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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎116r] (236/652)

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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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GUD-GUD
223
GUDAR-I-KAFANU —Elev. about 9,290'.
A pass in the main range of the Kirman district, 12| miles south of Aru
on the Kirman-Bandar Abbas road. The main kdfileh track here crosses
the Lalehzar range ; the ascent and descent is gradual, and the road suitable
for wheeled traffic, vide Kafanu.-— [Brazier-Creagh, 1894.)
gudar-i-katirah—
ApassinMakran, which is traversed by the road from Pishln to Gwadar
5-i miles south of the former place. Though short, it is very steer) stiff
and rough.—( Wood, 1899.) 7 ep ’ Stlli
GUDAR-I-KHUN SURKH— Elev. 7,240'.
A pass, about 22 miles south of Kirman, on the Bandar Abbas road The
ascent is practicable for wheeled traffic, and from the summit a fine nann
ramie view is obtained. The name (“ The Pass of Blood ”) is acquired
from the number of raids on kafilehs that used to take place q here
— [Brazier-Creagh, 1894.) * ere *
GUDAR-I-KHUSHAB —Lat. 30° 33'; Long. 57° 51'; Elev. 7,800'.
A pass in Kirman, which, crossing the Kuh Paieh range, links up the
mam Khabis-Kirman road with that from Khabis to Ravar At the
rSeTSs 0 ^ 8 Unk iS the VlUage ° f Ta ^ at * end
GUDlR-I-KULlH-I-SANGl—
• t >a i ,H - ln K h “. al5 ° u t 90 miles from Birjand, on the road to Farah
Lyof ) an ‘ h6 r ° ad ° Vei * ‘ S bad and the orossiB « difficult.
GUDAR-I-LARD-I-ZARD-Lat. 32° 14' 0”; Long. 60° iff (i\-(Walke,.)
A pass in Khorasan, on the road from Birjand to Farah in Afghanistan
and about 5 miles from the boundary line between the two states In its
front rises the Kaleh-i-Kuh.— (Walker ; Bellew; Rozario.) 1 *
G ^ A ’ SUM - LaT ' Sr2y °"’ Lon8 - 60 ° 13'0” ;Ei E v. 4,800'.-
A pass in Khorasan over the Zilzileh range, on the road from SIstan to
B f Ir lf^ and77 , n - U 68 from the latter town - n is 500 fe «t above the level
of the Duruh plain The ascent and decent are easy, each be „„ abou
3 miles of a gradual incline It forms the watershed between the DurQh
“HiSf 78 - ^ " CaIkd ‘ ““ ^ “ ^e latest mapt
GUDAR-I-MUGAT oe MAKAK—
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A pass in Kirman running from the valley of the Rudkhaneh-i-Sakbf
dar ’.^ mdes south of Bam, into the valley of Jlruft. This pass is described
as difficult, rough and rocky, the hills around being scantily clothed with

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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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