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'CORRECTIONS TO GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME III' [‎15r] (31/180)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (88 folios). It was created in 1913. 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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BEH—BEH
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The following villages also belong to the province :—Bunlabad, Chah
B5 ’Ali, Cham-i-Chit, Chehar Asiah, Daulatabad, Dugunbazan, Haji
BuMUni, Imam Riza, Julaki, Kalan, Khairabad Lasafid, Lishtar, Pil
Khaneh, Kalehi-i-Arfl, Kaleh Muragheh, Sardasht.
The inhabitants of the province are mostly of the Kuhgahi and Mama-
sani tribes (q.v.) There is also an admixture of other tribes, immigrants
from other districts and unclassified people, a mixture of Persian and Arab
blood, who are generally known collectively as Behbehams.
The following nine tribes are directly dependent on Behbehan :—
(a) Bu Wall (=AbG 'Ali). [d) Buir Ahmadi (Garmsiri. (g) Jam-i-BuzurgI,
(b) Khwaja Almas. (c) Kushdas. (h) Kashdil.
(r) Shaikh-i-Mamu Shaikh (/) Baghdili. (») Dandi,
QazimL
(a) Bu Vail. —The BilVall or Abfi’Ali, as they should properly be called,
are a tribe of some 200 families, of whom 100 families live in Behbehan itself
and the remainder in the vicinity. All are under the leadership of one Khan
’Ali—the tribe supplying Behbehan with farm produce, brought in daily.
Khan ’Ali can muster not more than 100 armed men, mostly footmen.
They possess about 300 cows, 4,000 sheep and goats, 100 donkeys, 20
horses, 10 mules, and 100 khish of both irrigated and unirrigated land.
(b) Khwaja Almas. —The Khwaja Almas are a small tribe of some 150
families, under the leadership of one Almas, and have their habitat between
the Kaleh-i-Gul and Kaleh-i-Gulab. Capable of supplying 150 fighting men,
of whom, however, only 100 would be armed with rifles. They possess
200 cows, 3,000 sheep and goats, 100 donkeys, 10 horses, 10 mules and 10
khish of unirrigated land.
(c) Shrikh-i-Mcmu Shaikh Kaziml. —The Shaikh-i-Mamu Shaikh Qazimi
are a tribe of 200 families, under the leadership of Shaikh Mehrab, son of
Shaikh Qazim, having their habitat at Durunak (near Zaidan). They are
capable of putting 300 fighting men into the field, f of whom only, however,
would be armed with rifles. They possess about 400 cows, 5,000 sheep and
goats, 200 donkeys, 100 horses, 50 mules and 150 khish of unirrigated land.
They trade with Behbehan, Dilam, and Haiat Baud.
(d) Buir Ahmadi {Garmsiri). —The Garmsiri Buir Ahmad consist of 250
families, under Nasrullah Khan, having their habitat at Kaleh-i-Dil and
Kaleh-i-Azu. They can muster 300 armed fighting men. They possess
500 cows, 5,000 sheep and goats, 200 donkeys, 20 mules, 100 horses and 20
khish of unirrigated land ; and they produce 300 maunds (Behbehan) rice,
2,000 jizza wool, 100 maunds ghi, 500 jizza goat’s hair.
(e) Kushdas. —The Kushdas are a part of the Garmsiri Buir Ahmadi com
prising some 70 families, capable of mustering 70 armed men, under the
leadership of Amir Khan and Baba Khan—having their habitat at Baba-
kalu and Rud-i-Kambil. The possess 200 cows, 2,000 sheep and goats, 700
donkeys, 10 mules, 10 horses and 60 khish of unirrigated land.
(/) Baghdili. —The Baghdili are a small tribe of 100 families, under, ’Abbas
Beg-i-Baghdili, whose habitat is in the vicinity of Behbehan. They can turn
out 100 fighting men, only 50 per cent, of whom are armed with rifles. They

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The volume consists of corrections to the Gazetteer of Persia Volume III (1910 Edition). This volume was produced in 1913 (4th series) by the General Staff, India.

The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.

Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla.

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1 volume (88 folios)
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The entries are arranged in alphabetical order from front to back, with cross-references where required.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 88; these numbers are printed or in pencil, 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.

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