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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎187v] (379/988)

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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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807
QAS—QAS
T
Name.
Habitat.
Headman, etc.
Families.
Kuhmarreh .
In Kuhmarreh district
In villages, including Dasht-
i-Arjan and Zinian : sub
divisions are the Maliki
and Parri-i-Shikafti : some
of them are Lurs.
1
Nurdshuli
Tang-i-JIuJaghi above
Khafrak and near
Asupas.
Kadkhuda Haji Aqa (Mulla)
500
Margumarri .
In Firuzabad district
’Ali Khan
200
Qarachi
In Firuzabad district and
near J ireh.
Kadkhuda Muhammad Sa-
diq Khan and Haji Masih
KhSn : with Kashkuli.
100
Surkhi
In villages south of Shiraz
Have only been included
amongst the Qashqai in
the last few years, but are
now an integral part of the
tribe.
500
Nomadic Tribes .—Of the nomadic tribes, the Darreh Shuri, (^. ?;.) Kashkuli
(^. v.) ShishBuluki (q. v.) and Farsimadan (q.v.j are the most important, and
their support or opposition to an likhdnl, is an important factor in Ears
politics. Of secondary importance are such tribes as the Gallehzan,
Safikhani, and J Amleh Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. , the last named being, as the name denotes,
the hereditary following of the llkhani, but in practice, split up into several
sections following the principal chiefs.
The following list only includes the better known tribes, who are included
in most of the lists compiled by various authorities. It is based chiefly
on*Messrs. Wilson's and Chick's lists :—
Name.
Headman, etc.
Number
Line of Migration.
■ - i-- ' . ' ' '■
of
families.
’Amleh II-
With the chief
Jireh-Chanar Rah-
500 to 1,000
khani.
Khans (Ohah Ka-
zimeh).
dar, across Shirnz
plain to Baiza, by
sarhad route
to Chashmeh
Khusru Shirin,
north-west Aba-
deh.
(Chick says
4,500 to
6,100).
Ardeh Shiri
Near Shapur
With Kashkuli
Mulla ’Abdullah
Masih Beg.
100
Ardkapun
Baba Kelu (Mehla-
tun hills).
With Kashkuli
Haidar Beg
35 to 100
Bulla .
Winter in Jam and
Dar-ul-Mizun.
’Ala Marvdasht to
Baiza.
Isma'il Beg, Khus- J
rii Beg.
200 (Chick
says 300 to
500).

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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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