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0 ADMINISTRATION RETORT OF THE PERSIAN OCLK POLITICAL RESIDENCY
Part. II.

MEMORANDUM ON THE GOVERNMENTS AND DISTRICTS OF FAILS
FOR 1875-70.

As here understood, and as the name is now commonly applied,
Furs includes all the districts of Southern Persia Proper, Lar being
considered one of iU subordinate Governments. Tims to Pars pertains
the whole sea-board from 50° 15. longitude to 5S° E. longitude, that is,
from Bunder Dilam to beyond Cape Jask. Its northern limit is between
the I3lst and i32nd parallels of north latitude, where the village of
Aminabad marks the boundary between the Ears and Ispahan Provinces.
To the west Fars is bounded by Khuzistan and Luristan, the )
village of Kala'i-A'ala being taken as the western limit of Behbehan.
On the north-east the district of Aberkoh lies between Fars and Yezd,
belonging to neither at present, and from the north-eastern corner to a
point at no great distance north of Bunder Abbass the Fars frontier
marches with that of Kirman.
At one point on this line the eastern boundary of Fars is found at
the village of ltud Khor in the district of Neyriz.
The districts of Bunder Abbass lie in the strip between tlie sea and
Kirman and Bashkard, and are included in Fars in a political rather than
geographical sense.
The superficial area of the tract of Persia thus indicated must,
without allowance for the mountainous nature of the country, exceed
00,000 square miles.
The inhabitants arc accustomed to regard this part of Persia as
divided into the “ Garmsir'' or hot districts, and t ie “Sardsir” or cool
districts, and these terms may he considered cqui.*alent to “lowlands'*
and “ highlands.” Instead of the word “ Sard«ir,w however, the term
“ Sarbadd” seems to be usually su *.u ..
A great part of the province c. Tars is still, as regards Europeans,
terra incognita, aud the courses of the most important streams mat­
ter of conjecture. Many important additions to the geography of this
as well as other portions of Persia have been made by Major St. John,
R.E., whoso forthcoming map will be much in advance of previous
compilations.
The whole of this extensive and important Province is administered
under the orders of the Governor-General of Fare who resides at
Shiraz, the chief town. The Governor-General is assisted by a perma­
nent Vice-Governor or Miuistcr (the Mushir-ul-Mulk) w ho also resides
at Shiraz.
The present Governor-General, who is styled “ Firm3n-Firma/, i*
the “ Motcmid-ul-Mulk," I ahya Khan, brother of the “Sipah Salar,'1
lately styh-d “ Sadr-Aazam " and is married to the Shah's only sister,
the “ Itzet-ud-I)owlcb/' widow of the well known Amir-i-Nizam, the
Shah's fir&t Prime Minister, who was killed at Rushan.