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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎204v] (413/652)

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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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400
MAK—MAK
Name.
Position.
Character,
Remarks.
Rapch river
A little over 90
miles east of Jashk
point and a little
under the same
west by north of
Chahbar.
See article Rapch.
RSpch
village.
On the east side
Village of about 15
There is a small trade
of the western es
tuary of the Rapch
river at half a mile
from the sea.
huts of fishermen.
with ’Oman. The people
have 20 goats.
Rasbidi ,.
On the v est shore of
Puzim bay, 2 mi'es
south of the east
ern mouth of the
Kair river; under
20 mat huts of fisher
men.
A few cattle, goats and
sheep.
R5dl
Geh.
About 10 miles north-
north-west of Bris
and 6 miles from
the coast ; under
Dashtiari.
A much scattered vil
lage of 100 huts of
Baluchis ; there is
also one unoccupied
mud house.
The village is surrounded by
low hills. There is ex
tensive cultivation of bar
ley, wheat, jouari and
cotton.
Salt Sr
3 miles north of Ni-
lag in Dashtiari.
50 huts of Gurgaij
and Jadgals.
Water is from dtage.
There is much cultivation
of dates, wheat, barley,
jouari and cotton.
SamSch ..
5 miles north-north
of Rod!.
20 huts of MIrs and
Baluchis.
There is good grazing and
good water. A few camels,
20 cattle and 40 goats and
sheep are kept.
Sand
20 miles north-west
of Gwatar, not far
from the right bank
of the Chil river ;
under Geh.
30 huts of Gurgaij,
who remain only
while water lasts.
Water is from otags.
There are a few livestock
and a little cultivation.
Sapt
4 miles inland from
the foot of Puzim
bay ; under Geh.
20 huts of Baluchis
There is a little cultivation
of barley, jouari and cot
ton. Tbe people own a
few camels, 20 cattle and
40 sheep and goats.
Sarkiih ..
2 £ miles north of
Rod! and 3 miles
west of Pat Sr near
Kaki Kuh under
Dashtiari.
10 mud houses and 30
mat huts of Mirs
and Balhchis, there
are also two Hindu
traders.
«
There is a fair amount of
cultivation the crops being
barley, wheat, jowari and
cotton. Some livestock
including 30 camels, 40
cat' le and 200 sheep and
goats are owned- There is
good water from otags and
wells.
S&ul
2 miles west of the
Rapch river imme
diately north of
the telegraph line;
under Geh.
25 huts of H5ta • .
There is considerable culti
vation of dates (200 palms),
barley, jowari and cotton,
and livestock are 20 camels,
20 cattle and 200 goats and
sheep.

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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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