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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [186v] (377/1278)
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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BUH—Btl
BUHRAK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of hills close to the Shir Kuh, about 30 miles south of Yazd.—
(Stack.)
BUIPAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Ears. It is on the Bushire-Shiraz road via Husainabad.—
(St. John.)
BUIR AHMADT—
The Buir Ahmadi belong to the Chehar Banicheh group of the Kuhgalu
and are classed as Pusht-i-Kuh.
History. —Tribal tradition says that they are descended from Malik-ut-
Tujjar, Isfahani. One of their best known and most powerful chiefs was
Karim Khan, who died in 1907. Since then the tribe has been split up, each
faction following a different leader, with the inevitable result that the
various factions are constantly at war with each other.
In the autumn of 1909 the tribe was split up as follows part with
Shukrullah Khan, part with the lineal descendants of Karim Khan, part
with Qaid Muhammad ’Ali and the remainder with Mulla Kubad. Of
these, Shukrullah Khan’s following is the largest ; but the actual strength
of the various factions is constantly changing as one party chief changes
his allegiance from one to the other. With regard to external relations,
they were friendly with the Dushman Ziari and Bavi, but enemies with
the Taiyibi.
In November 1909 the tribe carried out a carefully planned raid on the
Russian Consul General’s caravan, in conjunction with the Kashkuti under
Muhammad’Ali Khan.
During 1911 and 1912, when the Bushire -Shiraz-Isfahan route was a con
stant scene of robberies, it was the Buir Ahmadi who were responsible for
most robberies near the Urchini pass, andthey used to penetrate even as far
as the Isfahan-Yazd road. They acquired so much power in this district
that the Governor of Abadeh actually appointed them guardians of part
of this road at end of 1912.
In December 1912 Buir Ahmadis were suspected of co-operating with the
Mamasanis and Kashkutis in the attack which resulted in Captain Eckford’s
death near Khan-i-Zinian.
Country. —The boundaries of land inhabited by them are :—Ludab, Sar
Rud, Rudkhaneh-i-Sa’adat, Sa’adat-i-Shaikh Abil.
Their winter quarters are Sunkarabad, Kalat, Deh Dasht, and Suk-i-
Changalvar, and their summer quarters Chinar, Sar Rud. Lands along the
lower slopes of the Kuh-i-Dima (Dinar ?).
They own the following forts :—Kaleh-i-Chanar, inhabited by Qaid
Muhammad’Ali; Kaleh-i-Sisakhti inhabited by Mulla Kubad ; Kaleh-i-
Sar Rud, inhabited by Shukrullah Khan ; Kaleh-i-Tal-i-Khusru inhabited
by Ghulam Husain Khan ; Kaleh-i-Kalayar, inhabited by Muhammad
Khan; Kaleh-i-Fashiun inhabited by a Saiyid Dal, Kaleh-i-Azu, inhabited
by Azizullah Khhn ; Kaleh-i-Dil, inhabited by Nasrullah Khan.
Ethnography. — As a tribe, they own much land and, for Iliat, are wealthy.
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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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