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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎94v] (193/652)

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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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DUK-DUM
DUK0HAK— ~
Two small islands between the island of Qishm, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the
mainland. They are on the west side of the entrance to a creek called Khur
Tawilah, which runs into the lowland north of Qishm great table-shaped
hill.— {Constable’, Stiffe> Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot.)
LULGIABAN—
A place in Persian Baluchistan, apparently in the Sib district {q.v.), on
the road from that place to Vasht in Sarhad {q.v.). It is 12 miles north
west of Sib and about 8 miles south-east of Paskuh. Good level road in
both directions. There is a well at Dulgiaban, and Haji ’’Abdul Nabi
found there in 1838 a few goat-hair tents of Baluchis.— {Han ’Abdul
Nabi.)
It is evident that this place cannot be above 6 miles from Suran {q.v.)
on the Dizak-Bampur road.
DULOGH KGH—
The name of a mountain, or peak, in the Slaneh Kuh, to the right of the
road, opposite mile 33, on the route from Jalk to Ladis, between Nahh
and Kud.— {Jennings, 1&85.)
DULt!-
A small village in the island of Qishm, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , on the coast
between Guran and Basidu. The inhabitants are cultivators and fisher
men. It is not visible from the sea.— {Constable ; Stiffe; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot.)
DUMA—
The Duma, a big stream, which flowing from the east is crossed about
7 miles north of Shuru and joins the Mahi river, which continues westwards
through a tangi traversing the high hills runningsouth and north and passes
on via Hiaderabad to Gurg in the desert.— {Shaikh Mohi-ud-Din, 1893-94f)
DUMAG KUH—
A hill in Sarhad, which is passed on the left of the road from Rud-i-
Mahi to Kuh-i-Malik Siah, at about 31 miles from the former place.—
{Wood, 1899.)
DtJMANEH—
A village on the Tehrud {q.v.) in Kirman.
DUMILU— Lat. 27° 23'; Long. 57° 46'.
A ndld in Marz, where there is generally a little water to be found, lying
between the Baz Gar and Ginau passes.— {Gibbon, 1908.)
DUM-I-MlNAB—
A village in the Shamil district, 62 miles from the town of that
name, on the road to Minab, from which it is distant 8 miles. It consists
of 60 or 70 palm-leaf huts and 2,000 date palms, and is watered by two
good wells. The inhabitants own 13 yoke of plough oxen and sow
annually 13,000 mans of barley. No supplies, except dates, are pro
curable.— {Napier, October 1899.)

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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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