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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎46v] (97/652)

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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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84
BAZ-BAZ
To the north-west the open Kirman desert stretches as far as the eye
can reach, separated from the Galugan plain by the Rizabad Band.
To the north-east lies the Sianeh range and all between us and it, viz.,
Jauri Band, Da min Kiili, Panj Angusht, Mur Pish, Garinchin and Birk
with their intervening plains. To the south-east Ispidan, Humand and
Mulatan peaks are plainly visible, beyond which are the Sarbaz hills.
Beneath us are the low ranges surrounding Bazman and conspicuous
amongst them are the conical-shaped Bacherama Kuh, the jagged white
limestone Almah Kuh, Banaksimo and Banda Kamio. The Bazman range
ends abruptly on the north in low sandhills, which seem to run out
and split the plain. Six hamuns are seen. The one directly north of
Bazman under the Rizabad Band receives the drainage of the plain from
Shuraf via the Halil Rud, where we crossed the watershed ; it also receives
that from the Kaleh Mazar Hamun through the Sam Sur exit, and that from
the north-east slopes of Bazman. Over the Jauri Band is seen the Kaleh
Mazar Hamun which has already been described. Between the Bazman
and Hudian ranges, near Rigan another hamun is seen, and in the centre of
the Kirman desert is the Ab-i-Riz Hamun. Still further off, on the vast
Dasht-i-Lut, are the Shurgaz and Namaksar Jidmuns. On the Bampur plain,
south-west is the large Chah Shur, Jaz Murian or Milan-i-Jihun Hamun,
which receives the Bampur, Kaskin and Halil rivers and the entire
southern drainage of the Bazman and Jabal Bariz ranges>
On the last 200 feet of the Kuh-i-Zindeh, huge boulders, of red rock lie
Composition of Kuh-i- scattered about. The spaces between the bcnkl-
Zindeh. ers and the ground along the precipitous: sides
are composed of soft dust and crumbling pumice. It was impossible to
form any definite idea of the exact strata as the depth of snow precluded
a thorough examination, but there cannot be any doubt but that the entire
Bazman range is volcanic, although now dormant. At the base of the south
ern side of the sugar-loaf, at an elevation of some 8.000 feet, is a deep ndld
under the Galami Kuh (a red jagged brick-like hill) which we crossed at the
foot of the main peak. From this granular sulphur is obtained : it is in
irregular particles and has to be dug out with a pick. A quantity of
sulphur and geological specimens were secured. Up to 7,300 feet several
fine fig and gwdm trees are seen, and, as on the Chehil range, quantities of
asafoetida grow along the hillsides and over the stony plateaux, I recog
nised three varieties— king, huslan and patherk ; I, however, failed to find
the rab mentioned by Colonel Bell and Captain Jennings, although I made
repeated enquiries.
There is good shooting on this range. I got several good gad or guch-i-
kuh (wild sheep) heads, also ibex. Wolves, hysenas and leopards are also
found. In the vicinity of Bazman village chikor, duck, partridge and
snipe were also daily bagged.”— (Brazier-Creagh, 1891 ; Sykes, 1902.)

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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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