Skip to item: of 1,278
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎274v] (553/1278)

This item is part of

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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

by which it is crossed. The principal stream is that which passes Dalakl
and, uniting with the Rud Shirin, forms the Rud Hilleh river. Of secondary
importance is the Ahmadi water-course, which rises in a part of the hills
called BairamI and reaches the sea a couple of miles to the east of Shif;
and the Chah Kutah salt stream which pursues a parallel and similar course,
a few miles farther to the south-east. The part of the district adjoining
the hills enjoys less of the sea breeze, and suffers from scorching winds in
summer between the end of May and the beginning of October ; otherwise,
the climate resembles that of Bushire, vide also this Gazetteer —Bushire
and Dalaki—climate. Traces of sulphur, bitumen, and petroleum occur
at the north end of the district. Water nearly everywhere is obtained
from wells varying between 30 and 50 feet in depth. These usually contain
4 to 10 feet of water and never dry up.
Inhabitants .—The population of the district is exceedingly composite,
and amounts to some 15,000 souls ; a majority of the inhabitants appears
to be descendants of immigrants from neighbouring Persian States, especi
ally from Dashti and the direction of Shiraz. Deserving of special notice
are the Persian tribes of Bag, who inhabit the villages of Jimeh, KhushAb,
and Khushakan in the centre of the district ; they were originally masters of
Borazjun but were expelled by the Paparis about 2 generations ago,,
and have now sunk to the level of ordinary cultivators. The Papari and
Qaidan tribes are noticed in the article on Borazjun, vide this Gazetteer.
A few Zanganehs or Zanguis are found, especially at Chah Kutah. This
is a Persian tribe of uncertain origin, but reputed courage. There are also
a number of Arab settlements in the district, of which the most important
is a group in the south-east corner, Chah Kutah being the largest; this
group is inhabited by Damukh, who are a section of the Dawaslr of Bahrain,,
and, until recently, were all Sunnis. Now about -|ths of them are Shi’ahs.
Other Arabs, said to be of Bahrain origin, are found north of Borazjun,
and Arabs, believed to have come from the Hindian district, occur at 3
or 4 scattered points. With the exception of the Damukh and a few
of the other Arabs the whole population is Persian-speaking and Shi’ahs.
Further details of the population of each village will be found in the separate
descriptions of places given in this Gazetteer. Except in Borazjun the
dwellings of the inhabitants are nearly all huts. The inhabitants of
Dashtistan were described more than 2 decades ago as very vicious and
very warlike.
Agriculture .—The chief staples of Dashtistan are wheat and barley, which
are grown in summer, and dates. In summer water-melons, musk-melons,,
cucumbers, maize, cotton, castor-oil, beans, onions, garlic, and sesame are
cultivated by irrigation from wells. Live-stock is represented by an ordinary
proportion of cattle, sheep, and goats. The unit of land measurement is
the gau, or that area of land which requires 6 Hashim mans of seed grain
and can be ploughed by 1 yoke of animals (whether cattle, horses, mules,
or donkeys) in a single day ; it is said to be represented by a square of which
the side is 250 yards. In a good year the return to cultivation in Dashti it an
is from 8 to 16-fold. Dashtistan agriculturally resembles Dashti, but it is
considered the superior district. The cultivators of Dashilstan are many
of them embarrassed with debts originating in loans taken at exorbitant
rates of interest for the purpose of buying seed-grain.

About this item

Content

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.

Extent and format
1 volume (635 folios)
Physical characteristics

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.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎274v] (553/1278), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100041319219.0x00009a> [accessed 28 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100041319219.0x00009a">'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [&lrm;274v] (553/1278)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100041319219.0x00009a">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100025472816.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_4_1_0555.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100025472816.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image