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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎13r] (30/652)

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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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ARt}—E lev. 8,300.
A small village and halting-place in Kirman, 57£ miles south of the
city of that name, on the road to Bandar Abbas.
It is situated in a narrow valley of the same name between Kuh-i-Laleh-
zarand Kuh-i-Zarchu. Down the centre of the valley flow the following
streams, which join the Rudkhaneh Lalehzar ;—Ab-i-Garm, Rudkhaneh
Gung, Rudkhaneh Pushtra. The village consists of some 40 houses with
gardens and cultivation ; a small amount of supplies can be had. Water
abundant from the river.— (Brazier-Creagh, 1894.)
ARZANTUK—
The fifth stage on the route from Rigan to Jauri.— (Jennings, from
native report .)
ASADABAD—
A hamlet in Persian Baluchistan, \ mile east of Pehura, on the Magas
to^.—(S ykes, 1893.)
ASADABAD—
A smalll village with one kdriz on the road from Nasratabad (Sistan)
to Birjand. About 10 miles south of Shusp. It contains about 15 families.
—CAbbas 'AH.)
ASARU—
A halting-place in Persian Baluchistan, 2 stages from Rigan, on the
difficult road to Sarhad and Dizak .—(Hap Abdul Nabi.)
ASHAR—
A village and sub-district of Saravan in Persian Baluchistan. The village
is situated on a tributary of the Shahrl river, about 15 miles west of Irafshan
and 32 miles east of Sarbaz. It consisted (previous to 1902) of a mud fort,
commanded from all sides and surrounded by hovels. Water is obtainable
from ledrizes, while supplies and camel-grazing are very limited. About
4 miles to the south is the village of Afshan, which also possesses a mud fort.
These two villages together contain 160 houses, and, forming a small sub
district, paid a revenue in 1902 of Rs. 1,500. These forts were captured in
1901, and destroyed by the Persians.— (Tighe, 1902; Sykes, 1902.)
ASlAB GANJIABAD—
A halting-place in Kirman, 126 miles south-west of Bam towards
Rudkhaneh-i-Duzdan.— (Goldsmid.)
ASININl—
A river-bed with delicious water in Persian Balilchistan, 73 miles south
west of Bampur by road— (Goldsmid.)
ASKAN—
A village in Bashakard, situated on the Anguran river, about 4 miles
north-north-east of Anguran. It consists of a large date grove and a few
huts scattered along about a mile of the river bank, and has rather more
cultivation than is ssen around the hamlets south of Anguran.
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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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