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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎205v] (415/652)

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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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MAK—MAK
Name.
r
Position.
Character.
Remarks.
Tall Kuh ..
8 miles west-north-
Hills reaching a height
The country round these hills
west of Gwatar, in
Bahu.
of 276 feet.
is saline, liable to inunda
tion, and unfit for cultiva
tion.
Tank ,.
46 miles west by
north of Chahbar
town and 3 miles
from the coast, on
the right bank of
the western branch
of the Kair river;
in Geh.
A village of 60 huts .
Pish mats, fish and sheep are
exported, and dates, rice,
jowari and cloth are im
ported. There are 6 boats
of about 20 tons each trad
ing chiefly to Masqat and
partly owned by residents
of that place. A point
named similarly to the
village, lies immediately
to the westward and is
joined to the mainland
by a narrow strip of sand
only. Resources are 50,
date palms, 30 camels, 20
cattle and 100 goats and
sheep.
From the above it will be apparent that the Geh district is the western
most and has the greatest extent upon the coast except Jashk, reaching
from the border of the Jashk district to a point a little east of Chahbar; at
the north-eastern corner of Puzim bay, however, it is almost, if not quite,
interrupted by Qasrqand district which here reaches down from the
Sirgan stream towards the sea. The coast from Kinj stream almost to
Bris belongs to Dashtiari and from Bris to Gwatar it is in Bahu,
MAKS AN—
A village near Bazman (q.v.) in Persian Baluchistan.
MAKSAN KUH (Kirman)—
A range of hills north-west of Bampur.—( Jennings .)
MAKSOTAG—
A small village in Sarhad, on the route from Ladgasht to Ladis, and
about 20 miles north-west of the former. It consists of a small date grove,
the ruins of a fort (captured in 1887 by Azad Khan of Kharan, after
a desperate resistance) and four or five wells, containing salt water. Fuel,
grass and grazing are abundant. There are now no inhabitants, but the
Damanis of Sarhad visit the place twice a year, to fertilise the palms and
pick the fruit.— {Showers, 1902 ; Grant, 1902.)
MAKUN TUK (Kirman)-^Lat. 27° 56' 40". Long. 62° O' 58".
A halting stage in Sarhad on the Jalk-Ladls road, 11 miles from Zaiti the
second stage on that route. At the camping-ground is an immense grove

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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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