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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [224v] (453/706)
The record is made up of 1 volume (349 folios). It was created in 1914. 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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436
MIAND—MIANE
1
MllNDASHT— Elev. 8,166',
Also called Dumba Kamar, a village in the Farid in division of the Is
fahan province, 3 miles north of Khdlgan.— (Schindler.)
MlANDEH-RUD—
A river in Gilan which rises in the Elburz range, and, flowing north,
falls into the Caspian between Rud-i-Sar and Khurramabad. This river,
when full, is both deep and rapid.— (Holmes,)
MlANDUAB (1)—
A district of Azarbaljan, which comprises all the country between the
two rivers Jaghatu and Tatau, and west as far as Lake Urumieh.
The soil of th ; s district is throughout extremely rich at the upper end
of the plain, where many streams descend from the mountains to the north
and east, and the higher level of the beds of the two great rivers affords
facilities for irrigation. Cultivation is abundant, but as the plain slopes
down gradually to the shores of the lake, the Jaghatu and Tatau wear
themselves into deeper channels, the difficulty of raising the water
into artificial ducts is increased, and the greater part of the land is allowed
to run waste, serving at best for the winter pasturage of the flocks belong
ing to the Makadam Mikarl nomads.—(isWZmsfm.)
MlANDUAB (2)—Elev. 4,200'.
A large, ruined, and almost deserted town in Azarbaijan 27 miles north
east of Sauj Bulagh, containing 2,000 houses and the suburb of Mlanduab-i-
Kuhneh. It has a brick bridge of three arches, on the south-western side,
over the Tatau. Supplies procurable. There is a Persian Government tele
graph office here.— (Gerard.)
The town is officially known as Marhamatabad. Shaikh IJbaid Ullah
with his Kurds (Turkish subjects) entered Persian territory in the
autumn of 1880 and destroyed the town in the spring of 1881,massacring
700 of its inhabitants and 240 villagers who had taken refuge there.—
(Schindler, 1910.)
MlANDUAB-I-KUHNEH—
A suburb of Mlanduab. (q. t>.)— (Gerard.)
MIANEH (1)—
A river of Azarbaijan, which falls into the Kizil Uzun about 2 miles
north-east of that town. It is formed by the junction of the Qarangu and
Aidgummas rivers, which unite 2 miles south of the town after drawing
from basins which extend towards the west, north-west, and south-west
parts of Azarbaijan.— (Kinneir.)
MlANEH (2)—
A ruined village, at the entrance of the Zarau Kuh pass, on the Tehran-
Hamadan road, a few miles west of Ku&hka,k.~-(Scnindler.)
MlANEH (3)—
A village of 20 houses on the boundary between the Burujird and
i Malayar districts, 22 miles from Burujird.— (Schindler.)
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The item is Volume II of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1914 edition).
The volume comprises the north-western portion of Persia, bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north by the Russo-Persian frontier and Caspian Sea; on the east by a line joining Barfarush, Damghan, and Yazd; and on the south by a line joining Yazd, Isfahan, and Khanikin.
The gazetteer includes entries on human settlements (towns, villages, provinces, and districts); communications (roads, bridges, halting places, caravan camping places, springs, and cisterns); tribes and religious sects; and physical features (rivers, streams, valleys, mountains and passes). Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, resources, trade, 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.
A Note (folio 4) makes reference to a map at the end of the volume; this is not present, but an identical map may be found in IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/1 (folio 636) and IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/2 (folio 491).
Printed at the Government of India Monotype Press, Simla, 1914.
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- 1 volume (349 folios)
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The volume contains a list of authorities (folio 6) and a glossary (folios 343-349).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 351; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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