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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [170r] (344/1278)
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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on paper. Of the inhabitants of the town about 2,000 would be armed,
and, as Behbehan is a regular depot for arms in Southern Persia, the
armament will be fairly modern.
Communications. —The Persian telegraph line from Ahwaz to Borazjun
passes through Behbehan.
There is practically no traffic with Shiraz owing to the unsafeness of the
road. Large and well-armed caravans are made up when necessary.—
{J ones — Layard — Montieth — Stocqueler — Wells — Curzon — 1889—Hopkins
1903 — Gabriel, 1905 — Chick, 1910 — Ranking, 1910.)
BEHBEHAN Province-—
A province geographically belonging to Ears but having an administra
tion and a governor of its own.
For History see under Behbehan (Town).
Geography. —It is bounded on the north by the mountains which
separate Traq-i-’Ajami from the southern provinces of Persia ; east by
Shulistan ; south by the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; west by ’Arabistan. —
The whole district is watered by numerous streams, the principal being
the Shamsi, ’Arab, Khanabad, Marun and Rudkhaneh-i-Khalrabad which
it will be noted is the same as the Ab-i-Shirin, and corresponds with the
Hindian River, which is the Arosis of Nearchus.
The province includes the plain of Behbehan, situated about 7 miles from
the northern mountains, and 18 miles from the Zaidan hills. It is from 21
to 25 miles in length. The soil, particularly on this plain, is a rich, alluvial
deposit, which is very fertile.
The climate is so mild, that in January the meadows in the vicinity of the
town are covered with narcissur, jappearing spread out like a white sheet
several miles in circumference, and diffusing the most delicious fragrance.
Population. —For population of the town, see under Behbehan (Town).
The following list shows the villages in Behbehan, their owners and the
number of houses in each. It will be noted that these villages pay taxes to
the Behbehan Governorship.
Village,
Mansurleh . .
Houses. Owner (1910).
400 Family of Mlrzas of Behbehan
Kaleh-i-Kalind ,
•
100
(Mirza ’Ali Riza.)
Mirza Mansur Khan.
Kaleh-i-Rais Taki •
0
20
Muhammad Khan.
Kaleh-i-Gul .
m
20
Mirza Kamal Khan.
Kharistan . .
•
20
Mirza Muhammad ’Ali Khan.
Badall
30
Agha Saiyid Isma’il.
Tang Tikau .
50
Mirza Ali Riza Khan.
Burj-i-Barat Agha .
.
50
Barat Agha (Agha Jari.)
Kaleh-i-Fuladi .
#
20
Mirza Abdul Qasim Khan.
Husainabad .
20
Hujat-ul-Islam.
Mansur Beg .
20
Shaikh-ul-Islam.
30
Mirza Mahmud Khan.
Kutak .
25
Agha Saiyid Muhammad-i-Muj-
Kurlsleh (Kuraisheh)
30
• tahid.
Hujat-ul-Islam.
Kaleh Saiyid Mukim
.
20
Mirza Mahmud Khan.
Pishkar .
•
40
Mirza ’Ali Riza Khan
Rushmehr
2
K arbalai Bakir.
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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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