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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [51r] (106/652)
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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Name.
| Position.
Houses.
Remarks.
Gaz
Near the left bank of
the Gaz river, 8
miles from the coast.
60
Wheat and barley are grown
in winter, by irrigation from
the Gaz river, and there are
600 date trees. Livestock
are: 10 camels, 15 donkeys,
60 cattle, 100 sheep and
goats. There is good water
in 3 wells, from 2 to 6
fathoms deep. The annual
malidt is 32 tun. arts.
Gazplr ..
miles west of
Namurdi.
20
Animals are: 5 donkeys, 15
cattle, and 100 sheep and
goats. There are 6 wells of
good water, 5 fathoms deep.
Date-palms number 300.
GidH
6 miles east of Zara-
vat.
20
Resources are: a little culti
vation of wheat and barley,
200 date trees, 3 camels, 5
donkeys, 20 cattle, 100
sheep and goats. There are
4 wells of indifferent water
4 fathoms deep.
Girau ..
On the south bank of
a small creek, about
£ mile from the coast
and 16 miles south
of Kuhistak in the
Minab district.
J
100
Date-palms number 1,000, and
there are 20 camels, 30 don
keys, 100 cattle and 200
sheep and goats. Wheat
and barley are grown. Good
water is obtainable from 6
wells, 1 fathom deep. The
village lies among sandhills
30 or 40 feet high, and has
a white fort which is visible
from the sea. The inhabi
tants own a few boats which
are kept hauled up in the
creek. The annual maliat
of the village is 100 tumdns.
Gflsbkl ..
4 miles east-north-
east of Zaravat.
100
Wheat and barley are grown,
and there are 300 dates trees.
Livestock are: 20 camels,
25 donkeys, 25 cattle, 200
sheep and goats. Good water
is obtainable from 5 wells, 4
fathoms deep.
Gunari ..
4 miles south-west of
Namurdi, and 4
miles from the coast.
9
A little wheat and barley is
grown, and there are 180
date trees. Animals are': 2
camels, 5 cattle, 10 sheep
and goats. There are 3 wells,
3 fathoms deep; the water
is of poor quality. Some
of the inhabitants are fisher
men, and the landing-place
is a point of call for small
coasting-vessels.
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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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