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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎87v] (179/652)

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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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166
DEH-DEH
the Reid Baluch, who acknowledge Dilavar Khan, of Dizak, and the
Persian Government.
The length of D-hgvar, conjectured to be from north-west to south-east,
may be 15 miles or even more. Its breadth is probably not great.
Formerly there were villages here and also at the other date groves, Lad-
gasht, Kalag and Askan; but there are now no permanent inhabitants
at any of these places, nor is there any cultivation other than that of the
date-tree, which in such places requires but little care. This desolation
is caused by the insecurity of the country arising from the constant petty
warfare between the Riki Baluch and people of Talk, and the Naushir-
vanis and others of Kharan, as well as raids of Sarhadi and Sistani
Baluch whom the Rikis are not strong enough to withstand. The
groves ’ of Dehgvar are the property of various tribes, Panjguris and
Kharanis, as well as inhabitants of Talk and Kalaghan. The proprietors
v : sit the place but twice a year, once when the female blossom requires
fertilization by the pollen of the male, and again when the date harvest
has to be gathered. At other times the groves are void of human life
except when temporarily occupied by plundering parties, who ii n( j
them well-adapted for concealment and rest before making the final
descent on their prey.
It is probable that there is ordinarily but little surface water at
Dehgvar, and that it is by no means wholesome, but it could always
be obtained by digging, and there are said to be wells of good water at
Askan and Ladgasht, and at a place called Maksotag, which must be m or
close to the Dehgvar date groves. Firewood and camel forage are also
procurable at these places.
Although St. John and Blanford were at Jalk in 1872, and Macgregor
and Lockwood travelled down the Mashkil in 1877, none of them were
able to visit Dehgvar, or the similar groves to the south-east. However,
General Gasteiger Khan, an Austrian officer in the Persian service,
visited Jalk in 1881, and went to a place he calls Mashked, which is
almost certainly Dehgvar, though it is just possible it might have been
Ladgasht. He calls it “ the furthest eastern boundary of Persia.
Gasteiger’s journey was connected with the defence of the frontier.
He inspected the forts, planned alterations, and in some instances new
works, none of which, however, appear to have been carried out. His
account is as follows :—
“ After a long inarch of 10 miles, we arrived at last at Mashked, which is situated
in a palm forest 4 miles long, without the least sign of human habitation Here com-
mence the endless sand steppes, where every sign of the road is obliterated, and only
the most skilful can find their way by particular signs.’
Gasteiger’s miles would naturally be German miles (5f English miles),
but he seems to consider the Persian farsakh, which is about 3| English
miles, as equivalent to a mile. Even at this calculation his distances are
always exaggerated. It is certain that neither Dehgvar nor Ladgasht
are anything like 37| miles from Jalk. The length of the forest, how
ever which he must have got from information obtained on the spot, is
perhaps correctly stated at 4 farsakhs or 15 English miles.

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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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