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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎534r] (1072/1278)

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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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KAR—KARI 527
(Ap
proxi
mate)
mile.
Name.
Bank.
Inhabitants.
Remarks.
565
Mansieh
L.
10 huts occupied by
Ghuldms of the
Shaikh of Muham-
mareh, all of whom
have rifles and horses.
This place is in the
Ahwaz district.
• ■ ; ' , - •'
571
’Ali-ibn-al-Husain
L.
Two ruined tombs
only, with two or
three date trees
About one mile above
this place and one
mile inland from the
left bank of the Kar-
un is a marsh called
Kharmeh, fed by the
river at high rises, to
which Muhamrnar^h
buffalo-owners bring
their animals in
spring.
573
Kut-ul’-Abid
R.
At present deserted
The signs of former
habitation are now
scarcely visible.
581
Rehvali
j
R.
10 huts containing a
garrison of 3u ghu
ldms of the Shaikh
Here stood the tomb of
.Rubin bin Ya’qub,
pyramidal form and
of Muhammareh, all
built in 13 tiers
armed with rifles and
mounted, and be
longing to the Zu-
or stages. It fell
down in February
1906. On the same
waidat section of the
side of the river far-
Muhaisin. There is
ther down are 3 or 4
a ferry with a single
small boat.
mounds known as
Husainiat.
590
Qisbeh „
R.
20 huts of Sa’yids and
The Muhammareh date
1
r
Manai’at Muhaisin,
cultivators of dates.
belt begins here;
There is a c in il.
One small ferry-boat
is kept here^
590|
Ramsan
R.
15 huts of Ka’b of the
Dris division.
-
' 591
Askaleh .
R.
Two mud huts on the
bank and a few
among the trees.
The name is attributed
to the existence for
merly of a custom-
The people are
Muhaisin of the Za-
waidat section.
house at this place.
The Shaikh Mu
hammareh has an
Above Askaleh is a
office here to inspect
j ' ! .
small but conspicu-
boats proceeding up
ous shrine called
Ami r-ul-Muminm,
which has recently
been repaired by
the Karun. It is in
cluded in the tract
properly called Haffar
which extends from

Mirza Hamzah, ad
viser to the Shaikh
Qisbeh to witnin
about a mile of the
of Muhammareh.
north-eastern corner
of Abbada island
2 p
Ft. I

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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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