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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [50r] (104/652)
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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BIA-BU
91
L 2
Topography.
The following is an alphabetically arranged
table of the principal villages in Biaban :—
Name.
Agushki
Bailai
Bashib
Bauni ..
Bazgar ..
Birxz
Bundram
Bunji .
Position.
Houses.
5 miles east-north
east of Mukhjangan.
2 miles south of Tah-
rul, near the coast.
6 miles south-east of
Gatan.
3 miles south of Tah-
iuI, near the coast.
3 miles west of Na-
murdi.
11 miles north-north
west of Gat an, and
4 miles from the
coast.
2 miles north of Girau
on the coast.
5 miles south by east
of Gatan, and 3
miles from the coast
25
60
20
20
100
15
10
Remarks.
Wheat and barley are grown,
and there are 150 date
palms. Livestock are: 10
camels, 12 donkeys, 20 cattle
and 150 sheep and goats.
There are wells of good water,
6 fathoms deep.
Resources are : 700 date trees,
10 camels, 20 donkeys, 70
cattle, and 100 sheep and
goats. There are 3 w'ells of
good water, 2 fathoms deep.
There are 200 date-palms, and
a little wheat and barley are
grown. Animals are : 10
donkeys, 10 cattle, and 100
sheep and goafs. Water is
good from 3 wells 6 fathoms
deep.
1 date palm, 1 donkey, 2 cows,
and a well, 1 fathom deep, of
good water.
Livestock are : 20 camels, 15
donkeys, 10 cattle, 20 sheep
and goats ; date trees num
ber 150. There are 5 wells
4 fathoms deep ; the vater
is fairly good.
Wheat and barley are grown-
and there are 200 date-palms.
Some of the people are fisher
men, and possess 4 small
boats. Animals are: 20
camels, 20 cattle, 100 sheep
and goats. There are 7
wells, 3 fathoms deep ; the
water is poor.
A little wheat and barley are
cultivated, and date-trees
number 300. Livestock are :
10 camels, 7 donkeys, 60
cattle, 300 sheep and goats.
W T ater is good, from 4 wells
1 to 2 fathoms deep.
There are 100 date-palms, 2
or 3 donkeys, 10 cattle, and
25 sheep and goats. There
are 2 wells of good water, 1
fathom deep.
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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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