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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎334v] (673/1278)

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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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In the Behbehan and Haiat Baud districts and even further east will
also be found colonies of Arabs, mostly Sunnis, with a few Shiahs fro .11
Hindljan.
The population of the coast is however for the most part Persian, but of a
type quite distinct from that met within Central Persia. They are Lurs.
not unwarlike, of a good physique, and great agriculturists in the inland
district. Those from the ports are much in demand as coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. in ports
even as far afield as Karachi and Basrah. They are skilled sailors a id
fishermen, professions which employ a substantial proportion of their
number, and, wdien trained and subjected to discipline, they would be in
many respects superior to lascars A term used by the British officials to describe non-European sailors employed on East India Company ships. for work on board sh p. The crews
of the Customs launches and of the Persian gunboat “ Persepolis ” are
drawn from this source, and seem a useful and handy lot of mei.
Of the Kuhgalu tribes no mention is necessary ; they are described in
detail in Lieutenant Planking’s “ Notes on the Kuhgalu Tribes ” (LB. 1910).
The Mamassani and Boir AhmadI, adjoining them to be east, are Lurs;
they are described in detail in Chapter III. It is enough to say he"e that
they are the wildest of the nomad tribes and a menace to the civ Tzed life
of Pars, which can be removed by nothing but a well-organ zed punitive
expedition, a consummation which would seem unlikely to materialize
at present.
The Qashqal nomads are of Turkish origin and monopolize with the
Khamseh the lion’s share of political influence in Pars. They are suffi
ciently powerful to disregard the Persian Government, if it suits them to
do so, but have been prevented hitherto by dissensions among their chiefs
from showing a united front ; nor is there any sign that this state of things
is likely to alter in the future. PhytLally they are perhaps the finest of
the tribes of south-west Persia, except the Mamassani who are said to be
physically fine men.
Of the Khamseh or five tribes only two, the ShaibanI and Jabbareh are
of undoubted Arab origin and form the so-called Arab tribe. They aggre
gate 15 000 cents and are immigrants of the YII Century A. D. from Arabia ;
they still retain their ancient tongue. The origin of the remaining tribes,
is doublfal: all alike are marauders.
Lastly comes the sedentary population ; north of Shiraz : this is pre
dominantly of old Persian stock ; lacking enterprise, personal courage and
the power of co-operation ; these wretched villagers are the prey of the
nomads, w 7 ho have in recent years so despoiled them of their livestock and
crops as to make it almost impossible for them to keep body and soul to
gether ; these remarks also apply, though in less degree, to the population
of the Fasa, Sarvistan, Kavar and Khafr districts. South of Jahrum and
Shiraz the villagers are more virile, with a strong admixture of Lur or
nomad blood, and in Laristan the villagers are not less savage and pre
datory than the nomads.
The populations of the towns of Bushire and Shiraz are again well-defined
types, and recognized as such all over Persia. That of Bushire is much
mixed: Ar^bs, Persians, Lurs, and tribes of mixed blood, shell as
Behbehanls have settled in the town and intermarried, forming a peculiar
type; they wear peculia ■ dress, into which the kulah does not enter.

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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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