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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎172v] (349/652)

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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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4
S36
KIR-KTS*
I
breadth from 30 to 100 miles, its greatest width being in the direction of
Rudbar and Jlruft, across the plains of which it stretches up to the mountain
barrier of Sarduieh. Within the limits of Kirman this tract is composed
mostly of saline sand. Here the palm flourishes, while wheat and barley
are grown as winter crops, reaped in early spring. The inhabitants are
almost as dark as those of the Punjab.
Part of the great Lut desert, which has an average elevation of
2,000 feet, and which is supposed to have been originally an inland sea, lies
within the limits of Kirman province. The route across the Lut is bad,
but caravans annually cross it to Bandar Abbas from Herat. While being
impassable for an army or even a brigade, it is feasible as a caravan trade
route. There is more water than was supposed to exist, and it is this
trade route in Bandar Abbas to Sistan and Herat vid Rigan and Mlnab
that is the natural one, not via Nushki and Quetta.
Kirman is divided into 24 districts as under.
Districts of Kirmdn with their revenues in 1903.
No.
Names,
Revenue
in
Tumdns.
1
Kirman
8,500
2
Bam and Narmashir
13,000
3
Khabis
17,000
4
Kuh-i-Paleh
2,800
5
Ravar .. .. .. .. ,
6,000
6
Z arand
18,000
7
Khinaman
2,300
8
Rafsinjan
14,000
9
Sirjan
33,000
10
Bardsir
12,000
11
Pariz
5,000
12
Anar
5,000
13
Aqta and Afshar ..
28,000
14
Bizinjan .. ..
3,000
15
Rabat
3,000
16
Isfandaqeh
12,000
17
Rayin
4,000
18
Jabal Bariz
11 , 000 <
19
Sarduieh
9,000
20
Jiruft .. .. ..
13,000
21
Rudbar and Bashakard
24,000
22
Kuhbanan
6,000
23
Guk
3,000
24
Mahun
2,100
.These sums do not represent the revenues, but are the prices actually paid for the
various posts.
Note. —Ts. 47 or krs. 470 = Rs. 100.
Krs. 4 7 = Re. 1 .
The population of the province was estimated by Sykes (1902) as
750,000, and by Newcomen (1905) as 1,000,000. The population is divided
into dwellers in houses and nomads, the latter forming a large percentage of

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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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