'Report on the Kuhgalu tribes'

Title:

'Report on the Kuhgalu tribes'

Creator:

Author: British Consul, Ahwaz

Date:

1910/1911

Description:

Abstract: This report on the Kuhgalu tribes was written by Lieutenant James Gabriel Lancaster Ranking (British Consul at Ahwaz) in 1910 and was published in Simla at the Government Monotype Press in 1911.The volume opens with a brief introduction to the Kuhgalu tribes before outlining the names and details of each sub-tribe. The sub-tribes are explored using the following criteria:boundaries of the land they inhabithabitatforts in their territoriestradepropertyproducearts and craftstaxationinternal and external relationscommunicationsmineralogyarchaeologyFolios 18-21 describe the town of Behbehan using similar criteria. This section also records the names of the tribes dependent on Behbehan.There are nine appendices at the end of the volume (folios 22-30) which provide further information about the areas inhabited by the Kuhgalu tribes, such as measurements used, travel routes, notable people, and typical prices for necessities.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 32; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Reports
Ethnology
Tribes
Kuhgalu (Tribe)

Geographic region:

Behbehan

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00013a_ar
81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00013a_en
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