
the mouth of the Karun.
300
Nil.
Bakh/lkh
At Tureh on the Bahman-
shir ; also on the east side
of ’Abbadan island and
at Maniuhl on the west
side.
700
Zuwaidat
At Failieh ; also at Marid,
Rahw&If, Umm-uI-Wawi-
.yeh, and Qajanyeh on
the Karun.
400
”
v u . ..T 11 um a eercam man , Muhaisin, and
tns son-m-law Kasib. Tliese individuals, according to tradition, belong to a
tribe ot the Muhammareh district which was compelled to emigrate by the
encroachments of the Ka'b and settled on the Tigris under the name of Al
Husain
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
. Muhaisin and KAsid with some followers, having purchased
land in the neighbourhood of the modern Muhammareh from the Ka J b
eventually returned to settle near the original seat of the tribe, and the
headship of the tribe which they founded remained in the family of Kasib
Ilaji I usuf-bin-Mardau, a descendant of Kasib, ultimately become Gov
ernor of Muhammareh on behalf of the KaT Saikh and his son Haii Jabir
was Shaikh of Muhammareh when it was occupied by British troop in IS 57 •
his usual residence before that date had been at Daijf in Turkish territory
A .ev the peace between Britain and Persia, Ha ji Jabir was made independent
of the Ka b Shaikh by a Persian prince, the Ihtisham-ud-Dauleh who
•governed the province; and after the Ka'b Shaikh had been captured and
sent to Tehran, the Failahiyeh district was added to Haji JabWdominions
Constant fighting ensued between the Muhaisin and thj KaT in which flip
Muhai^n 10n ° f th6 Ka b inhabitin £ ^Abbadan island sided with the
Hi iSGO Zia-ul-Mulk, the Persian Governor of ^Arabistan, countenanced
the Ka b party and the result was the seizure and temporary removal of
Haji Jabir to Tehran ; t\yo years later, however, having been released he
was reinstated with the title of Nusrat-ul-Mulk by Prince Farhad Mirza
the new 1 ersian Governor. From this time onwards the KaT> Shaikhs
have never been entirely free of Muhaisin control. Haii Jabir died in 1881
his successes were largely due to the fighting qualities of his son Hsa whn
predeceased him. •’ wno
Hajf Jabir was succeeded by his son Mizal who bv nla vino, pff -l i
to the Shaikhship of Pallahieh aga'nst another/aii/by niittiim i„ g 1 /,/' 1 61
rival and then another as ShaikhT succeeded in becomhr^lmount chtef
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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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