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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [184v] (373/652)
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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360
KUM—KUN
KUMATA—
A small hamlet in Makran, 63 miles north-east of Qasrqand, and about
20 south of Sarbaz. There is good and abudant water from the Sarbaz
river, but supplies are scarce. Camel-grazing is scanty, and the camping-
ground bad— .[Galindo, 1888.)
KUMB—
A hamlet in Makran, on the Dasht plain, about 64 miles south-east of
Bint, and 22 north-west of Chahbar, on the road between Fanuch and
Chahbar, 3 miles east of Nur Muhammadi on the Tiz:-Geh road. There are
no supplies, and the water is scanty and bad.— [Brazier-Creagh, 1893,
from native information.)
KUMGAZ—
A village some 50 miles north by west of Mlnab. The inhabitants,
included among whom are 40 fighting men, are Shi’ahs, and possess 30
Martinis. Livestock: 100 camels, and some donkeys.— [Sher Jang, 1902.)
KUNAK—
A village in the Shamil district [q.v.).
KUNARAK—
A headland on the west side of Chahbar Bay, opposite Ras Tlz.—[See also
MUTAH ADDIN.)
KUNARAK— Elev. 2,754'.
A halting-place in Kirman, 36 miles west-north-west of Galugan, on the
road from there to Shurgaz. It has a spring of sweet water which is used
for irrigating a small patch of cultivation. Grazing and fuel are scanty.—
[Moore, February 1904.)
KUNlRAK KUH—
A hill'which abuts on the sea a few miles east of Ras Maidani. Its eleva
tion at the sea end is about 15. feet. According to the telegraph route
map the Karvan Kaur falls into the sea immediately to the east of the
Kunarak Kuh.
KUNARAN (?)—
A village about 6 miles from Khabis, on the road thence to Kirman.—
[Abbott.)
KUNlR BASTEH—
A small village in Persian Baluchistan, about 15 miles west of Kfthak, on
, the road to Sib.— [Sykes, 1894.)
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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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