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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎157r] (318/652)

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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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The end of the Kalat Knh abutting on the sea is the Has Maid of Ross
and of St. John’s map. It is about 10 miles from Galag, and according to
Ross there is a path round the back of it (either by Lund or between
Bandini Kuh and Kalat Kuh ?), leading from the village above mentioned
to Hamdan, which is east of the cape at the mouth of the Bandini Kaur.
KALATTJ—
A date grove of about 2,000 trees, 4^ miles northjof Pur {q.v.). (Shef
Jang, 1902.)
KALATU— See Fadumi.
KALATU—
A village in the Shamil district (q.v.).
KALAVI—
A village in the Minab district {q.v.).
KALCHAT—
Kalchat, a well on the bank of the Mahi Shor, about 9 miles north of
Korin {q.v.). The water is rather brackish.— Mohi-ud-Din, 1893-
94.)
KALEH DASHT AB—
A village on the Dasht Ab plain {q.v.) in the Kirman province.
KALEH FATAMEH—
A hamlet in the sub-district of Irafshan in Persian Baluchistan. It is
situated 9 miles north-east of the town of Irafshan on a tributary of the
Shahri river.— {Sykes, 1893, from native information.)
KALEH-I-ASGHAR—
A small village situated in a narrow valley under Kuh-i-Lalehzar, 71 miles
north of Gudar-i-Kafanu. It is 65 miles south of Kirman, and though
a little way off the roadway is often made a halting-place.
There are some 100 houses with gardens and cultivated ground. Sup
plies in small quantities can be procured. Good wnter abundant and
camel-grazing in the valley and along the hillsides. Livestock are :—5 horses^,
150 donkeys, 170 cattle and 7,000 sheep and goats. Good water from ndids.
Supplies of every kind are procurable. BJiusd is not good as it contains
a bitter indigenous plant. Wheat, barley, gram, and jowari are grown and
fruit trees are numerous.— {Brazier-Creagh, 1894 ; Sher Jang, 1902.)
KALEH-I-ASHGIRD or KALEH-I-ASKAR—
A village in Kirman, about 23 miles west of Khanu. The houses are
built of reeds, and the village along with the castle is the property of Nur-
ud-din Khan. It stands on an eminence near some bare, rocky hills, and
overlooks an extensive plain in the direction of Bandar Abbas .—(War Office
Report on Persia, Route No. 127.)
KALEH-I-’ASKAR or ASQAR—
A place in Kirman, the third stage (19 farsakhs) from Kirman, on the
caravan road to Bandar Abbas. {See Gulashgiro). — {Abbott-)
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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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