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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎148r] (300/652)

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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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JAS—JAS
287
Position.
Houses and inhabit
ants.
Pemarks.
Jagin.
On both banks of 100 huts of Jangi-
the Jagin river, 4 zais, Maids 3
miles from the sea. Baluchis d
Jashk Nau
or'
New Jashk
Jashk
or
Old Jashk.
Kakuti
About 140 miles
south-east of Ban
dar Abbas, 145
miles north-north
east of Masqat and
290 miles west by
north of Gwadar.
miles north of
New Jashk and a
mile or more from
the sea.
6 miles north-east
of New Jashk near
the head of the
Jashk creek.
Kalabatan..! 4 miles south
Kahutl.
of
Kordap
Lapink
4 miles north-west
of the mouth of the
Jagin river.
2 miles north-west
of Old Jashk.
20 huts of Hots
5 huts of Maids ..
20 huts of Baluchis
Lash
3 miles east ofShahr-
nau.
'Ind ff maiZe ’ mdsK arzu *>
and cotton are g rown> and
there are 1,000 scattered
date trees. Live-stock are
and*™ / 50 CattIe
and 200 goats and sheep.
Some ghi and raw cotton
are exported. Water is
good from the river and
from wells.
See article New Jashk.
See article Old Jashk.
10 huts of Baluchis
20 huts of Maids
T 7 n P f?, ple OWn 30 camels,
tO cattle and 50 sheep and
goats and deal in firewood.
Water is good from wells,
and there are about 400
date trees.
The inhabitants possess 20
camels, 10 cattle, and 50
sneep and goats, and traffic
m wood fuel. Date trees
number 200 .
The people are fishermen.
The people are chiefly pas-
toral and nomadic, fre
quently changing their
location for the sake of
better grazing. They have
10 camels, 20 cattle, and 500
sheep and goats. They also
grow some corn and cotton,
and own 200 date palms.
Ihere is good water from
wells.
The people are fishermen,
and also cultivate a little ;
they own 30 camels, 20 cattle
and 50 sheep and goats and
200 date-palms.

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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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