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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎112v] (229/652)

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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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GHA—GHI
GHANA—
A village near Bazman {q.v.) in Persian Baluchistan.
GHANAN or GHINAN—
A mountain, 16 miles to the north of Bandar Abbas, about 6,900 feet
high.— (Stack.)
GHAR GISHTAR (Persian Baluchistan)—Lat. 26° 49' 18" ; Long. 63° 16"'
20" ; Elev. 3,465'.
A camping-ground on the Gwadar-Jalk road, 22J miles from the Kesri
ndld, situated in a plain of the same name.— (Jennings.)
GHAR-I-KILAR (Kirman)—
A noted white stone knoll, situated in the centre of the Hinjiruk river
bed, 10 miles north-east of Gaz.— (Jennings.)
GHAR (River) (Ghar plain)—
The Ghar river, a tributary of the Mashkid, rises at Bansar Kutal,
between the Shuraband and Rizaband ranges in Bampusht, at mile 235J,
on route from Gwadar to Jalk. It flows in a westerly direction, then
curves to the north, over the Ghar plain and Barah Solih plain.
This stream runs more or less parallel to the route Gwadar to Jalk,
from mile 210 to mile 232 on the above route, between Kesri ndld and
Askan, and crosses and re-crosses the road.— (Jennings, 1885.)
GHAURIAL—
A village in Kirman, 13f miles north-east of the city of that name, on
the road to Khabis.— (Galindo, 1887.)
GHAUR-I-TALKAB— Elev. 5,526'.
A camping-ground and pool of bitter water in Sarhad, 12| miles south
west of Varaj, on the Bazman road. Fuel is plentiful. The Kuh-i-Ganj or
Treasure Hill is due north and not far distant. Vide Kuh-i-Chehil
Tan.— (Sykes, 1894-1902.)
GHAURKtJH—
A small group of hills in Persian Baluchistan, 4 miles north of the Pustu
pass, and 14 miles south of Bampur, lying on the kdfileh track to Qasr-
qand.
It is surrounded by sandhills. There is no water in the neighbourhood,
but, if wells were sunk, an ample supply could probably be obtained.
— (Janes, 1900.)
GHAURRtJKl KUH— Elev. 700'.
A small hill in Makran, between the Bahu and Dasht rivers, and about
10 miles south-east of Bahu Kalat. There is said to be good water pro
curable 2 miles north-east of Kuh Ghurruki.— (Janes, 1900.)
GHISHKAN, RUDKHANEH-I- (Kirman)—
A small river between Panab and Rudkhaneh-i-Duzdl, on the road
from Bandar Abbas to Bam via Khanu— (Euan-Smith.)

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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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