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'CORRECTIONS TO GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME III' [‎52r] (105/180)

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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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KUH—KUH
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could be easily improved sufficiently to make it, at all events, better than
many parts of the Lynch road. Tribal feuds, however, prevent this road
being used for the present (1909), and DIshmuk must be reached either wd
Tang-i-Saulak or via Bars. From Dishmuk toLurdagan a reasonably good
track is said to exist via Bard-i-Kirm, and from Lurdagan to Isfahan the
road is known to be good. Such a road would be 25 per cent, shorter than
the Lynch road, and the fact that its existence and practicability was known
to us would be a valuable asset to us in dealing with the Bakhtiari Khans,
should difficulties arise regarding the road. The crossing of the Karan would
be avoided, and, as it appears that no streams not easily fordable are met
with, the construction of expensive bridges would be unnecessary.
De Bode (1845) mentions an ancient paved way leading up the Tang-i-
Saulak to Isfahan, and he saw Parthian scluptures on rocks at the same place.
This might well have been an ancient route between Behbehan and Isfahan.
KCHGALtf (TRIBE).
(The following is culled chiefly from Lieutenant Ranking s report on the
Kuhgalu Tribes.)
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History.
The Kuhgalu are sprung, in all probability, from the original Lur stock,
but who they were, and whence they came, is merely a matter of conjecture ;
for they are a people without history, literature, or education, and with
few tribal traditions. Baron G. A. de Bode in 1845 visited the country and
mentions among other things a spring with sacred fish at Tashan ; but in
1910 no trace of this could be found, though Tashan shows the remains of
what, probably at the time of the Atabegs, was a large town. There are also
ancient inscriptions and archaeological remains at Tang-i-Band, iang-i-
Sarrak, Gurri and Siah Gul. , ^ , ,
About 1882 the Kuhgalu were the object of a merciless visitation by b arhad
MIrza, who was Governor General of Pars up to that date. They, however,
soon recovered and resumed their predatory habits.
Circumstances have hitherto (1909) prevented His Britannic Majesty s
Consul from opening up direct relations with any of the Kuhgalu thiels,
though it is admittedly desirable that this should be done Captain Lorimer
in 1907 met Husain Khan Bahmai, brother of ’AH Naqi, and received
a cordial invitation to visit the Kuhgalu country. This fact, added to the
favourable reception by ’Ali Murad Khan of Dishmuk of Lieutenant
Wilson in 1909, shows that the Kuhgalu chiefs were anxious to open friendly
intercourse. ^ . . i
Tribal dissensions make it impossible for the Kuhgalu to present a bold
front to an enemy. Some of the Bahmai have in consequence made a show
of submitting to the Bakhtiari, but the bitterness between the rank and file
of the Bakhtiari and Kuhgalu tribes is (1908) great and not likely to di
minish. The predatory tendencies of the latter at the expense of the former
culminated in an expedition by the Bakhtiari against the Bahmai of All
Murad Khan in February 1908. A force of about 3,000 men, after a 1 i
delay at Dalun and Sarileh advanced up the Tang-i-Ghavil to Dishmuk. Bi

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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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