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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎171v] (347/652)

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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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334
KIR—KlU
KIRBAS KCH (Persian Baluchistan)—
A mountain in Sarhad, to the south of the Sarhad plain. It is said to be
a natural fortress, with only one narrow and practicable path leading to its
top. Grass and water obtainable on the top. It is a favourite place of
retreat for the Yarahmadzais in time of war or disturbance.— (Jennings.)
KIRKl—
A village in Geh (g.v.) in Makran.
KIRMAN (Province)—
A pro vince of Persia bounded on the west by a line running approxi
mately from Sar-i-Yazd southwards to the east of Deh Shuturan,
thence to Gakum, then east along the watershed between Chah-i-Ganda
and Pur, then southwards along the western bank of the Rudkhaneh-i-
Duzdi* to the sea.
The boundary then follows the line of coast, taking in the Bashakard
district, up to the western borders of Makran; then northwards to Chil-i-
Nadir, and leaving the Bazman Kuh on the east, runs to Nasratabad in
the Lut. , _ v o -r
Its northern boundary runs roughly from Nasratabad to Deh-Saif,
then to the lowest level of the plain between Chehilpai and Darband,
on the Naiband-Kirman road, and from thence south of Gudran and
Bafq to Sar-i-Yazd.
Its total area is thus approximately the same as that of France.
Kirman is a very mountainous province. The principal range is part
of the main orographic system of Persia, which
Mountains. rung f rom nor th-west to south-east. Kuh-i-
Chehil Tan, Lalehzar, Bahr Asman, Jabal Bariz and Shah Savaran are
(running from north-west to south-east) the various names of the great
system °which separates the Iran plateau from the Garmsir or Hot
Country. Some of these attain an elevation of over 14,000 feet.
The rivers are unimportant, the Haliri or Halil alone meriting notice.
Rising on the southern slopes of the mountain
Rlvers * barrier, lying south of Kirman and west of
Sardu, it flows through Jiruft, and commingles with the Bampur river, no
attempt being made to husband its waters, though formerly a large dam is
said to have existed a few miles above the ancient city of Dag-i-Yanus (v.q.).
In the desert west, south, and east of Kirman, as in the greater part of
the plains of Persia, the villages exist solely by
Irrigation. means of springs tapped in the hills, the water
of which is conveyed for many miles to the level plain by underground
channels termed qandts. In some cases the original well from which the
qandt starts may be as much as 400 feet deep, and as every few yards other
shafts have to be sunk, it is evident that the labour incurred must be
enormous, and that the water obtained can be only sufficient to cultiviate
a very trifling portion of the soil", because no systematic and scientific
* But the district of Rudan is an enclave of Fars, the Duzdl river running down
the middle of it.

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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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