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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎142r] (288/652)

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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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JAL—JAM
275
within the British borders. In 1902, Major Showers, with an escort of
u ,!fV r °,T, P t SS f d throu « h here “ route to Ladis.—(Jemwios, ms :
Holdich, 1901 ; Sykes, 1902 ; Showers, 1902 ; Hogg, 1909.)
JALK BAND (Persian Baluchistan)—
A range of hills, an eastern spur of the great Sianeh Kuh.-(Jennings )
JALLABI— Elev. 45'.
A village in the Bandar Abbas district, 33 miles from the town of that
name, on the road to Minab.
It consists of about 50 huts, surrounded by about 4 square miles under
arley (most of which is sent to Bandar Abbas), and a well of excellent
water When Grey passed through in August 1905, the place was tem
porarily deserted, the inhabitants having gone to Minab for the date season,
ut at normal times some supplies would probably be procurable. The
village possesses 30 camels, 50 cattle, and about 130 sheep and goats
r uel and camel-grazing abundant.— {Grey, 1905.)
JAMAL BARIZ— See Jabal Bariz.
JAMALI— Lat. 28° 55' 5"; Long. 58° 37' 30"; Elev. 2,900'
A village in Kirman, Persia, 24 miles south-east of Bam, situated in
a very fertile tract m the highest state of cultivation, and intersected in
every direction by running streams.—(87. John ; Pottinger.)
There are supplies of all sorts here, and a fort.—(87. John ; Goldsmid.)
JAMBKI (Persian Baluchistan)—
A range of hills near Bahu Kalat in Persian Baluchistan. Its highest
peaks are about 2,500 feet.— (87. John.) 8
JAMBKI (Pass)—
nbkJn d \r SOnthe T dfr0m ? ashiandKar ™ to Bint in Persian Bala,
h stan. It is apparently a sort of gap between the western end of the Band-i-
Shanki range on the right and a low hog-backed hill on the left, and is pass-
edat about 10| miles from camp on the Sartapi river (?.i;.), going north
wards. The word Jambki ’’ means “forled.” aLie is f slhht
ofThfndT^ 6 r S ’ atab r t r 1 milesfrom the fork a magnificent view
he Gidich valley suddenly breaks upon the traveller. The Gidich river
{q.v.) is reached at 14 rm\zs.~{Floyer.) ^iaicn river
JAMCHIN—
athS a Ttl“^ n , Sarhad ’ mik8 fr °“ ^ ara ji on the Kuh-i-
JAMP— See Champ.
JAMULl— Elev. 1,551'.
and oa “P: n g-g™™d in Kirman, 89 miles south-west of Biean
on the caravan route from there to Minab. It consisted formerly of a few
scattered palm-leaf huts occupied by pastoral Baluchis, and t,n wells, but
Wb j en i.^ re ^i P asse(i tkrou gh, m September 1905, the place was desertrd
and the wells had not been cleaned out for two years *
side he An a 7 in ®' gr ? Und i iS 1 , in adenSe jun « le “‘ending for miles on every
side. All this jungle is liable to inundation, being a depression in the desert 7
Here are miles of green grass 18 inches high ; iater trees 2 feet in diameterj

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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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