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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎298v] (601/1278)

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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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DIR—DIZ
292
about 1,500 mans of wheat and barley annually and pay mdlldt of 1,500
krdns. Preece does not mention the fortifications.— (Ouselcy—Preece,
1884.)
DlRAKWAND—
A tribe of the Bala Giriweh group in Luristan (q.v.).
DISWARD—
That part of the Bakhtiari country, which lies between the Gardan-i-
Deh Diz on the east and Kale Madraseh on the west is called Disward, and
the inhabitants of it are called “ Diswardi. ”— [Ranking, 1910.)
DlZ— Lat. Long. Elev.
A ruined village on the right bank of the Zindeh Rud, 3 miles south
east of Varzineh.— [Preece, 1892.)
DIZ’AB-I-, vide AB-I-DIZ—
DIZAK—
A village in the Zardeh Kuh, in wihch there are numerous encamp
ments of nomad Bakhtiari. The Karand and Zindeh Rud rivers flow
through it.— [Stack.)
DIZFUL (District)—
One of the two districts into which Northern ’Arabistan [vide this
Gazetteer) is divided : the other being Shushtar. The boundary between
the two is a line passing between Pavindeh and Kahunak in the north
through a point east of Kut ’Abd-ush-Shah in the south. It may also be
noted that while the district stretches westward of the Karkheh to the
Turkish frontier, the influence of the Persian Government never extends
beyond that stream and not always so far.
Produce and Trade .—The agricultural and mineral products are the
same as in the Shushtar district, with the exception that indigo is grown in
place of opium, and may be said to be the principal industry. A certain
number of fruits, such as promegranates, limes, sweet limes, oranges, apricots
and some grapes, are also produced in addition to the melons of the other
district; while bitumen and pitch are not found. The indigo, which ap
pears to be exclusively cultivated for use in Persia and not exported to
foreign countries, is of three qualities varying in price from 30 to 60 krdns
(Rs. 7-8 to Rs. 15) per Tabriz man. of 6 | lbs. The crop is sown in the middle
of March and cut 120 days later when about 5 feet high, and 40 days
later it is again cut. The best sort of indigo is clear blue, but much of the
crops is yellow. The average output is estimated at 3,000 Dizful mans,
or about 50,0001bs. It is said that both soil and climate are exceedingly
favourable for its production, and did the people only understand the
preparation better, the produce might be considerably increased for ex
port purposes. As it is, lime and other ingredients are used in its prepara
tion, and the quality accordingly much deteriorated. Other crops of
wheat and barley are sown in December and reaped in April; cotton is
also grown somewhat extensively, but the crop is often destroyed by locusts,
Imports .—Dizful city is the only centre of trade.

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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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