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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎134v] (273/652)

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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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ISF—I9F
260
in the soil that horses are very liable to cracked-heels. There are side
camel tracks to Champ, 2 stages ; and Maskhutan, 6 stages: and a desert
route to Pahura.— 1893 ; Brazier-Creagh, 1893.)
ISFANDAK (Persian Baluchistan)—
Is the name of a valley in Persian Baluchistan, lying east and west at
the south-east corner of the Dizak district, on the banks of the Mashkid
river. The latter here possesses a good, perennial stream, and flows from
west to east along the southern edge of the plain, which latter is a large
glacis, sloping gradually up from the banks of the river to the foot of the
Sianeh Kuh. Parallel to the Slaneh Kuh, which forms the northern border
of this valley, is the Bampusht range, which forms its southern boundary.
The political boundaries of Isfandak, which is now a sub-district {see
Isfandak, which, as is hereafter explained, includes the village of the
same name, as well as the villages of Murt, Darida and Kanokh) of Dizak,
are as follows :—
to the south and west, Bampusht ;
to the north, Kalaghan ;
to the east, Kuhak.
The four villages which constitute the sub-district of Isfandak will now
be described according to their importance :—
(1) Isfandak (Lat. 27° 6' SI" ; Long. 62° 51'0" ; Elev. 3,448') is
situated some 2 to 3 miles to the north of the Mashkid river. It possesses
a mud fort, more or less out of repair, in which reside the two headmen.
This fort can hold all the* inhabitants and about 20 horses in times of
emergency.
Its inhabitants are Durshahzais, Tangazais and Zarozais. They say
they are Rinds, but intermarried and closely allied to the Naushirvanis
of Khar an.
Regarding the latter St. John states
« These Naushlrvanis appear to be the most warlike tribe in Baluchistan. They are
of Persian origin, having, emigrated from Nushirwan, a district and former town on
the Zaindarud, a few miles above Isfahan. As they claim kindred with theMamasa-
nis of Nal, an offshoot of the well-known Lor tribe of the same name, the N. ushir-
vanls are probably also Lurs. I could not learn any tradition as to the date of their
emigration into Baluchistan ; but it seems not improbable that they were found trouble
some neighbours by Shah ’Abbas when he established his court at Isfahan, and turned
out by him to make room for the Armenian colonists brought from the nortli, whose
descendants are still numerous in the neighbourhood. ”
The inhabitants number 300 souls, several of whom live in ghiddns and
the village has 60 houses and owns 1,000 sheep and goats, 40 cows, 40
camels and two horses. There is one excellent kdnz, from which hows
a plentiful stream, while there is a flourishing date-palm grove and a con
siderable amount of wheat, barley, and Indian-corn cultivation.
St. John in 1872 states as follows :—
<« Three miles from the halting-place, i.e., the Mashkid river, we passed the village of
Isfandak, the first permanent habitation since leaving Mand three weeks before. It
lies on the edge of extensive date groves, among which flourishing crops of young
corn were springing. The buildings were of mud and stone ; and the whole place
had an air of greater prosperity and civihsation than anything seen in Southern
Baluchistan. li

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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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