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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎130v] (265/652)

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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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HOR-HOR
£52
the inhabitants, and the quantity of sweet water available, chiefly rain-water
collected in reservoirs, is strictly limited. Vegetables and fodder are
practically unobtainable.
The revenue of Hormuz is farmed by the Mu’in-ut-Tujjar of Tehran
from the Persian Government for 14,000 tumans a year but the political
control is vested in the Governor of the Gulf Ports. The representative of
the Muln-ut-Tujjar is a resident agent by whom the taxes are collected ;
these are : general revenue, a royalty on the red oxide mines (called Ganj
or Galak), and a sort of poll tax on the miners. This individual has
a salary of 50 tmndns a month, besides perquisites arising from the salvage
of wrecks, etc., and is responsible for the entire administration of the
island. The Deputy-Governor of Bandar Abbas sometimes seeks to
interfere in Hormuz affairs in the name of his master, the Governor
of the Gulf Ports. The Persian Government are represented by an ins
pector of the Imperial Customs Department.
The simple topography of Hormuz island is summed up in the table
below:—
Name of place.
... *
Position.
Houses and in
habitants.
Remarks.
BibI Gul (Qasr)
On the south-west
coast of the is
land.
Nil
A site with a well of slightly
brackish water and the ruins
of former habitations.
Hormuz (Village)
On the northern
point of the is
land.
....
See article Horm z village.
Saiah-ud-Din ..
On the east coast
of the island, 3
miles from Hor
muz village.
Nil
A place where there are saltt
pans and where salt is mann?
factured by a rough process.
Bar Pazek
At the southern
extremity of the
island.
No permanent
habitations.
This is the present site of the
red oxide workings of the
island which employ about
200 hands. Water is brought
from Trumb -k. The road
from Hormuz village follows
the east coast and the dis
tance from it tojSar Puzeh is
about 9 miles.
Trumbak (Chah)
On the south-east
coast, 6 miles
from Ho r m u z
village.
Nil
There is a well here 40- feet
deep with water which is
' fairly good but slightly brack
ish. There are also ruins of
what appears to have been
a small town.
* * # * * *

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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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