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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [194v] (393/652)
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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380
MAG—-MAG
There were the following mechanics in Magas in
Trades. 1893
10 iron-workers.
5 mistris.
3 leather workers.
The Magas plain is about 18 miles broad here, from west to east. From its
M ttras lain centre a lofty limestone ridge, called the Kuh-i-
1 ‘ Blrg, rises abruptly and runs in a northerly
■direction for some 40 miles. Its southern peak is 4,408 feet above Magas,
i.e., 8,293 above sea-level. The northern peak is 9,022 feet high. The
plain is bounded on the west by dense masses of hills which separate it
from the Bampur district, viz., the Hamant, Ispidan, Munzuri and Shushan
ranges. On. the east the Band-i-Kashan separates it from Sib. It is open
to the north on both sides of the Kuh-i-Birg. It is also open to the south
towards Irafshan and Bampusht, on either side of the Kuh-i-Multan,
which is a lofty hill 6,165 feet high, some 12 miles south.
Villages in the Magas District.
Villages.
Number
of
houses.
Remarks.
Kaimagar • •
80
Three and a half miles east of Magas. Large
date-groves and cultivation. Fed by a large
Icarlz from Magas.
Kashan . •
60
Four miles east of Kaimagar, under the Band-i-
Kashan hills, on a tributary of the Mashkid.
It boasts a small fort and has a date-grove
and cultivation.
Sharug, Hotu Mir and Nag
••x
Small hamlets under the Band-i-Kashan.
Chah Gird
..
A small hamlet, 8 miles east from Af tar.
Shuturan
••
A small hamlet south of Magas.
Detail of Tribes in the Magas District, showing armed strength and Residences*
Tribe.
Fighting
men.
Rifles.
Residence.
Kurd ..
80
80
Magas.
20
20
Kuran.
« -• • • • •
20
10
Kamgah.
.. • •
30
15
Katukan.
Havalti and Gubarx
70
70
Magas.
Total
220
195
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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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