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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [196r] (396/652)
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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MAH—MAH
583
the custofns dues amounted to £70,000 ; this sum Shah Rukh remitted, as
t", his wife pointed out that, if exacted, it would not look well in history.
Recent travellers have had no difficulty in gaining admittance to the
Sfp shrine, though the Goldsmid Mission was prevented from visiting the
^.) mausoleum.
The shrine is situated in the centre of the village. In front are fine
gardens and fountains ; behind, opening on a street, is a large courtyard,
of The inner room, which contains the tomb, is beautifully carpeted, and
out on the tomb is some fine old tapestry. Two ancient brass candelabra,
est said to have been given to the saint at Delhi, bore the inscription ‘ ‘ Kutab
*1 Din, son of Nasar Din.”
Outside this room is another one with a finely worked screen enclosing
the tomb of Shah Kalilulla, son of Shaikh Ni’matullah, who died in A.H.
866, i.e., A.D. 1461. In the large outer room are two other tombs : of Bak-
tash Khan, son of Vali Khan, and his wife, Kausa Kathun, who died
respectively in A.H. 310 and 311, or 923 and 924 A.D. In another small
j {0 small dark room is the tomb of Shaikh Abdul Rath with the date A.H. 48,
led i.e., A.D. 668.— (Brazier-Creagh, 1894 ; Sykes, 1902.)
Villages in the vicinity of Mdhun.
m
UM
ish-
,100
Villages.
Number
of
houses.
Water-
supply.
Remarks.
era,
a,
Karlmabad
25
Qanats
1 Gardens and cultivation, the property of
^ H. H. Mailat, 250 tumans. Behind Kami-
150
Nazirabad
18
Do.
J dabad, under the hills.
’Arababad
4
Wells
Gardens and cultivation.
Zainulabad
8
Do.
Ditto.
usy
0
Saguch
20
Qanats
Under a hill of the same name ; garden and
cultivation.
ally.
Firmatan
15
4 qanats ..
Under hills north of Mahun.
Langar .. !
Khaneh Ghusan
400
4 do.
On left of road beyond Mahun. Gardens and
cultivation.
man
or Ghistan.
2,000
4 do.
Ditto.
Sih
’Abdulabad
1,000
4 do.
Gardens and cultivation.
WflW
Deb Nau
50
2 do. ..
Ditto.
, 730
Jupar
300
4 do.
Gardens and cultivation, 5 shawl-weavers, 2
carpenters, 2 ironmongers.
M;radabad
100
4 do.
Gardens and cultivation.
mdi 1
K unsan Razls ..
50
4 do.
Ditto.
jeriosl
Ismai’labad
100
4 do.
Ditto.
epw-
Shahabad
30
4 do.
Ditto.
Dabaneh Murdohar
8
Wells
Cultivation.
Zarud
6
2 qanats ..
Gardens and cultivation.
e # 5
il#l
Kupung .,
7
2 do. ..
Ditto.
1 tW
ttat
'—(Brazier-Creagh, 1894,)
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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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