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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎49v] (103/652)

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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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90
BIA—BIA
starting from Kalavi, passes by Kuhistak (6 miles) and Ziarat (12 miles) in
tbe Minab district, and then by Tahrui (9 miles), Sirik (4 miles), Kardar
(6 miles), Gaz (3 miles), Gau or Namnrdi (4 miles), Zaravat (5 miles), Slkul (4
miles), Kara! (3 miles), Biriz (8 miles), Gavan (5 miles), Mukhjangan (3 miles)
and Gatan (6 miles) in Biaban to Kuh Mubarak (10 miles) in the Jashk
district, and so to Gangan(12 miles). The points through which the Kah-i-
Kuh runs after leaving Kalavi are Shahmurdi, Kunarzu, Dudar, Bangurman
and Hunzam, most if not all of which are in the Minab district, and the
villages of Maihmani, Sarzeh, Qalamui, Goshki, Agushki, Zahraki, Shirahan,
Sarkuh, and Bashib, in Biaban; Gangan, in the Jashk district, is reached
after the last named. The Rah-i-Daria is frequently impassable in winter
in consequence of floods, otherwise it presents no difficulties of a physical
nature ; it is a mere track, however, sometimes not even visible across the
sandy deserts which divide the villages and date groves situated upon it.
The Rah-i-Kuh is described as hilly and difficult, and water—at least
in summer—is scanty and bad. It follows that the Rah-i-Daria is used
in summer and the Rah-i-Kuh in winter. It should be noted that the
inhabitants of Biaban consider all water “ good ” which can be drunk
without immediate evil results ; this fact should be borne in mind in con
sulting the table of villages given below.
The district possesses about 300 camels and 500 donkeys, but these are
only sufficient for the requirements of the owners, and no considerable
demand for transport could be enforced without hardship to the people.
The District is governed by a Kalantar of local influence appointed
. i ... ,. by the Governor of the Gulf Ports. At present
the Kalantarship is in dispute between Mir
Haji and Mir Barkat,* who both belong to the family of the Mirs of
Jashk. The revenue for which the Kalantar is responsible appears
to be about 2,500 tumdns a year. The seat of government has ordina
rily been Sirik; but Mir Barkat, when in power, latterly made Gaigan
his head-quarters. The state of the district is lawless, and about 1,200
rifles of various kinds are said to be in the hands of the inhabitants. The
Kalantar has authority to order any punishment, except death, without
reference to the Governor of the Gulf Ports ; and in piactice he may be said
to inflict even the extreme penalty at will, for persons obnoxious to him are
liable to be shot out of hand, on the pretext of their attempting to escape
from custody. Civil cases are nominally decided by the ‘ Shara ’ courts,
but in reality they are generally settled by force.
* Aow deposed, 1910.

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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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