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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎206v] (417/652)

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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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MAL—MAN
consul of STstan) There are a few houses. A small amount of supplies pro
curable ; no cultivation. The temperature here on January 3rd, 1899, was
27° F at 8 a.m., and 45° F. at 6 p.m.
Close to the halting-place is a low black hill, which marks the spot where
the boundaries of the Indian and Persian Empires meet those of Afghan
istan. It was selected by Sir Frederick Goldsmid, who noted that it was the
first hill met with to the south-west in a suitable position for terminating
the Sistan boundary, which was accordingly delimitated m a direct Ime
from the Sistan dam to this point, but no bound^y pillars were erected.
It was not until 1896 that the Perso-Baluch and Baluch-Afghan frontier
were demarcated, and shortly after this the latitude and longtitude of this
-the north-west boundary pillar of the India ^m|ure-were£na ly fixed
by Mr. G. P. Tate of the Indian Survey.— (Wood, 1899, Sykes, 1902.
Molesworth 1907.) -
MALURAN— Elev. 1,300'.
A small village in the Bashar district in Makran, 30 miles west of Geh and
6 miles west of Kushk, situated on the east bank of a river of the same
name which ioins the Bint river. , , , • i
The village consists of some 30 huts scattered over an open elevated ridge
overlooking the broad bed of the Maluran river. North of the village is
a small date grove and some cultivated ground watered by lames. Supplies
scanty. Water good and abundant from the river i „ , Q: , _ „ „
The following villages are in the vicinity :—Murdosmah, lark, Shnmani,
Margan, Aband, Ladgaju, Nasparan, Abgah, Kuchik, Mat Kun.-(Bmzmr-
Creagh, 1893.)
MANDRAN— Elev. about 2,550'.
A desert camp in Persian Baluchistan, 18 miles south of Razman, on the
Rampur road. No water or supplies, fuel scanty, good caniel-grazmg.—
(Sykes,, 1894 ; Brazier-Creagh, 1894.)
MANDtJST KUSHTEH-
A village in Rudbar (q.v.) in Kirman.
MANGl KAUR DAF— Elev. 3,450'.
A camping-ground in the Bampusht hills of Persian Baluchistan, situ
ated on the Kalgar Kaur, (which flows south into the Nihmg river)
about 47 miles south of DIzak and 7 miles east of Purkan. There are no
supplies, but water, grass, grazing and fuel are good and abundant.
(Orton, 1902.)
MANGURE1I (Kutal)—Elev. 1,500 .
A pass in Bashakard, which is crossed by the Jashk-Anguran road, 30|
miles from Jashk. ,
The pass is about ( mile long, and the descent of about 1,000 feet on the
north side is so steep and rough that riders have to dismount and lead their
animals.— (Medley and Massy, 1893.)
ANISH— Elev. 3,579'.
A spring and camping-place in Persian Bal Schist an, 34 miles from Zamin
a-Khan, and 58 miles from Fehruj, on the Magas road.—(Sykes, 1893.)

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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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