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'Additions to Gazetteer of Persia, Volumes II to IV.' [39r] (77/370)
The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 1896. 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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CHESTERNA—Yol. IV, page 90.
A caravanfarai and cistern both in good repair, and the latter full of
sweet water, miles from Bandar Abbas on the road to Lar,
Supplies
Water
Fuel
Cultivation
Grazing
Camping-grounds
Mil.
From one cistern.
Moderate from small bush and bram
bles.
Nil.
Very poor, from thin, dried up, yellow
grass.
Good.— {Butchery April 1888).
KHAN A STJRKH—Vol. IV, page 227.
A caravansarai and a large cistern, 11 miles from Bandar Abbas on the
road to Lar.— [Butchery April 1888).
GULISTAN—Vol. IV, page 146.
A large date grove and three or four mat houses, 7| miles from Bandar
Abbas on the road to Lar.
Practically nil.
Believed to be procurable; but in what quantity
and of what quality is uncertain.
Moderate from brushwood and date trees.
Dates flourish ; wheat and barley would however
by native report, appear to be poor, and of small
extent.
Very scanty indeed.
Good.
{Butcher, April 1888).
Supplies
W'ater
Fuel
Cultivation
Grazing
Camping-ground
SARU—Vol. IV, page 860,
A village about 3 miles from Bandar Abbas on the road to Lar. Situated
about a quarter of a mile to the south of the road, from which it is screened
by groves of date trees, and at its south-east corner by a thick growth of
tall kahur trees. In,'mediately to the south of the road is a long, low mound
of some considerable area, covered with a jungle of kahur, &c., and to the
north small, well-kept plantations of young date trees, surrounded by neat
mud-brick walls.
The village is open to the sea-breeze. Its houses glancing white through
the screen of trees, aie apparently constructed of stone and lime.
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This file consists of additions and corrections to the Gazetteer of Persia. Additions and corrections are organised in alphabetical order. Each addition or correction is accompanied by the source of the information.
The corrections are accompanied by a memorandum from the Quarter Master General in India, Intelligence Branch, to the Honourable George Curzon, MP, Carlton Club, London. The subject of the memorandum is given as 'Additions to Gazetteer of Persia, Volumes II to IV.' A note states that they are 'Forwarded for information in continuation of this office No. 3146.I. dated 24th October 1896 by F. G. Cardew, Captain, for Quarter Master General, India.'
Also included (folio 41) are tables of routes within Persia with hours riding time by horse and costs of carriage. In addition there are a number of tables of data. For example, weather observations (ff 53-63), bazar prices (f 109), imports and exports (ff 119-120). Mostly the additions contain supplementary information on the settlements.
Individuals submitting additions include Butcher and Stotherd, Picot and Preece.
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The papers in the file are arranged in order of the various submitted contributions and in approximate chronological order.
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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 185, 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.
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