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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [135v] (275/652)
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—ISM
ISFANDAQEH— Elev. about 5,000/
A village and sub-district in the Kirman Province. It is situated about
70 miles south-east of Baft and about 80 south-west of Bam.
It consists of a prosperous settlement inhabited by people of the Mehni
tribe, with many hamlets in the vicinity.
The mdlidt of the district in 1902 was 12,000 tumdns.
There are some 20 families of nomads, belonging to the Anal tribe, in
the district.— (Brazier-Creagh, 1894 ; Sykes, 1902.)
ISFAREH—
A village in Kirman, situated on a tributary of the Hanza river, 18
miles from Babur, on the road to Rayin. It possesses a garden
containing apples, pears, almonds, etc., and is surrounded by a con
siderable amount of cultivation. The inhabitants own a few cattle,
donkeys, sheep and goats, and there is a plentiful supply of good water
from a small rocky stream.— (Massy and Medley, 1894 ; Sykes, 1900.)
ISFID or ISPID (St. John's Maf)—
A village in Kirman, the first halting-place from Khanu, on the road to
Bandar Abbas. It is situated in a wide spreading plain covered with
acacia and the Indian her trees ; also brambles and low bushes.— (Bo-
zario ; Goldsmid.)
ISFIZAR or ISFIZAR— Lat. 32° 52' 5"; Long. 59° 36' 45".—(Lentz.)
A village in Khorasan situated on the Kuh Muminabad, and 27 miles
east of Birjand. It consists of some houses inside a fortlet, fixed in a
commanding 'position ; and a few outside. The fort would, doubtless, be
difficult to take if only infantry were employed, as its walls are very high,
and it is not commanded in any way. It is now, however, going to ruin.
The inhabitants are partly Shi’ah and partly Sunni. It has a few gardens
and cornfields around it, with a good and sufficient supply of water from
a canal. From Isfizar there are direct roads to Sarbisheh and Bujd on
the Sistan road. The pass is said to be closed for several months during
the winter.— (MacGregor ; Forbes ; G. F. Napier ; H. D. Napier.)
’ISlN—
A village of 800 houses, 9 miles north of Bandar Abbas. The inhabitants
possess 20 Martini-Henry rifles. Melons, mangoes, onions and other vege
tables are cultivated. Livestock are : 1,000 camels, 900 donkeys, 100 cattle,
2,000 sheep and goats.— (Sher Jang, 1902.)
ISK—
A small village with one kdriz on the road from Nasratabad (Sistan)
to Birjand about 7 miles south of Shusp. It contains about 4 families
('Abbas 'All, 1907.)
ISMA’IL (Chah)—
A village in the Shamil district (g-v.).
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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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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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