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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [78r] (160/652)
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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PARAMBAKAN— Elev. 2,760'.
A hamlet in Makran, situated near the source of the Fanuch river, and
about 13 miles north-west of Fanuch town. Supplies are scanty, but fuel
and water are procurable in fair abundance. There is good camel-grazing.
(See also Fanuch.)— (Sykes, 1898.)
DARANAR—
Said to be a hamlet in Bashakard, 10 miles south of Marz, on the road
to Anguran. It consists of 10 houses, with some cultivation, supplies and
fuel. Water is obtainable from a well—(Brazier-Creagh, 1894, from
native information.)
DARCHlJU-
A village in the Shamil district (q. v. ).
PAR DUZD—
A small hamlet in the Shamil district, situated in a date grove 24 miles
from Bandar Abbas, on the road to Minab. It has one well.— (Grey, 1905.)
DAREHUN KUH (Persian Baluchistan)—
A hill in Persian Baluchistan, east of Gwatar, on the road to Chahbar.—
(Haji Abdul Nabi.)
DARGAM—
A village on the north coast of the island of Qishm, between Laft and the
town of Qishm. It is a fishing village, and has about 120 families, who are
very poor. Perhaps the same as Pargavan.- — (Brucks.)
PARGAVAN or DARGAHAN—
A village in Qishm island (q.v.).
PARGAZA —Elev. about 3,810'.
A halting-place on the Bandar Abbas-Kirman road, 110 miles north
of Bandar Abbas and 26 south of Paulatabad. There are no supplies,
but fuel and water are abundant. It lies in a narrow valley between parallel
ranges of hills, which separate Daulatabad from Ahmadi and Pur. This
watershed, with an elevation of about 4,830 feet, is the southernmost
limit of the Kirman province.— (Brazier-Creugh, 1894.)
PARGIL—
A village of 150 inhabitants about 3 farsakhs north of Bandar Abbas-
Well water.
PARGlR—
A village in the Shamil district (q.v.).
pariabad—
A place in the Maskhutan district of Persian Baluchistan. It is 11 or
‘12 miles from Maskhutan, and 16 or 17 from Baluchan Chah ; 4 miles west
of MarrI (q.v.) on the Bampur road.
There are said to be wells, but no fixed inhabitants.
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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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