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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [146v] (297/652)
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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284
JAS-JAS
Persian Government is now unrepresented save by a Mudir of the Imperial
Customs and his subordinates posted at New Jashk.
Topographical.-—The following is an alphabetical table of the principal
inhabited places in the part of the Jashk district adjoining the sea
Name.
Position.
Houses and inhabit
ants.
Remarks.
Aduri
2 miles west of the
Jagin river, and 13
miles from the coast.
10 huts of Baluchis..
Resources are 20 camels, 10
cattle, 50 goats and sheep,
date palms and a little
ordinary cultivation. The
Jagin river used to pass
this place, but changed its
course about 20 years ago.
Baganl ..
Near the right bank
of the Gabrlg river,
10 miles from the
coast.
5 huts of Baluchis ..
This village was destroyed
by Mir Barkat a few years
ago. Resources are 400
date palms, 20 camels, 15
cattle and 50 goats and
sheep.
Baluchi ..
13 miles west-north
west of Old Jashk
near the left bank
of the Tavarkand
stream.
30 huts of the Rais
tribe.
Dates (1,000 palms), wheat,
maize, arzun and a little
cotton are grown. There
are 20 camels, 10 donkeys,
50 cattle and 100 sheep and
goats, and gM is manu
factured. There is a con
siderable trade with the
Arabian coast ch'efly
through Sohar and with
Qishm island. Water is
good from wells.
Behai
On the coast 6 miles
east-north-east of
New Jashk.
70 huts of Maids and
Negroes.
The people are fishermen
and net-makers; they
have also some date-grove
and a little cultivation.
The principal export is
whitebait, for the storage
of which there are two
mud godowns. Water is
from wells, and is good.
There are 3 small fishing
boats ; and 10 camels, 10
cattle and 50 goats and
sheep are owned.
Behmadi ..
r
At the foot of Kuh
Behmadi and 10
miles north-east of
Old Jasbk.
100 huts of Hots and
of the Rais tribes.
4
The huts are scattered about
in various places. Crops
are dates (500 palms),
wheat, maize and arzun ;
animals are 10 camels, 20
cattle, 200 sheep and goats,
and 20 donkeys. Ohi is
made. The people are fond
of sport. Water is good
from wells.
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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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