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'Additions to Gazetteer of Persia, Volumes II to IV.' [173r] (345/370)
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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17
K US IIKAK — contd.
Supplies very poor. There are a few flocks of sheep and goats. Ther®
is a good stream of water. About 10 miles south-east on the road to
Niriz a peculiar isolated white peak rises, making a good landmark.—
[Slotherd, June lb93.)
HUSENABAD.—Vol. Ill, page 270.
81 miles north-west of Niriz, one of a cluster of small walled villages,
dotted all along the valley, with an average population of 1 00 each. In
a good year supplies of all sorts are obtainable, but for some years past
swarms of locusts have done great damage. There is a good water-supply
and plenty of good camping-ground, and abundance of firewood on the
neighbouring hills.— (Slotherd, June 1893.)
BUKUN.—Vol. Ill, page 109.
15 miles north-west of Arsinjan, a fair sized village, affording supplies
of all sorts, though for some years past locusts have caused much loss.—
(Stotherd, June 1893.)
SIVAND.—Vol. Ill, page 617.
A telegraph station on the main caravan road.— [Stotherd, 1893.)
BUSHAHIt to JAM RUM.— Vol. Ill, page 156.
A level sandy strip of over 30 miles broad, studded with date plantations.
General character of runs along the coast near Rushahr, only broken
country. ky one long ridge beginning near Gurek, and
following in direction the main mountain system, of which it is an outlying
part. The mountain ranges have a uniform direction of north-west to south
east. They are bare and rocky, and rise higher in successive ranges inland
from the sea, the altitude of the intermediate valleys also increasing the fur
ther they are from the coast. The country is very sparsely populated, about
15 miles being the average distance between villages, while in some cases it
is over 20. Numerous ruins show signs of a former prosperity, but at the
present day there is very little that is not desert. There are no tees, and
only a few scattered thorn bushes in places, and nothing much else in the
way of vegetation, except that after the rains there is a crop of grass which
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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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