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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [160v] (325/652)
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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312
RAM— KAN
It lies in the bed of the Jagin river, which is here f mile broad, and is
uneven and strewn with boulders. The water from the river, though some
what muddy, is quite sweet.—(Medley and Massy, June 1893.)
KAMZARD—
A village in Rudbar (q.v.) in Kirman.
KANAREH—
A village in the Minab district (q.v.).
KANDALI—
A tank in the Shamil district (q.v.).
KANDAR— Vide Aptar.
KANDAR SUNT—
A small plain in Makran, about 10 miles south of Pishin, and 1 mile
north-west of Kastag.— (Wood, 1899.)
KANDAZ— Elev. 3,200/
A village in Makran, 9 miles east of Sarbaz, situated at the junction of
the Gvimak and Najok streams. It consists of 20 houses, but there are no
supplies, and fuel and camel-grazing is scarce. The inhabitants are
mostly Gvimaki Baluchis.— (Showers, 1902 ; Tighe, 1902.)
KAND-I-BUHANG— Elev. 4,500'.
A pass in Bashakard, by which the road from Anguran to Sikunkan crosses
the Band-i-Marz. It is some 27 miles north of the first-named village.
The ascent is steep, the road winding in and out of a labyrinth of ndlds
which drain the southern slopes. On reaching the top the road dips west
ward, and runs between two high peaks, 5,500 feet and 6,500 feet high, res
pectively.
The descent on the north, side is by a steep, stony, and uneven path
almost impassable for camels.— (Medley and Massy, 1893.)
KANGlRti—
A hamlet and date-grove in the Marz sub-division of Bashakard, situated
in a little cultivation about 3 miles to the north of the Ramlshk-Manujan
road, and about 8 miles from the former place.— (Sykes, 1898.)
KANISHtTR (?) (Kirman)—
A halting-place, about 24 miles from Minab on the road thence to Kirman
by Rudbar.— (Felly.)
KANJUN—
A small village in Persian Baluchistan, 54 miles from Jashk, on the road to
Chahbar. The surrounding country is level and sandy.— (Kinneir.)
KANOKH (Persian Baluchistan) — See Isfandak.
KANSHI—
A halting-place in Persian Baluchistan, between Sib andKej, by a diffi
cult mountain road. Itia three stages from the latter .—(Hdjl Abdul Nabi.)
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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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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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