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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎309v] (623/988)

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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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929
SHI—SHI
the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. gardens, and remained for nearly a fortnight, until they
were partially reassured by the announcement through His Majesty's Charge
d'Affaires, that 'Ala-ud-Dauleh had been appointed Governor-General
with full powers to deal with the question. He arrived early in June 1906
and was partially successful in dealing with this matter, and in restoring
order on the Bushire-Shlraz road. A Persian of the old school, with, at
heart, a distrust and dislike for all foreigners, he displayed at the outset
strong personal hostility to His Majesty's Consul, but subsequently assumed
a very friendly attitude. He was recalled in November at the instigation
of Shu'a-us-Saltaneh, much to the disappointment of the populace, who
even attempted, at the bidding of the clergy and notables, to prevent his
departure. The latter part of his administration was marked by a
recrudescence of road robberies.
1907.—He was succeeded temporarily by Prince Mu'aiyid-ud-Dauleh
who pending his arrival, appointed Hablbullah Khan (now Qawam-ul-
Mulk) and Khabir-ud-Dauleh (of the Persian Telegraphs) as his deputies;
the latter was afterwards superseded by Nasr-ud-Dauleh, the Qawam’s
younger son. Exactions on the Bushire road continued, though a greater
degree of security was maintained. In February 1907 the news of the
appointment of Prince Mu'aiyid-ud-Dauleh, with Qawam-ul-Mulk as his
Vazir, became publicly known; the latter, who jointly with his kinsman
Nasir-ul-Mulk had been retained in Tehran since the autumn of 1905, arrived
in Shiraz in March and was well received. Nasr-ud-Dauleh was shortly
afterwards appointed “ Rals-i-Qushun" of Pars. The Qawam’s party
seemed firmly established in power, but discontent and disaffection, the
product m the main, it would seem, of the Constitutional agitations, which
were then rife in Tehran, threatened to attain serious dimensions before
long.
The condition of the Bushire-Shiraz road remained deplorable; robberies
were frequent; the posts were regularly robbed and in no case was redress
obtained; an abnormal amount of wilful damage was perpetrated on the
telegraph lines. 'Ala-ud-Dauleh practically closed the Church Missionary
Society school in Shiraz by threatening to flog severely any boy attending
it; on the other hand he facilitated in a large measure the settlement of
numerous outstanding claims by special official deputed by the Persian
Government for the purpose.
Mu'aiyid-ud-Dauleh arrived in April 1907 only to leave two months
later. He was succeeded by the aged Husain Qull Khan, Nizam-us-Sultaneh,
a man of some distinction and great wealth, with a reputation for firmness
and capacity. The hopes .raised by his appointment were, however, doomed
to disappointment ; his failure was scarcely less complete than that of
his predecessor, owing in the main to the political uncertainty, which
arose out of the constitutional disturbances at Tehran. He left in Novem
ber 1907, Khabir-ud-Dauleh, Telegraph Master, acting in his stead.
The departure to Tehran of the Shiraz deputies in April 1907 was made
the occasion for a great popular demonstration directed against the QawamI
faction, and, for the first time, Saulat-ud-Dauleh entered the town at the
head of a large body of Qashqai tribesmen in support of the Constitutional-

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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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