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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎209v] (423/988)

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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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■ 11 ■
829
RAM—RAM
Mirbacheh. The remainder of the boundary is a line connecting Bu’airish
Avith the naphtha springs mentioned above; this line crosses the Gupal
stream about 4 miles above the barrage on the same.
Physical Characteristics .—The district is a fertile plain, about one-half
of which is said to be watered by various streams and springs. The most
important of the streams are the Ramuz river (or upper course of the J arrahi)
between its exit from the hills and its junction with the Marun, and a short
section of the Jarrahi proper between that junction and its exit from the
district, also the Marun river, which is the principal feature of the south
eastern portion of the district. The Gupal stream, which traverses a part
of the district north of the Ramuz-Nasiri road, the Jarrahi and Marun rivers
are described under separate articles. It remains to mention the Zarnini and
Muwailheh streams* which are features of some importance in the neigh
bourhood of Mirbacheh. The Zarnini, or Zarini, is crossed about 4 miles from
Ramuz on the way to Mirbacheh. At that point it is (in winter) a swiftly
flowing stream of fresh Avater, 1 to 2 yards broad and 2 to 3 feet deep, with
perpendicular banks 4 to 5 feet high except at the crossing place and its
course east to west-south-west. The subsequent course of the Zarnini is
uncertain; a good deal of it is probably expended in irrigation, but it has
been identified conjecturally with the fresh-water stream of the same size,
. which passes a mile to the east of Mirbacheh village flowing in a north
westerly direction ; possibly, however, it goes southward to the Jarrahi
river. The Muwailheh is a salt stream, crossed about 2 miles west of Mir
bacheh on the way to Nasiri. At that place it is running to the north-
Avest, its bed is 200 to 300 yards across, and on the left bank, which is
scarped, there are stony hillocks rising as much as 80 feet above the level
of the water. The stream here resembles a canal and hugs the left bank
of its channel; its average breadth is 10 yards, but even in winter a place
Avas observed where its breadth was only 4 yards, and its depth, neverthe
less, did not exceed feet. About 5 miles from the crossing place the
Muwailheh falls into the Gupal. Besides these two streams in the neigh
bourhood of Mirbacheh springs of fresh water are said to exist 10 or 12
miles to the south or south-east of that village.
People. —The inhabitants of the Ramuz district are chiefly Ahl-i-Ramiiz>
a local breed of mixed Arab, Lur, BehbehanI, and Qanavati blood, who are
related to the surrounding population much as Dizfulls and Shushtaris are
' to the tribes in the districts of Dizful and Shushtar. The Lurs, who are the
next most numerous are chiefly Chehar Lang Bakhtiari, including Shir
'Alls and Galavaris, or Kuhgalu of the Bagdali, Bahmai, Bair Ahmadi,
Agha Jari, and Taibi section. The balance of the population is Arabs or
Saiyids. The Arabs belong chiefly to the Hamid, Al Khamis, and Bani
Lam tribes, and are mostly settled or semi-settled cultivators. It is cal
culated that among the Lurs one-half of the fighting men are armed Avith
rifles and one-fifth mounted.
Ramuz town is the principal place in the district: a conspectus of the
villages is given at the end of this article. The total population of the
district is probably about 12,000 souls, and inclusive of the A1 Khamis,
only a feAv of whom, though the tribe is now semi-settled, appear in the
table of villages below.

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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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