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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎57r] (118/1278)

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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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’ALI—AL K
51
\
’ ALl-SHAH-MOHAMMADI—
A tribe of Fars which spends the summer in the mountains of Torn and
the districts of Saimakan and Tiruzabad, and the winter in Saimakan.
Owns numerous flocks.
’ALI TAHIR KHAN KALEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A fort in Ears. (?) miles west of Kaleh Safid, on a road from Hindlan to
Shiraz. It is 20 miles from here to Basht.— {Mackintosh — Pelly.)
’ALITUARU— Lat. 32° 25' N. ; Long. 48° 22' E. ; Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, about llkours march west of Dizful.—-
{Sartorius.)
ALKAIS —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the south coast of Persia near Lingeh (?) in Laristan.— {Ross.)
AL KATHIR—
Generally pronounced Chathir ; an important Arab tribe of Northern
’Arabistan. The Kathlr occupy both banks of the Diz river, the Bait Sa’d
being, in places, interspersed with them, from the limits of the ’Anafijeh up
to a point 8 or 10 miles above ’Abd-ush-Shah ; also the country in genera}
between the Diz and the Karkheh rivers belongs to them. The majority
are tent-dwelling nomands, but in the Dizful district they are found in the
villages of ’Abd-ush-Shah, Jirqeh Saiyid Ahmad, Kaleh Bariut and Deh Nau.
Some Kathir also are settled at ’Arab Hasan on the Shatait. The Kathir,
unlike other Arab tribes in ’Arabistan, not only take Persian wives, but are
accustomed to give their daughters in marriage to Persians.
AL KATHIR tribe—
A powerful tribe of Arabs, tributary to the Shaikh of Muhammareh.
They number some 2,500 fighting men. They occupy the Husainabad
district {q.v.). They are in close touch with the K’ab Dubai Arabs, under
Farhan Asad, and keep up relations with other tribes such as the Mushattat,
Kasrij, Bani Lam, etc., who are independent and occupy the Turco-Persian
border. They are not a true nomad tribe as they cultivate largely, and
keep in order a considerable number of small canals.— {Wilson, 1910.)
The following is a statement of the divisions of the tribes :—
Section.
Sub-section.
Location.
Fighting strength.
Eemabks.
Ka’b-ud-Dib-
bai.
••
Eight bank of the
Shavur to the west
of Shush near Qar-
ieh Saiyid Tahir.
800, all with rifles,
of whom 50 are
mounted.
This section is said to own
3,000 buffaloes, 4,000 cattle
and 10,000 sheep and goats.
Bait Earim .
Bait Karim or
Mauleh.
Husainieh, a tract
on the right bank
of the Diz, 7 miles
above ’Ajir-ub, ex
tending from the
Diz to the Shavur.
500, all with rifles,
of whom 300 are
mounted..
This sec tion takes its name
from one Mauleh who is a
brother of Shaikh Haidar ;
the other name is generally
pronounced Charim or
Jarim. Livestock is 500
camels, 400 mules, a few
buffaloes, 1.0)0 cattle and
20,000 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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