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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎194r] (392/652)

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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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MAG—MAG
379
A village and small sub district of Bampur m Persian Baluchistan, in
the district of Dizak. The village consists of some 130 houses, collected
round a high mud fort on the east side of an extensive date grove, and
is situated in the middle of the plain, some 3 miles from the southern
end of the Kuh-i-BIrg, and about 87 miles east of Bampur.
The fort, surrounded by extensive palm groves, is of the usual Balilch
The population, estimated at anything from 800 to 2,000, are mostly
Population, climate, etc. The people are a fine, hardy, well-to-do looking
race. They appear industrious and are sound agriculturists. The climate is
very bracing in winter and is said to be comparatively temperate in the hot
season and healthy all the year round. Snow sometimes falls, but does
not he long on the ground. The Magas fruit is of superior quality.
The revenue of the district is Its. 3,000. There is a considerable amount
in several places. Throughout the date grove, and around the village, neat
walled-in gardens are visible, with crenellated coping on top. These gardens
contain the following fruit trees, vegetables and flowers
Fruit-trees— {sib), peach {hal), mulberry (tut), pomegranate (awfir),
grape (angur), pear (amrud), apricots (zarddlu).
Flowers—Bone (gid), blue tulip (karchuk), snowdrop^, white violets (bartag).
Vegetables and spices.—Onions, beans, brinjdls, turnips, radishes, chillies, anise and
coriander.
Supplies are obtainable in fair quantities. Barley was scarce in winter.
obtainable. The latter, when dry and well-saved, is first-class forage, but is
scanty here. Sheep cost Rs. 4 or Rs. 5. Fowls, milk and eggs are also obtain
able. There are large flocks of sheep, goats and cattle, also a number
of camels and donkeys. The sheep are fine, heavy-framed, fleshy and
large-tailed. There are a number of black-fleeced sheep in the herds ;
the fleeces are thick and the wool longer than usual. Altogether, these
sheep are much fatter than in other districts, and their flesh better-tasting.
The higher altitude of these plateaux accounts no doubt for the superiority.
Water is obtained from karizeq and is abundant; good fuel is scanty and is
brought from the neighbourhood on donkeys.
Several caravans bring grain fqom Sistan and return with dates. The
Magas fort.
type, lofty and having a citadel. It was de
stroyed by Showers in 1901, but has since been
rebuilt.
Mdlidt and resources.
of arable land, which is well watered and
manured. Large heaps of manure were seen
Supplies.
The rate is 12 seers for the rupee; that of ]ouari
15 seers for the rupee. Karbi and lucerne are
Exports and imports.
Magas dates are noted for their superior quality.
Wool, cotton, goat’s hair, ghi and dates are ex
ported to the coast.
V 2

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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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