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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [103v] (211/652)
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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198
FUR—FUS
side ; partly covered by the houses of the village, but without other defences.
Within the fort there are three tanks, said to be sufficient for the supply
of a large garrison for a year and a half. The water comes from a spring
in one of the hills to the westward and is conveyed to the fort by a cover
ed aqueduct loan at). T ^ -m -
The fort was built by the ancestors of Mirza Ibrahim Khan, the present
Naib of Sunnlkhaneh and Chief of Furk and Darmian, etc. ^
A large store of corn is usually kept here, and the g^nanes can Md
from 2,400 to 2,600 kharwars (the kharwar here equals 320 16). Ihere
is storage in the fort for 30,000 men for one month, and there are plenty of
donkevs procurable for its transport where necessary. There is a garrison
of 30 sarbdzes or Persian infantry in the fort. The gardens ^rmsh a con
siderable quantity of walnuts, and some of the trees from 30,000 to 40,000.
The barberry (ziriskh) is cultivated in large quantities, and the fruit export
ed to the east.
There are about 30 carpet looms here, which turn out a carpet resem
bling Duruksh, but not so esteemed, as amline dyes are used.
On a range of hills near Furk there are said to be some copper mmes.-
( Forbes; MacGregor ; Stewart.)
FUSK—
A village about 29 miles from Kirman, 4 miles south-south-west of the
road to Khabis.— (Abbott.)
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:322v, back-i
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