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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎594v] (1193/1278)

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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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588
KUH—Kt)H
as to the classification in each case. The two main sub-divisions
ethnographically are :—•
(a) Chehdr Banleheh, sub-divided into :—
Buir Ahmadi.
Dushman Ziari
Churam.
Nuji.
Bavi.
(b) Lirdvi, sub-divided into :—
f Ahmadi.
(_Mahmudi.
C Sarhadi (Bala).
Bahmai.
Taiyiti-
(. Garmsiri.
, Khad ri.
A^ha Jarl.
[N.B .—Yusufi are connected with the
Bahmai {q.v.)\.
When divided by locality they are known as Pusht-i-Kuh (hill tribes) and
Zir-i-Kuh (plain dwellers), and are grouped as follows :—
(D
Pusht-i-Kuh.
Buir- Ahmadi.
Dushman Ziari.
Churam.
Nuji.
Ba\ i.
Bahma
TaiyiLi
Ahmadi.
Mahmu< i.
Sarhaci
Garmsiii.
(2) Zlri-Kuh.
Khadiri (Liravi).
Agha Jari.
The inhabitants of Behbehan, Zaidan, Humajat, Liravi (coast district)
and Bandar Dilam are also classed as Zir-i-Kuh Kuhgalus, but they are
sedentary and sometimes excluded from the classification of Kuhgalus, and
this system is followed in this article. For a description of the inhabitants
of those places see under their respective names. Details regarding the sub
divisions of the Kuhgalu will also be found under the individual sub-tribes.
Military.
Characteristics .—In 1909 Lieutenant Wilson said the Kuhgalu were
generally of smaller build, less good looking, less striking in appearance
but more daring, more supspicious, more thievish, and more savage, though
less well armed than the Bakhtiari. Probably only one man in three had
a serviceable rifle, and grown men carried a little sling, wherewith to slay
birds and other small animals.
In 1910, however, Lieutenant Ranking said :—
“ The Kuhgalu are infinitely better armed and physically are a finer race
than their neighbours the Bakhtiaris, or the tribes who inhabit Western
Luristan. They are wild and lawless, most notably the Taiyibi, who have
gained an unenviable notoriety in connection with their depredations on the
Lynch Road (Ahwaz to Isfahan via the Bakhtiari Country).”
Since then they have probably armed themselves still better as Behbehan
had become, in 1912, a depot for the sale of arms, and many cargoes were
probably run across from the Arabian coast to near Bandar Dilam.
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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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