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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [191r] (386/652)
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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LAK—LAR
373
28J74 Pl “ 01 ^ °f Larak is given as aa
inset
A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume.
in Admiralty chart
liAKtTR DtTN—
A halting-place in Makran, between the Dasht and Bahfi rivers
6| miles west of Siroki. There are no inhabitants, water, or fuel •’ f 0 rZ>
is scarce, and the surrounding country is liable to inundation in the raifv
season.—(/awes, 1900.) ram /
LALEHZAR (River) —
/ A river in Kirman, which rises in the Kuh-i-Lal^^ flows noH}l
Where the mam Kirman-Bandar Abbas road crosses it, a little south of Arfi
(where it is also called the Murghab stream), the river-bed is 80 yards wide
and is unfordable after heavy rain, or when the snows are melti™ n ’
the 21st April !894 the water was running 3 to 6 feet d'p, a^d 3 ! val'
wide.— (Brazier-Creaqh, 1894 ; Sykes, 1902.) 7 d
LALEHZAR, KUH-I- —Elev. 13,780'.
A mountain range in Kirman, situated about 70 miles south of the eitv
of the name, and overlooking the district of Babur to the south TI,I
range abnuiids. in. game.— {Syke&, 1902.) ine
LANGAR—
A large village in Kirman, about 2 miles to the west of the KirmSn
Mahun road, 18 miles from Kirman.— (Wood, 1899 )
LAPINK— ''
A village in the Jashk district, {q.v.).
LARAK or LARACH *—Lat. 26' 53' 30 *; Long. 54° 25' 10 *.
An island in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, 20 miles south by east of Bandar Abbas
and partially closing the marine approach to that place from the south
between Qishm and Hormuz. The channel between Larak and Q?sh™
to the north-west of it is 6 miles, and that between Larak and Hormu z to
the north-north-east 11 miles broad. Larak is oval-shaped and measures
6 mi es from east-north-east to west-south-west by about 4 miles across •
the chief irregularity of outline is a small sandy cape wlich Tuts
out from the north coast. The island is closely surrounded by deen
water, except on the west side, from which a shore-reef extends for about
£ mile. The interior consists of a mass of rugged bilk nf c ri +
with an admixture of rock-salt and red oxide of iron TLh^re almost
entirely destitute of vegetation ; the highest summit, a mile from the north
shores 510 feet high and another a mile to the south-west “ hardW
inferior in elevation. There is no vegetation ; sweet water with tlT
exception of that of the Salmi well, is not found unless in’reservoirs
There are many wild garelle, which are exceedingly shy The inhabi'
tents, about 200 in number, are Dhahuriyin, but aredojy conLted to’
the Shihuh tribe of Kumzar and they sneak the jrZLT? *
There is no trade except in salt, of which some quantity is exported to
adjoining district of Buus-aWibal in the Sultanate of ’oS and to
Qishm town, which is the market in which the inhabitants of Larak make
_ most of their purchases. The people assert t hat they are independent 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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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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