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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [168v] (341/1278)
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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162
BEH-BEH
Arls and Crafts. —The arts and crafts of Behbehan comprise tannery,
working in German silver, making of givehs and malakis (Persian shoes),
weaving of 'abbas (Arab and Persian cloaks), khurs and qiltms (woollen
floor coverings, other than woollen carpets). Curzon said that mind work,
i.e., enamelling in gold, still survived.
The art of weaving woolled cloths, etcetera, for which Behbehan was
famous in the days of Mirza Kumu, appears to have been lost and to exist
no longer.
Administration. —Behbehan is the seat of the Governor of the province,
which is sometimes under the Ears Governor-Generalship ; but has recently
(1912) been placed under the Bakhtiari Ilkhdni.
The total annual assessment of the taxes of Behbehan is 7,000 tumdns,
payable to the Central Government.
Coinage. —The coinage in Behbehan is such as is current in Arabistan,
the standard being the Krdn. The rate of Krdns per 100
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
varies
according to supply and demand, usually fluctuating between 345 and
375. Notes are not current, but T£ are accepted at varying rates of ex
change. Rupee drafts on Bombay, payable at sight, are much sought
after by the merchants of Behbehan who do a large trade with Bombay.
Weights and measures. —“ Man-i-Kuc M,t ” (Behbehan) = 640 misqals.=6-53 Iba.
also called the “ Man-i-Tabriz ” or th Sang-i-Nu’-abbasi. ”
16 “ Man-i-Kuchik:” (Behbehan) . . ,
1 Maund Hashim= 16 Man-i-Kuchik-i-Behbehan
2 Sir= 1 Man-i-Kuchik= 6 Kias
8 „ . .
4 „ . .
2 „ . .
2 „ . .
Nim Kais= \ Kais
Rob Kais= J Kais
= 1
“ Man Hashim ” Beh.
behan, or “ Man-i-
Buzurg-i-Behbehan”
= 104,48 lbs.
= 20 Man i-Tabriz.
= 800 Misqals.
= 400
99
= 200
99
= 100
99
= 50
99
25
99
= 12 5
99
= 900
„ (a)
= 800
„ (b)
tribesmen, such as barley,
1 Minai
1 Painar= J ,,
1 Duwhim= i ,
1 Nim-wazani „
1 Nisbaki y 1 ^ „
1 Nimba-i-Sigaz Aj
Sang-i-Pishkhun or Sangi-i-Baqqal
Sang-i-Kannat
(a) is used chiefly in weighing the produce brought in by the
wheat, almonds, gum, etc.
(b) is used in weighing : imported articles, such as sugar, tea, etc.
As a general rule we may say that (a) is used for cereals, inexpensive
articles and hill produce, while (b) is used for trade articles, and that articles
are bought and sold by the same weight, except clarified butter (ghi), which
is bought by (a) and sold by (6) weight.
The following is a comparative table of current standard weights :—
itt> . . .
1 Tabriz maund (batman)
1 Bushire
1 Shushtar ,
1 Nasiri .
1 Hokka (Turkish) .
1 Shah Maund . .
Misqals,
= 98
= 678
= 460
= 1,536
= 1,668
= 278
= 1,280
Military.— -In 1903 the Governor was said to have 400 infantry, and
a few mountain guns, but by 1912 these must have ceased to exist even
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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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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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