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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎97v] (199/652)

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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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DUS-DU2
DCSARl— Lat. 28° 26' 47"; Long. 57° 51' iV—{AW)ott).
The pi^ncipal \hllage in the Jlruft district of Kirman, situated 311 miles
from Bijnabad, on the road to Kirman. It stands on the open plain, some
400 yards from the Kuh-i-Dusari, a jagged limestone range of hills running
east and west, and separating it from the lofty Jabal Bariz range, and,
though formerly a large village, now consists only of a small fort, a water
mill, and afew mud huts surrounded by a wall. The roofs are domed.
There is a caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). and in 1908 there were five shops. In the winter
months, many more people come to live in the place from other parts of the
country. One of the houses is in the form of a fort with a very high
bddgir. Close under the hills to the north-east is a date grove and a fine
spring and 100 huts. Coarse rugs and saddle-bags are manufactured.
Supplies in the form of sheep, goats, cattle, grain and forage could be
collected in large quantities from the rich Jiruft plain. Camel-grazing
is plentiful, and there is abundant water from a kdriz and the spring.
There is a Naib-Kalantar. It owes its name to a fight which took place
between two forces, one from Bars and one from Baluchistan. The
inhabitants of Dusari and the neighbourhood are estimated at 2,000.
Later in the year they amount to 4,000. In 1908 there were 900 donkeys,
500 sheep and goats. Besides the owners of flocks, there are many in
habitants who live by various trades. Fuel is plentiful. The ground is
fertile, and if it were all cultivated could support a large city. The climate
is hot; Brazier-Crcagh experienced a temperature of 96° F. at midday
on the 18th March 1894. Malarial fevers and abdominal complaints are
prevalent.— (Brazier-Creagh, 1894 ; Sykes, 1902 ; Newcomen, 1905.)
DUSERK (?)—
A halting-place in Persian Baluchistan, 104 miles east of Bampur, on the
j-oad from Kalat.— (Kinneir.)
DURHTU (NIla)—
This ndld rises in the Sari peak in the Sianeh Kuh. The route from Gusht
(mile 60 on route Jalk to Ladis) enters the ndld-bed at | mile beyond
Gusht and leaves it 2J miles beyond Gusht.
At mile 76| of the above route (i.e., 164 miles beyond Gusht) the road"
crosses the low water-parting between the Kuturi and Dushtu Nalas.
To the south-east of the Razzak Kutal, a kutal called the Dushtu Kutal
is said to exist, leading across the Sianeh Kuh, but I did not see it.—
{Jennings, 1885.)
DDTANG (Laristan)—Elev. 427'.
A plain between Bandar Abbas and Ahmadi, so called because the roads
from Ahmadi and Jiruft unite in it.— {Gill.)
DCZAB NALA, see Chamagh.
DUZAKH (Laristan)—
A small village at the foot of the Kuh Ginau, near Bandar Abbas. It
possesses about 1,000 date and 300 other fruit-trees, principally oranges,
pomegranates, and limes ; also some mango trees. Supply of water

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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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