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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [227r] (458/706)
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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MlLAD—MILAN
441
be turned in the immediate vicinity, though the Kurkur range is traversed
by-roads both above and below at the distance of a few miles. (Burton.)
MlLADGIRD— Elev. 5,290'.
A large village with a caravansarai, the 8 th post-house from Tehran
on the road to Hamadan, 158 miles from the former, 30 miles from the
latter.— (Schindler, 1897.)
MILA HANA—
A village of 20 houses of Kurds, property of Zahlr-ul-Mulk of Kirmanshah
1 2 miles south of Kandula (Kirmanshah) ; is situated at the foot of a bare
spur, a few patches of cultivation round ; below stretches a level and
cultivated plain : § mile to the east are the villages of Hnjjatabad and
larazu Bara ; the road via Bilawar to the Kirmanshah-Sinneh main road
passes above.—(Bwrton.)
MILAKABUD PASS—Elev. 5,290/
A low saddle crossed by easy gradients by the road from Kaleh Zangir to
Gavarra, SJ miles from the former ; immediately below to the south-west lies
the valley and village of Biama. The saddle is narrow and bare, the spur
above grassy and wooded.— (Burton.) F
MILAMALA—
name_ given to a green pasture 15 miles east of the Tehran-Shah-Rud
road via Firuzkuh. It is about 3 or 4 square miles of grass— (Napier )
MILAMIHAN MOUNTAIN—
> A bare _an_d rocky hill of considerable height lying about 8 miles to the south
east of Gavarra (Kirmanshah) : is visible for some distance from down the
valley of the Zimkan river and when approached from that direction presents
a triangular edge. It lies parallel to the road from Gavarra to Harunabad
a n ^ e nn^ VerSin f, the Sim ^ Valle ^ and Barza P lain > a bove which it rises
about 4,000 feet. From its base flow many springs, and there the grazing
is good , but the mountain itself is quite void of grass or trees. —(Burton )
MILAN KURDS—
The tribe numbers 400 tents, divided as follows :—
The Umuilar clan. The Khuzui clan.
The Kachalani clan. The Mumdula clan.
The Baud Khani clan. The Shaikh Khani clan.
* , I he Mama Khani clan. The Dalai clan.
Like the Jalahs they dwell in the winter along the Aras, occupying the
villages east of Arab and extending towards the valleys of Darreh Sham
Sp d ni? a T? Ziadl ^ ^ he J 1 are f ° Und Chlefly in the viila g e s of Taj, Katun
wRh the K Tmks Kandl5 ^ Dukand ’ often livin S side by side
In the spring, they migrate towards the Turkish frontier at Mahkmur and
Miandali, where they graze for four or five months.
• a f e ruled ^7 Timur
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Khan, and like the Jalalis are well-armed
with Martinis or Berdans. They too are Sunnis, but that does not pre^nt
them from being on bad terms with the Jalalis, and at enmitv with one an-
other They are said to be the most courageous of the frontier tribes and
are physically a fine, hardy race.— (Picot, 1894 )
C300GSB '''
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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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- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II'
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