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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎173r] (350/988)

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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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PUL—PUS
PUL-I-ZUR —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Northern Khuzistan, 38 miles north of Dizful, on the road to
Khurramabad.— {Mackenzie.)
PULYAR (RIVER) —
A river in Ears and the Medus of the ancients. It rises to the north-west
of Deh Bid, and flows with many remarkable changes of direction in a course
generally south and south-west. The caravan route from Shiraz to Isfahan
crosses it by a broad masonry bridge of 5 arches, near the old serai of Khan
i-Kargian between Deh Bid and Mashed-i-Murghab.
The river on its way waters the plains of Murghab, Marvdasht and Haji-
abad. Turning south-south-west of river the road coincides through the
Tang-i-Bulakai {q.v.). It is crossed again by the road between Qiivvamabad
and Savand, 64 miles from Shiraz. An old masonry bridge, which formerly
spanned the river here, is now in ruins, and a ford, barely passable by infan
try, replaces it. Newcomen reports the river as running strong and reach
ing to his saddle. flaps when he crossed. The Pulvar finally falls into the
Band Amir at Pul-i-Khan about 30 miles north of Siraz. In the valley of
the Pulvar, between 80 and 90 miles north of Shiraz, are extensive ruins
reputed to be those of the ancient city of Pasargadse and, on an adjoining
plain, the tomb of Cyrus.— {Curzon, 1889 — Newcomen, 190o — Ar but knot,
1905.)
PURDGHAR— vide PULGHAR.
PUSHT-I-KUH ( 1 )—
A division of the tribe of Faili Lurs, who inhabit the district of Lur-i-
Kuchak in the north of Luristan.
They are said to number 10,000 families. While the Pish-kuh are always
under the Governor-General or Deputy Governor-General of Luristan who
resides at Khurramabad, the Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh is sometimes under Khur
ramabad and sometimes under Kermanshah, but in any case he is little
interfered with provided the revenue of Pusht-i-Kuh is duly paid to
Government. The Pusht-i-Kuh tribes are less united than the Bakhtiari,.
but similar in race and religion. They are said to be able to muster 5,900'
horse and 20,000 foot.
The Pusht-i-Kuh tribes are divided as follows:—
Families.
Kurd ........... 4,000
MahakI . . . . . . . . . . 5,000
T Dinarwand . , . . .. Ad
Dependencies >1 * " * * * b 1,000 !
j^Babaha-i-Sayid Kasrud Din . . . |
Arab . . . . . . . . . J
See also “Faili” and “ Luristan.” — {Bobins.)
Local conditions of the Busht-i-Kuh region.
Charduvar, situated in the valley At the foot of the Vardalan Pass, con
sists of a few huts, where Nai Khuda dwells, on whom devolves the duty of
dispensing hospitality to the Khans’ visitors.
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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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