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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎193v] (391/652)

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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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MAC—MAD
M
MACH NALA (Persian BalOchistan)—Lat. 26° 53'13". Long. 63° 4'38".
Elev. 3,632'.
A halting-place on the Gwadar-Jalk road, between Ghar Ghishtar and
Isfandak, 20 miles from the former and 24f from the latter. Excellent
perennial water here ; grass and wood abundant, and a fair amount of
grazing. —( J ennings. )
MlDAR-I-MAKSAN—
A village near Bazman (q.v.) in Persian Baluchistan.
MADEH— Lat. 31° 10'. Long. 60° 23' 20". Elev. 2,650.
Madeh is the name of a small walled mud fort or village (situated 21 miles
south-east of Hauz-i-Gudar-i-Zard and 34 miles south-east of Neh on the
road to Kuh-i-Malik Siah) about 25 paces square with four towers at the
comers. The walls and the towers are still standing and in good condi
tion, but the gateway and the roofs of the houses or single rooms inside,
about 12 in number built along the walls on three sides, have fallen in.
Two brick kilns built for burning bricks for houses and earthenware
pipes for kanzes (under-ground irrigation channels) are situated at a short
distance from the village. There are bits of lar^je bricks and earthernware
pipes scattered about, but no building of burnt bricks exists in the place.
The water-supply depends on a kdrlz from which flows a small quantity
of brackish water. Some of the wells have fallen in and blocked up the
channel, but all are full of water. The water of the higher wells is of better
taste than that of the lower wells. If the kdnz is cleared out and repaired,
it would yield perfectly drinkable water, sufficient for irrigation of land,
the produce of which would support the population of a good-sized village.
The village is said to have been built by the late Amir of Kain (Mir
’Alam Khan) about 30 years ago, but w T as neglected after a few years, and
the few families that were located in it, left about 12 years ago, owing to
scarcity of grain caused by failure of crops for three successive years.
The soil contains a small quantity of salt and is apparently not very
productive, but it is perfectly fit for cultivation.
The village now lies deserted, but if the present chief of Kain could be
induce 1 to repopulate it, it would make a good halting-place for caravans
going from Persia and Afghanistan to Quetta by Khh-i-Malik Siah.
There is a tamarisk jungle near the village and firewood and camel graz
ing are plentiful. Bhusa obtainable ; and perhaps 300 to 500 lbs. barley
at harve st time.— (Maula Bakhsh; Reunion, 1909.)
MADUN J—
A halting-place in the Bampur district, said to be situated on the Kaur
Gank, 26 miles east of Ramishk in Bashakard, on the road from there to
Bampur.
Water is obtainable from a river, but there are no supplies.— (Brazier-
Creagh, 1S93, from native information.)

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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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