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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎10v] (25/652)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (322 folios). It was created in 1910. 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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ANG—ANJ
W
and north-west, and practically the north-east approach by the Anghran
river. Its weak point lay in its north face being level with the Anguran
plateau, and this Saif Allah sought to remedy by digging a most formid
able looking ditch some 30 feet deep by 20 broad, which is still in good
order. The fort consists of three portions, the hill side having been levelled
for the two upper quadrangles, the third being enclosed by a wall similar
in construction to that of the upper portions but not quite so massive.
The walls are built of cut stone and boulders to about 6 or 8 feet from
the ground, and above this of the stiff, tenacious, blue clay, so common
everywhere from Jashk to the Band-i-Marz. The quadrangles are each
about 50 yards square inside, the two upper enclosures being surrounded
by small rooms, which served as store-houses for grain, food, ammuni
tion, etc., and, as quarters for the garrison. The fort, though now in
ruins, could be made tenable by a few days’ work. The walls of the lower
quadrangle would have to be blown up and the material made available for
strengthening the upper portions, but water would have to be got from
the stream below, some 150 yards from the fort, as the only well in the
fort, which was in the middle quadrangle, was filled in and destroyed during
the siege which followed the murder of Ghulam ’Abbas. This well is said
’to have been excavated originally down to the level of the Pahtik
river and its depth was “40 men” or about 220 feet, which very
nearly coincides with the height of the middle quadrangle above the river
bed, and shows the great trouble taken by Saif Allah Khan to make the fort
as perfect as possible. On the plateau to the north-east, and close to the
fort, are the remains of a very fine Shi’ah Mimbar built of well cut stone,
and inside are some beautifully carved Arabic inscriptions on tombstones
of a green marble, which is said to come from Kirman. To the south-west
on the river bank is a plain square mosque in which lie the remains of Allah
Wordi Khan, assassinated at the instigation of Saif Allah Khan.”—
(Floyer; Medley and Massy, 1893.)
ANGtJRAN (River)—
A river in Bashakard which, rising in the hills to the north of the village
of Askan, takes a southerly course and eventually joins the Jagin river.
It receives the waters of the Pahtik stream at the village of Anguran which
stands on a spur between the junction of the two, and from here onward
is a river of considerable size, its bed being from 250 to 300 yards wide,
and showing signs of carrying a large volume of water in the rainy season
Five miles below Anguran it is joined by the Daruyar (Darusar) river from
• the north, which is said to rise in the Band-i-Marz.
South of Anguran are to be seen signs of old nomad encampments along
the river banks, and the remains of brick-built villages—signs of better
times .—{Medley and Massy, July 1893.)
ANGt)Rt)—
A village in the Shamil district {q.v.).
ANJAN-
A village in Kiman near Shahabad (q.v.).

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The item is Volume IV of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).

The volume comprises that portion of Persia south and east of the Bandar Abbas-Kirman-Birjand to Gazik line, with the exception of Sistan, 'which is dealt with in the Military Report on Persian Sistan'. It also includes the islands of Qishm, Hormuz, Hanjam, Larak etc. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the whole district of Shamil.

The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.

Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.

The volume contains an index map, dated July 1909, on folio 323.

The volume also contains a glossary (folios 313-321).

Prepared by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.

Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.

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1 volume (322 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 324; 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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