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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎185v] (375/652)

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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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362
KUN-KUP
Here is sweet perennial water in the bed of a ndld, and grass, camel-grazing
and tamarisk abundant; altogether an excellent halting-place.— {Jennings.)
KUNARU—
A village in the Shamil district {q.v.).
KUNARUH —See Chaddar Mulla-HajI.
KUNASIR—
A village on the island of Qishm, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , situated about three-
fourths of a mile above point Nakuna. It is inhabited by few families of
fishermen and wood-cutters.— {Bruchs.)
KUNDAL MANT—
A village in Geh (j.v.) on the Sarhai in Makran.
KUNDAR—
A hamlet in Makran, about 4 miles south-east of Kutaich, on the
Fanfich-Ramishk road.— {Sykes, 1898.)
KUNDAR—
A village in Riidbar {q.v.) in Kir man.
KUNDAR—
A village and a ndld of the same name, in Kirman, 14J miles from Rigan
towards Fehraj.
The ndld rises in the direction of the highest peak in the Jabal Bariz
range and here crosses the Rigan-Na’imabad road. The village is a
flourishing one with numerous date-palms and tamarisks, also trees call
ed kahur-i-khar. Grass good and plentiful; also grazing.— {Jennings.)
KUNDARA—
A village on the plain of Riidbar, Kirman, with a small ioit.—{Abbott.)
KUNDUR—
A village of 15 houses, 71 miles from BIrjand on the road to Sistan.—
{E. D. Napier.)
KUNSlN RAZIS—
A village near Mahfin {q.v.) in Kirman.
KtfpAN SAR—
A village in Persian Makran (^.r.).
KUPUNG—
A village near Mahun {q.v.) in Kirman.

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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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