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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎590r] (1184/1278)

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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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KOT—KttH
583
woollen wrappings (Lur : Khur) about 9' 6" by 3', which are used chiefly for
sewing up into sacks for the transport of grain, etc. The black goats’ hair
cloth, used exclusively in the construction of their tents, is also woven by
the women and girls of the tribe, usually in lengths of about 20' by 3'.
Crafts found among the tribe are few and of the very simplest nature, the
most common being that of the blacksmith, with here and there an armourer
or a carpenter, and each sub-division has its own “ medicine man. ”
Minerals .—Iron is found in the Tang-i-Maghar, and coal and lignite in
that place and the Kuh-i-Dinar in Buir Ahmadi country. Oil and bitumen
are obtained in a valley close to, and east of the Tang-i-Tikan, and in a
valley near Tashan (q.v.). At the Tang-i-Tikan the oil exists in a form
which is technically known as “ shows ” and flows into a local stream,
on the surface of which it is borne away. Sulphur is found at Tang-i-Bin,
Tang-i-Bizak, Tang-i-Shibr, off the Tang-i-Chavil, and from numerous
sulphur springs.
Mumai, or “ mumani ” as it is called by the Kuhgalu, is found in various
places in their country ; the best being obtained at Tang-i-Tikan, whence
200 misqdls are taken annually to Behbehan and there sold for export to
various parts of Persia. It is also found at Tang-i-Bin, Kuh-i-Bivara, and
Kaleh Nauzar (Kaleh Nadir). It is a black wax-like substance valued for
its healing properties.
The following tables showing the supplies and animals of the Kuhgalu
tribes were drawn up by Lieutenant Ranking in 1910. The figures are
necessarily only a rough estimate arbitrarily computed. Wilson says only
sufficient grain for the needs of the tribe is grown.
Supplies :—
Tribe.
Acres
of
cultivat
ed land.
Available per annum after
CONSUMPTION.
HOME
Tannin.
Other products.
Wheat
and
barley.
Rice.
Ghi.
Wool.
Gum
Arabic.
Mds.
Mds.
Mds.
Sheep.
Mds.
Mds.
Mds.
Bflir Ahmadi
150,000
Mostly
6,000
100
40,000
2,000
Almonds „ 500
wheat.
Acorns . 3,000
Dushman Ziari
30,000
2,000
2,500
200
2,000
200
500
Churam .
75,000
500
100
300
10,000
..
200
Lentils and beans 300
Suyi .
45,000
?
1,000
200
5,000
..
..
Bavi
90,000
?
300
300
10,000
400
400
Tobacco . . 4,000
Ahmadi Bahmai .
67,500
?
1,000
230
26,500
1,300
1,100
Almonds, walnuts,
goats’ hair,
Mahmud! Bahmai’
225,000
20,000
1,000
4,000
1,000
1,000
“ salpe. ”
Taiyibi Sarhadi .
90,000
?
1,000
200
2,000
500
500
Dye, goats’ hair.
Taiyibi Garmsiri .
18,000
200
350
10,000
2,000
Goats’ hair, almonds.
KhSdhi
90,000
Mostly
30,000
wheat.
Aghft Jar! .
45,000
Wheat.
360
300
8,000

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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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