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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎57r] (118/652)

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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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camels, or even for wheeled artillery, which has several times been taken
over it by the Persians.
The camping-ground is about 1| miles on the eastern side of the pass,
but water is only procurable from the head of a branch ndld 2 miles from
this place. Fuel and grazing are abundant.— {Showers, 1902 \ Grants
1902.)
BRINJNAN, vide Brinjinan.
BRlS—
A village in Persian Makran
BtJABAD—
A small village, consisting of 15 houses, lying 2 miles to the west of the
road from Sarbisheh to Sehlabad in the Kaln district of Khorasan, 10
miles from kSarbisheh and 16 miles from Sehlabad. No supplies procur
able. Water from a spring. 20 donkeys, 10 cattle, 1,000 sheep and goats
and 10 camels.— {C. E. Yate Abbas ; 'All, 1907.)
BUDI, see Buding.
BUDIK—
i A village in the Shamil district {q.v.).
BUDING—
A camping-ground in Bashakard, 391 miles from Jashk, on the road to
Anguran.
It is situated on the north bank of the Jahin river, the camping-
ground opposite to it, on the south bank, being called Budi.
The water from the river, though muddy, is sweet, and there is some
camel-grazing a short distance to the north-west.
About | mile south of Budi is a Baluch burial-ground, the graves of which
are of brick and stone, some of the superior ones being even enclosed by
small stone walls.
The climate is intensely hot in summer, 117° F. having been registered
at mid-day in June .—{Medley and Massy, 1893.)
BUG (No. 1)—
A village in Persian Baluchistan, about 9 miles west or west-south-west
of Qasrqand, to which it apparently belongs. It is situated on the left
bank of the Kaju river {q.v.), about the point where that stream makes
its southerly turn for the Bagrband hills. The village of Het {q.v.) is
about 3 miles further up the river on the opposite bank. Both villages
can be seen from the neighbourhood of Qasrqand, and each appears to be
situated at the eastern end of an extensive date grove.
HajI Abdul Nabi passed through Bug in 1839 and says it was about
16 miles from Geh over a level stony road and that the cultivation of
( the place must have been very nearly equal to that of Qasrqand.
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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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