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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [176r] (356/652)
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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KIR-KIR
843
The following figures, however, obtains 1 from the Hindu merchants
of Kirman, may be taken as approximate :—
Exports from Kirmdn into British India during the years 1905-06 and 1906-07.
Articles.
1905-06,
Quantity.
Approxi
mate value.
1906-07,
Quantity.
Approxi
mate value.
Rs.
Rs.
Caraway seeds
Mans * ..
14,000
5,000
10,000
1,750
Madder
♦
99 • •
10,000
5,000
14,000
7,000
Pistachio seeds
*
99 • •
10,000
10,250
1,200
12,300
Almonds
*
,»
10,000
7,500
14,000
10,500
Opium to Bandar Abbas for
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ports.
♦
99 • •
100
5,000
150
6,250
Saffron
Tolas ..
4,000
1,000
5,000
2,500
Gum tragacanth
Mans *..
5,000
7,500
7,000
10,500
Canavez silk from Meshed ..
Pieces ..
20,000
5,00,000
5,000
1,25,000
Kirman carpets to East
Europe and America.
Pieces un
known.
• •
• •
2 , 00,000
Total
••
••
5,41,250
••
3,75,800
* Kirman.
In 1900 a caravan was despatched to Quetta with carpets and pista
chios, and a handsome profit being realized, the venture has since been
continued.
Customs posts in Kirmdn Districts.
1. Kirman. 3. Rafsinjan.
2. Sirjan. * 4. Bam.
These posts have been instituted to prevent the trade in arms. They
are run by the post-masters.
The province of Kirman has, from its earliest appearance on the stage of
Tjj gtor history, been of considerable importance, while
its extent at the present day is approximately
what it was more than 2,000 years ago. When the Indo-European trade
went across Persia instead of round the Cape the town of Kirman^was the
second most important town in Persia and in early days Camadi in Jlspft
was a most important place.
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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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- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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