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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎100v] (205/652)

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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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192
FAN-FAR
animals, particularly so for horses. We had to mount and dismount eVety
10 minutes or so, either to cress the deeper streams or assist our horses
over the slippery polished rock and stone.
The camels, too, had tough work in many places, and were with difficulty
and a considerable expenditure of Baluch bad language, kept on their feet.
At 12 miles we got to a clear level bit, beyond which the gorge again closes
in and becomes blocked with huge emerald-green, ruby-red and snow-
white boulders as big as omnibuses. They have a curious effect, for at
first sight it appears as if all further progress up the gorge were impossible.
The grandeur of the scenery presented to our view can be but imper
fectly described ; lighted up as it was by the fresh morning sun, every con
ceivable colour and shade showed, both on the cliff sides, in the deep pools
and along the gurgling eddies. One also sees some curious grotos
excavated by the force and volume of water, which (judging by the high
watermark, 15 to 20 feet) must produce a very effective sight in bad weather,
and harmonize well with the wild grandeur of the scene. One longs
to dally in such a delightful spot.
We now approach the end of the gorge. A bend to the right to avoid
a large, deep pool (in which are seen shoals of small fish, like the sardine and
chilwa jdts) ; another sharp turn to the left round a huge green boulder,
and we emerge from the confines of the Band-i-Nilag range. From this
point may be seen the date-grove of Fanuch a quarter of a mile ahead
at the junction of two nalas.’’’
The Mirabad kaur, which rises in the hills near the village of Darambakam
The Fanuch river main stream. It flows past the village of
Mirabad, from which it takes its name, and is
joined by the Ziarat and Kanton streams. The main stream then flows
through a broad ndla in a south-easterly direction past the large date-grove
of Fanuch. The bed of the river at the southern end of the date-grove is
120 yards broad and in November contains a shallow stream, some 18 yards
Aimini river wide. The Aimini river, which rises in the
Lashar hills and carries off a part of the drainage
of that range is seen to receive the Patkun kaur and flow in a west-by
south direction through the ndld to the west of the grove. A little further
down, two other smaller ndlds ]om, viz., Magin and Ispati. The Kiih-i-
Fanuch is 4,735 feet high, and from it can be obtained a magnificent view
in every direction.— (Sykes, 1893 ; Brazier-Creagh, 1893.)
FANUCH, KUH-I— Elev. 4,735'.
The peak at the head of the Fanuch pass (q.v.). — (Sykes, 1893.)
FANUD—
A village of Khorasan in the Naharjan buluk of the district of Kaln.—
(Bellew.)
FARHABAD—
A celebrated garden, in the district of Minab, Laristan .—(Abdur Rahim.)

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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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