'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [77v] (159/652)
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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DAN—DAR
DANGLl KUTAL (Nala and Camping-ground)—
Dangli Kutal is the name of a pass over the Sianeh Kuh, at mile 67 J,
on the route from Jalk to Ladis, between Gusht and Gaz, in Hinjirok Nala.
Heisht 5,633 feet. j j >
The kutal is 100 yards wide ; ascent and descent both easy, and a clay s
work would make it available for wheeled carriage.
Perennial water exists (local information) some £ to \ mile to east of the
kutal up the Dangli Nala. The Sianeh Kuh on each side of the kutal rises
some 1,000 to 1,500 feet above it.
The Dangli Nala rises to the east of the kutal in the Sianeh Kiilp and
flows south into the Dushtu Nala, which latter is a tributary of the Simish
river.
A second Dangli Nala rises at the same kutal and flows north, meeting
the Hinjirok Nala 6 J miles further on. The road on the north descends this
latter nala.
Jennings encamped on the banks of this latter Dangli Nala, 1^ miles to
the north, inclined to east, of the kutal.
27° 53' V
61° 58' 14"
.. .. .. •• 5,253'
Grazing, wood (tamarisks) and grass abundant, but no water except
that mentioned to east of kutal. — [Jennings, 1885.)
Latitude of encamping-ground
Longitude
Height
DARABOL KUH (Persian Baluchistan)—
A singular mass of hills lying about 10 miles to the south of the halting-
place of Rimdan, on the frontier of Persian Baluchistan.— [Lovett.)
DARAGH RlGH (Persian Baluchistan)—
A low sandstone ridge in Persian Baluchistan, about 12 miles east of
Jashk. This ridge is also known by the names of Bavar-i-Dan and Jabal
Ub zar. — (J ohnstone. )
DARAKHT ANJAN or DARAKHT ANJlREH— Lat. 30° 28' 40"
[Schindler) ; Long. 57° 14'. — [Lentz.)
A group of villages in the Kuh-i-Paleh district of Kirman, about 21 miles
east-north-east of the town of Kirman on the road to Khabis. There is
considerable cultivation in the vicinity, which has an ample supply of good
water. Fodder is also fairly plentiful, while supplies and wood are avail
able in small quantities.— [Galindo, 1887 ; Newcomen, 1905.)
DARAKHT ANJlREH, see Darakht Anjan.
DIR ’ALT—
A village in Khorasan, 7 miles sou’-sou’-east of Birjand. It is situ
ated on the south base of a bare limestone hill, which is surmounted
by a ruined fort. The chief produce in the vicinity is corn and turnips.
Asafoetida grows in considerable quantities, both on the hills and in
the plain around.— [Imperial Gazetteer.)
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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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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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