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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎170r] (344/652)

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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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ItHARljN*— Lat. 26° 54' 0" ; Long. 56° 58' 30".
A village on the coast of Kirman, south of Minab. The soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
from the^Minab river to this place are regular, from 4 to 8 fathoms off
the edge of the flat, which extends 2 miles off shore.—(Srwc&s.)
KHASH, see Vasht.
KHAUR-I-ARKIN—
A ndld and rocky gorge close to Bazman, in Persian Baluchistan.
{Sykes, 1894.)
KHITAR—
A small free tribe who inhabit the district of Rudbar, in Kirman. Their
principal claim to notice seems to be their propensity for prostituting their
females, even the married ones, and openly living on this traffic. {Kinneir ;
Abbott.)
KHUDA BAKHSH or KALATEH-I-KHUDA BAKHSH—
A village on the main road from Neh to Birjand, between Dastgird an
Kalat. Supplies are plentiful.— {Mohi-ud-Din.)
KHUNlK or KHANIK BALA—
A small village between Nasratabad (Sistan) and Birjand, 4 miles south
of Shusp. It is watered by one Mm, but the supplies are scanty. There
is, however, good grazing-ground for sheep and goats.
Animals 20 head of cattle and 50 donkeys; population : 80 families —
{Abbas All, 1907.)
KHUNIK or KHANIK PAIN—
A mazra’eh of Neh, distant 4 miles to the east of it, watered by one
kdrlz and producing annually about 300 kharwdrs (Kain) of grain. It con
sists about 150 families. There is good grazing for camels and sheep and
fuel {Tak and Sana) is abundant. Stone-cutting is engaged in to some
extent, chiefly for mill-stones.—(’^66as All, 1907 ; Molesworih, 1907.)
KHUN SURKH—
A village in the Shamil district {q.v.)>
KHURGU—
A village in the Shamil district {q.v.).
KHUSH—
The name of a river in Khorasan said to drain a considerable tract of
country between Narmashlr and kSIstan. It eventually loses itself in the
Dasht-i-Lut.— {MacGregor.)
KHUSHAMAD VALI (?)—
A halting-place on the road from Bandar Abbas to Minab, 24 miles from
the former.— {Pelly.)
* This place appears to be identical with Khagun in St. John’s map. (See Khagun.)
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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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