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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [40v] (85/652)
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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78
BAN—BAN
Boats anchor here in a ndshi wind.— (Constable ; Stilte ;
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot.)
BANDAR KARGUN—
A small seaside village of 200 houses, 7 miles south of Kanar-i-Ismail (q.v.).
The inhabitants own 30 small boats and do a very small trade with Jishm
and other ports ; they live principally on fish and drink brackish river
water.— (Sher Jang, 1902.)
BANDAR (Tank)—
A tiny fishing village on the coast of Makran, 58 miles south of Geh and
about 30 west of Chahbar.— (Sykes, 1893 1 from native information.)
BANDARUN, see Mehdiabad
BANDBURl—
A village in Kirman near Shahabad (q.v.).
BAND-I-GlLU—
A queer narrow fissure on the Kuh-i-Chehil Tan, in Sarhad.— (Sykes,
1893.)
BAND-I-GURAVI—
A small range of hills ia Bashakard, to the north of and parallel to the
Band-i-Nashkl, and lying between the latter range and the Band-i-Marz.
—(Medley and Massy, 1893.)
BAND-I-KALACHU— Elev. 2,520'.
A halting-place in Bashakard, 741 miles from Minab, on the road to
Bint.
It has a small patch of cultivation, and a supply of good water from a
stream, but there are no inhabitants.— (Galindo. November 1888.)
BAND-I-KALANG—
A halting-place in Bashakard, 701 miles from Jashk, on the road to
Anguran.
It has a grove of fair-sized tamarisks, which afford good shade.
About 2 miles to the south on the banks of the Shah Bavag river are
the ruins of an old fort, 300 yards long by 200 yards w\de.—(Medley and
Massy, 1893.)
BAND-I-KASHlN—
A river in Persian Baluchistan, about 14 miles south of Bazman. The
Talab Nala runs into it, and beyond the junction it is called Shanda-
mulla ; it joins the Bampur river before it flows into the Jaz Murian
Hamun.— (Brazier-Creagh, 1894.)
BAND-I-MARZ—
An important range of hills in Bashakard, running north-north-west
and south-south-east, forming throughout its length the water-shed bet
ween those rivers which flow into the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
on the south, and those
which drain into the Jaz Murian Hamun on the north.
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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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