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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎41v] (87/1278)

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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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Name.
Location.
Fighting strength.
Jama
On the Gupal stream
150, of whom 60
are mounted
and 60 have
rifles.
Ma’awieh .
Braicheh on the Karun
«
200, of whom 60
have rifles
and 30 are
mounted.
Marawuneh
Right bank of the Karun
between Aminieh and
200, all with
rifles, of whom
Li’ami and to 20 miles
60 aremoun-
inland. Their focus is
at Luqbair.
ted.
Rawaieh (A1 Bu)
Liaimi on the Karun and
Khairabad on the
Karkheh, the latter in
200, of whom 50
are mounted
and all are
the Dizful district.
armed with
rifles.
Shawakir . ,
Shavveh .
50, of whom
10 are mount
ed and 20
x
have rifles.
Remarks.
They are politically con
nected with the
Bavieh, but pay
revenue at Kut-ash-
Shaikh to the Sam-
sam-ud-Dauleh, II-
Khani of the Bakhti-
ari. They draw their
fresh water at Hilweh.
Their livestock are
100 camels, 200 cattle
and 2,000 sheep and
, goats.
At one time subordi
nate to the Bavieh
but now recognised as
a separate tribe.
This tribe pay half
of their revenue
through the ’Anafijeh
and the other half
direct to the Shaikh
of Muhammareh’s
Deputy Governor at
Nasiri. They own
100 camels, 400 cattle
and 5,000 sheep and
goats.
The position cf the A1
Bu Rawayeh in re
venue matter is the
same as that of the
Marawuneh. Their
livestock are 100
camels, 200 cattle
and 2,000 sheep and
goats. They bear
an evil reputation as
thieves and robbers.
They are subjects of the
Shurafa of the Hawi-
zeh District, but their
revenue is paid
through the Shaikh
of the Bavieh with
whom they are poli
tically allied. They
have 20 camels, 60
cattle and 800 sheep
and goats.

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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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