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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎145r] (294/652)

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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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Name.
Position.
Nature.
Remarks.
BehmadI
stream.
Rising not so far
north as the Tavar-
kand river it comes
down by the east
sh oulder of the
Parkau hills and
reaches the sea
about the same
place as the Tavar -
kand.
A stream
Between the south-eastern
extremity of the Parkau
hills and the Gaigan hill, the
stream runs in a defile
called the Tang Behmadi.
Gaigan hill
About 8 miles north
east of Old Jashk.
An isolated barren
hill of remarkable
aspect, 1,630 feet
high.
The hill is quoin-shaped
with a sheer fall to west
ward : the precipices Mfe
of a yellow colour. As seen
from New Jashk, it some
what resembles the Rock
of Gibraltar.
Kvaik
stream.
Comes down in a
west-south-westerly
direction from a
few miles inland
and reaches the sea
a mile or two west
of Old Jashk.
Towards the coast, the bed
of this torrent is 200 yards
wide and the banks 40 feet
high. There is good but
scanty water in wells.
Jashk
stream.
Comes down from
the back of the
Gazdan hill and
flows into the
head of a small
creek near Old
Jashk.
There is no water except
after rain.
Gazdan hill
13 miles north-east
of New Jashk and
4 miles from the
coast.
A summit of the
coast range rising tc
1,725 feet.
There is a small village on
this hill where a few shika
ris live. Some pools and
natural reserviors contain,
good water.
Shahr Nau
stream.
Riset, in the hills be
hind Tar village
and reaches the sea
15 miles east of New
Jashk.
A stream with
banks about
yards apart.
low
100
The Shahr Nau is dry except
after heavy rain. Its
mouth is a tidal creek
with shifting sandhills on
the west side,
O T

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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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