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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎143v] (291/652)

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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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278
JAS-JAS
Month.
Max.
Min.
Wind.
Rain.
May
92-4
78-3*
N. 67 E.
0
June
98-8
83-1
N. 45 E.
0•ll ,,
July
95-8
84*8
S. 69 E.
0 / 02"
August
94-4
83-6
S. 79 E.
0
September
935
80-9
S. 88 E.
0
October
91
757
N. 68 E.
0-04"
November
83-3
68-6
N. 52 E.
0-49'’'
December
78
63-8
N.
0-78"
The extremity of the Jashk peninsula is called Jashk-i-Sar; it carries
a small tomb about 15 feet above sea-level, which is called Shaikh
SaTd, Hindi and is an occasional object of pilgrimage. The peninsula has
two other small points not far from Jashk-i-Sar upon its eastern side ; the
nearer to Jashk-i-Sar is called Damilan and the other Kurazi. A quarter
of a mile to the north of the tomb are the telegraph buildings and British
military barracks, and at a similar distance beyond them again upon the
shore of the West Bay is the ordinary landing-place adjoined by a mud fort,
which is the property of the Persian Government and being no longer
required for executive or military purposes is now occupied by the local
Director of Customs. Still further north, on the west side of the
promontory, begins a date-grove called Maksa a mile in extent when there
is and a large mansion with badgirs owned by a private merchant, but
sometimes used for the accommodation of persons subject to quarantine.
New Jashk is divided into two parts, namely the European station, with
a native settlement depending on it, and a Persian village which surrounds
the Persian fort.
In the European station reside all the members of the telegraph estab
lishment with their families and servants.
The Persian village consists of 45 mud houses and date-leaf huts; it is
inhabited by Baluchis, Saiyids, Mulais, Kaisis, Maids who are fishermen, and
Negroes who are either labourers or domestic slaves: in addition to these
there are some natives of the Mlnab district and other Persians, also a large
number of half-breeds of various kinds. Except the Persians all the
inhabitants are Sunnis, and of these two sects are represented, the Baluchis
being Hanafis, aud the Saiyids Shafi’is. The Persian, Baluchi, Arabic and
Hindustani languages are all spoken and some of the people understand a
little English.
The inhabitants of the native village are mostly traders, agriculturists,
graziers and fishermen Agriculture is now at a low ebb, in consequence
of a succession of bad seasons ; and a formerly considerable trade,
especially by the Saiyids, in goods imported from Karachi and Bombay,
has declined since the establishment of the Persian Customs pest. No
statistics of the volume of the trade are available, but its character may
be inferred from the remarks on trade in the article on Persian Makran.
New Jashk is a fortnightly place of call for the steamers of the British
India Company, and is the chief port of Persian Makran after Chahbar.
Six native vessels ranging from 18 to 28 tons’ burden and trading only to
the Arabian coast, belong to this port.

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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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