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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎31r] (66/652)

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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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The great caravan track from Herat, Khorasan and SIstan to Bandar
Abbas passes within 3 days’ march to the eastward of Bam. This
bifurcates near Mil-i-Farhad to the south of RigSn, the main track
running through the Rudbar district, and thence via Minab, to Bandar
Abbas. The other branch lies north and west of this, going by way of
a pass, termed the Nawargu, and across the district of Rudin. Th?
choice of tracks is determined partly by the water-supplies, and partly by
the likelihood of meeting brigands. There are also alternative routes from
Bam across the Lut, viz., that via Fehruj to Gurg and that via Rigan to
Gurg.
There are two telegraph houses, one English, and one Persian.
BAM—
A region in south-east Persia, forming part of the administrative
district of Bam-Narmashir (q.v.).
From Bandar Abbas caravans take—
To Sistan 60 days.
To Meshed 80 days.
Cost of carriage—
SisfAn 15 tumdns per icharwdr.
Meshed 20 to 30 tumdns per Jcharwdr.
The people of Bam and its neighbourhood are very much better off than
those of other parts of the province, while the merchants, especially the
Parsis, are more keen-witted and energetic than the Kirman traders.
Bam, although nearer to Bandar Abbas than Kirman, is chiefly supplied
through Kirman, but were the road from Bandar Abbas to Bam through
Bruit properly secured against the Bashakard brigands, it is probable that
much of tbe Bandar Abbas-Kirman traffic would come round by this way.
Commercial products. —Wool, cotton, gums, and dye-stuffs are produced in
the district cotton especially could be raised in large quantities, and the
export of wool might be greatly increased. But the principal wealth of
Bam consists in henna, and from here practically the whole of Persia is sup
plied with this commodity. The dried leaves and stems of the plant are
brought in from the villages in bundles, and sent to Yazd to be ground. (For
further information regarding exports and imports, see Bam-Narmashir.)
The great mud fort of Bam is celebrated in the history of the province.
Sykes thus describes it:—“We visited the famous fort by special invita
tion, and found that the old town was still standing, the whole being
surrounded by a high wall and ditch. We passed through the deserted
bazaars for some 600 yards, the fort occupying the northern end of the
enclosure, and, ascending a steep incline in the rock, which has never been
smoothed, we passed through a strong gateway and a 40-foot wall, which
is built of sun-dried bricks, as indeed is the whole fortress.
“ We then found ourselves facing a second and equally high wall, some
20 yards up the hillside, and, turning sharply to the left, approached the
second gateway, a square surrounded by stables being below us as we
moved along.
“ A second equally steep incline, leading up to a similar gateway, brought
us to the artillery park, where we saw some muzzle-loading field-guns

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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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