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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎134r] (272/652)

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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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and the intervening valleys much cut up by ndlds, which makes the move
ment of troops and transport a difficult operation.
The Irafshan district runs roughly from south-east to north-west for
some 50 miles, from near Sarbaz to Bum Gyaz on the Shahrl river, and
contains the villages oi Afshan, Ashar and Irafshan. Nominally it forms
part of the Dizak district, and the revenue collected in 1902 was said to
have been Rs. 3,000.
In all Baluchistan there is no more mountainous and inaccessible tract
than this and it forms the first place of refuge to which all border outlaws,
whether Persian or British, turn when flying from justice. Geographically
it is of importance, as through it passes one of the most frequented of
the roads leading from Kej to Magas, Bampur and Bizak. In 1902 the
fort of Irafshan was taken by a small British force, and subsequently hand
ed over to the Persian authorities, who at the same time demolished the
other two forts in the valley, those of Afshan, and Ashar. This may
nave the effect of keeping the district more quiet than it has been in the
past. (Tighe, 1902; Showers, 1902 ; Sykes, 1902.)
Detail of tribes in the Irdfshdn district, showing armed strength and residence.
Tribe.
Fighting
men.
Rifles.
Residence.
Baranzai ., ,,
50
40
Gushar!.
Do. .. .
80
80
Irafshan.
Do
50
50
Apshan.
Do
20
20
Kasur.
Total
200
,
190 j

{Hogg, 1909.)
ISFAKEH or ISPAKEH— Elev. 2,300'.
A large village in the Bashar District, in Persian Baluchistan, 35 miles
from Bampur via Gish Kuh and Qasimabad, 28i miles via Mush Kuh
and Gandam Maqam, and 15 miles north of Pib. The village consists of a
tumbledown fort and some 80 flat-roofed houses and huts, situated on
an elevated site on the west bank of the ndld. There is a large date grove
and a considerable amount of rich cultivated soil here ; supplies are pro
curable in fair quantities and fuel and water are abundant. The water-
supply is conveyed by a stone-faced g-awa* from a spring above the villages.
Later on, during the rains, the river-bed is full ; a part of the northern
drainage from the Champ and Hamantak hills flows by this ndld and
thus forms^ the Isfakeh river. This is the first place where a sprinkling
of the Persian element has been met with. There is here so much salt
2 G 2

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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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