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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎112v] (229/1278)

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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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a rebel. From the earliest days we read of this mountain country as
a wild and inaccessible region, inhabited by uncouth and formidable tribes.
They set at nought the authority of the Medes and Persians : they defied
Alexander and provoked Antiochus. The invading Arabs found them
a hard nut to crack. Between the 12 th and 14th centuries, however (1155
to 1424 A.D.) they were ruled over, from Isfahan to Shushtar, by a powerful
Mussulman dynasty, known as the Fasluiah, under the title of Atabegs.
Various travellers oi olden days have referred to them. In the 17th century
Chardin speaks of them “ as having no settled abodes, but living in tents
with their flocks and herds, of which they have an infinite number. They
are governed by a Khan, who, chosen from among themselves, is set over
them by the King of Persia : to whom they pay both tribute and tithes.”
In 1722, when the Afghans sacked Isfahan, we hear of the Bakhtiari
opposing them with 12,000 horsemen, who were, however, easily defeated
by the invaders. Shortly after, the Turkish Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Mosul, thinking to
take advantage of the prevailing disorder, invaded the Bakhtiari country ;
though successful in this, he was not able to remain in it. Nadir Shah
made the same experiment, but with no great success. He tried to transfer
a portion of the tribe to Khorasan, but they fought their way back again.
An experiment, however, made by him in enlisting large numbers of them
in his army met with great success ; as they acquitted themselves with great
bravery at Herat and Kandahar. At his death in 1749, a Bakhtiari
chieftain, ’All Mardan Khan, became virtually the ruler of Persia ; though
only for a short time, as he was assassinated in 1751. In the early years
of the 19th century the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Asad, of the Haft Lang division of the tribe,
defied the Persian Government and raided up to the walls of Tehran ; but
later had to take refuge in the mountains near Deh-i-Diz, ultimately sur
rendering to Muhammad ’All Mirza, son of Fath ’All Shah, and making
his peace with the Government.
Haft and Chehar Lang divisions .—When the Haft and Chehar Lang
divisions of this people originated it is impossible to state authoritatively.
A popular account is current among themselves that the whole tribe
originally migrated from Syria under a single chieftain, one of whose
descendants left upon his death two families of seven and four sons,
respectively ; the struggle amongst the latter for the supremacy originated
in a tribal division that has lasted ever since. Whatever is the true story,
a bitter enmity has existed from early times between the two divisions.
This has, happily, in the present day subsided, and, it is hoped, disap
peared for good and all. The head quarters of the Haft Lang or north
ern division is in the Chehar Mahal and adjoining valleys ; while Kaleh-
i-Tul is the stronghold of the Chehar Lang or southern division.
The latter were always the poorer and more nomadic of the two divisions;
and friction constantly arose from the overlapping of their pastures
and migration from the summer and winter quarters of the former through
the Chehar Lang country. As matters now stand the supreme power
has passed into the hands of the two leading families of the Haft Lang
known as the “ Ilkhanl ” and “ Hajl Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. ” families.
To the more important Khans the history of the Zill-i-Sultan is perfectly
y'ell known, and they judge the situation accordingly.

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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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