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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎78v] (161/652)

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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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DAR-DAR
148
DAR-I-AHC or DARREH AHtf (Halting-place)-—
The name of a good halting-place at mile 81 T V, on the route from Bampur
to Rigan, between Dar-i-Kishkin and Dar-i-Ahu Kutal. Water, grass,
wood and grazing all abundant. Valley ^ mile wide. A dense tamarisk
jungle in river-bed. One mile further on is an equally good halting-place,
with all requisites as regards grass, wood, water and grazing. About
| mile further on, on this route, i.e., at mile 83, is the Dar-i-Duzab halting-
place, the Dar-i-Duzab Nala being a tributary of the Dar-i-Ahu river.
Excellent camping-ground here, with grass, wood, water and grazing
abundant. This Dar-i-Duzab is the eastern branch of the Dar-i-Ahu river,
the western branch being called Dar-i-Naruzat.— {Jennings, 1885.)
DAR-I-AHO (River)—
The name of a perennial stream, which, with its tributaries which cross
the road, flows from north to south to the Milan-i-Jihun, more or less
parallel to the route from Bampur to Rigan, from mile 70 to mile 87J,
i.e., between Dar-i-Kishkin and Dar-i-Ahu Kutal. Water, grass, grazing
and forage are abundant on this stream.
DAR-I-AKO KUTAL (No. 1 and No. 2) (River and Camp)—
These kutals are situated in the hills to the north and north-east of the
Milan-i-Jihun Hdmun, on the route from Bampur to Rigan. No. 1 is at
mile 88 £ on this route and No. 2 at mile 90. Height of No. 1 3,972
feet and of No. 2 3,988 feet.
Two and a half miles further on, i.e., at mile 91^, the road crosses
the watershed, separating the Milan-i-Jihun drainage system from that
flowing north to the Shurgaz Hdmun. From the top of a hill, £ mile
from camp at mile 89, bearing to camp 68 °, it can be seen that the road, on
wards to the watershed, runs along the south-western slopes of the high hills
(called “ Daman-i-Bazman ” generally, i.e., “ Skirts of Bazman,” although
each bit of the range possesses a local name from the name of the perennial
water it contains, 6 .^., Kuh-i-Taftab, Kuh-i-Rang, Kuh-i-Maksan, Kuh-i-
Dar-i-Ahu, Kuh-i-Dar-i-Duzab, etc.) over red sandstone, volcanic formations,
and a black rock ; much iron ore in it. Road to watershed ascends and
descends alternately. To the left (south-west) a broad valley can be seen
draining to the Milan-i-Jihun. The range to the north-west is known
by the different names of the Kuh-i-Qurban, Kuh-i-Suza, Kuh-i-Saif-ud-Din,
and is a continuation of the range already mentioned as the Daman-i-Baz
man. This mighty range runs from south-east to north-west, increasing in
height as it approaches the Kuh-i-Shah Savaran and the snow-capped peaks
of the Jamal Bariz range. See article on Gazu Hari.
DAR-I-BIABAN or DAR-I-GHIABAN (Kutal, River and Halting-
place)—
The name of a Tcutal in Sarhad at mile 14 J from Ladis, on the route from
Ladis to Sehkuha, between the Suhumuk plain and the Dar-i-Biaban plain.
Height 5,797 feet. Soil of clay and shale ; ascent and descent 1 in 20.
Could easily be made passable for guna.—(Jennings, 1885.)

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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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