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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎183r] (370/652)

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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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KUHISTlN (Village)—
This village Duffadar A Non-Commissioned Officer in the Indian Cavalry. Kalandar Khan describes as being 3 miles north-west
of Deh Mir, in the Rudbar district, a ; d the residence of Mir Azad Khan,
’Arab. It contains 50 houses, and the inhabitants own 100 oxen, 5 camels,
2 horses, 60 donkeys, and 1,000 sheep and goats.
KtlHISTANI (River Kirman)
A river flowing from the north into the Milan-i-Jihun Hdmun. This is
the same as the Dehgan river.— {Jennings.)
KfjH-I-ZILZALEH, KUH-I-ZILZILEH— Elev. 4,800'.
Arangeof hills south-east of Khorasan, They are crossed by the road
from STstan to Birjand at the Gudar-i-Mas’um pass, at an elevation of 500 feet
above the level of the plain below.— (Goldsmid.)
Kuh-i-Zizlish is the true name, not Kuh-i-Z;lzaleh or Zilzileh, from a
kind of eatable fruit {zizy'phus) growing there.
KUHKAN—
A strong fort in Persian Baluchistan, near Jalk.— {q.v.).
KUHMEHTAH—
A small village in the Sarbaz district of Peisian Baluchistan. It is
situated in the narrow valley or defile of the Sarbaz river between Sarbaz
and Dipkur. See Sarbaz.— {Beresford-Lovett.)
KtfH SHAH—
A mountain peak in Kirman near Rabur.—(^er Jang, 1902.)
KUH SIAH—
A village in the Minab district {q.v.).
KtJHTAK—
A village in the Shahrl district of Kirman, 19 miles from Sikunkan, on
the road to Kahn-i-’Ali.
It consists of a few palm and tamarisk huts. The water-supply is h om
four wells, of which the upper ones are slightly and the two lower ones
very brackish.
There is a good camping-ground for a large force. The camel-grazing is
excellent, but no supplies are procurable.—(Medley and Massy, July 1893.)
KUHURAKAN—
A village in the Geh district of Persian Baluchistan.— {Hdji 'Abdul Nabi
1839.)
KUIK or QUlK—
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A hamlet in the Bariskhan district of Kirman, 12f miles from the tele
graph office of Jashk, and about 4 miles from the old town of Jashk on the
road to Anguran.

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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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