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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎9v] (23/1278)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (635 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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’ABB—’ABB
extend, are cultivated and planted with dates : much land is now being
reclaimed in the Ma’amareh neighbourhood near the south end. A sub
marine prolongation of the island into the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. forms the great
reef of Maraqqat 'Abbadan. The inhabitants are almost all Ka’b Arabs,
belonging in the northern part to the Drls, and in the southern part
to the Nassar main division of that tribe. A considerable tract in the
north-eastern corner is known by the name of Maharzi. Its limits are
Shakhab-ul-Haiak on the northern, and Huz ’Umar on the eastern shore
of the island, and Muhammareh town is opposite the centre of its nor
thern extremity. The shrine of Khidhar stands a little nearer to the north
than to the south end of the island, about 2 miles from the Shatt-al-’Arab
and 1 mile from the Bahmanshlr : it is largely visited by the Shi’ahs of
the surrounding districts. Muhammadan theologians are not agreed
whether this mysterious personage Khidhar is a prophet or not. Some of
them even deny his existence ; but there are, on the other hand, Suf!
mystics who affirm that they have seen him. He is believed to have
existed in the time of Abraham, to have been a companion of Moses,
and to be still alive in consequence of having drunk of the water of
life. Some Muhammadan commentators identify him with the prophet
Elias, others with Saint George of England : one even makes him a general
in the army of Alexander the Great.
The south coast of the island appears to be fairly firm and well-marked,
but there are no fixed villages on it. Total population is reported to be
about 24,000.
The two southern administrative divisions are Manluhl and Qasbat
Nassar. In each of the villages bearing these names there is a representative
of the Shaikh of Muhammareh. The part of the island north of Maniuhi
was formerly under the chief Shaikh of the Dris Ka’b, but it is now in
charge of the Shaikh of the Ahl-ul-’Arlaz Muhaisin. The island is itself
included in the Muhammareh district of Southern ’Arabistan.
During the Persian campaign of 1856 the Persians erected five batteries
on the north side of the island, some of which were intended to prevent the
British passing up the Shatt-al-’Arab, or Bahmanshir to Muhammareh.
An oil refinery has been established at the north end of the Island by
the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (vide Arabistan, Southern), to which the
oil is carried in pipes from Maidan-i-Naftun, some 30 miles south-east
of Shushtar. A screw pile jetty has been constructed, alongside which
ocean steamers can moor, and discharge their cargo direct to the Com
pany’s trucks.
There is an engineer’s shop filled with up-to-date machinery. There are
two large lathes to take shafting up to 16 ft. in length and 9 ins. to
10 ins. in diameter, several drilling and screwing machines, and a circular
saw for cutting steel. The fitting shop holds vice benches and vices for
thirty-six fitters. In the blacksmiths’ shop there are twelve forges and
a pneumatic hammer which can strike a blow equal to 8 cwt., also
punching and shearing machines and plate rolls. The carpenters’ and
patternmakers’ shops are under construction ; the foundry is only just
commenced. The stores are lofty and commodious, and are fitted in the
most up-to-date manner.

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The item is Volume III, Part I: A to K of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (Provisional Edition, 1917, reprinted 1924).

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 636), 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.

Printed at the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924.

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1 volume (635 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 637; 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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