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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [211r] (426/652)
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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MEHA—Elev. 1,660'.
A small village in Bashakard, on the Minab-Bint road, L77| miles
from the former, and 60 f miles from the latter, place.
It nestles among some low hillocks on the right bank of a dry water
course ; the water-supply is from a spring, 200 or 300 yards off, on the
left bank.
About 1^- miles to the south-east rises the great Kuh-i-Meha, an enormous
mass of rock with precipitous sides and a nearly flat top, very similar in
appearance to the Guh Kuh (q.v.). — {Galindo, December 1888.)
M EHA, — See Meha.
MEHZAR KUH or MEH KOH also called KCH-I-BAZMAN—
Bazman.
MlAN BAZAR (Nala)—
A ndla in Sarhad, which, crossing the road from Kflh-i-Malik Siah
to Duzdab, about 18 miles south of the former place, runs east to the Lur
river. In this ndld there are the remains of a silver mine, and
buildings said to have been constructed by Russians \—{Jenninqs, ’l885 •
Wood, 1899.) ’
MIANEH KUH (Persian BalCchistan)—
A range of mountains south-west of the Sianeh Ktih..—(Jennings.)
MlAN PISHA—
A halting-place in Persian Baluchistan, about 24 miles south of Bampflr,
on the road to Qasrqand. It is in a small ravine to the eastward of the
road.— (Lovett.)
MlAN SHAH (Kirman)—
A village on the Khanii-MInab road, 7| miles from the latter.— (Jennings.)
MlAN shahr—
A village in the Minab district (q.v.) called Mian Shah by Jennings
MICH—
A date grove on the left bank oftheKaiu river, on the Bampur-Chahbar
route, 89f miles from the former. Abundant fuel and camel g azing. No
habitations. Water from river.— 1906.)
MIDA (Persian Baluchistan)—
A small village and fort in Persian Balilchistan, about 52 miles north of
Chahbar, on the road to Kej.— (Kinneir.)
MIHAN—
A fortress in Makran, about 30 miles south of Kutaich, on the Fanflch-
Ramishk road, and about 40 south-west of Fanuch. It is probably
situated on the Tutan river. It is said to be naturally so strong that it has
never been captured, and that it boasts an inscription giving the names
ot the Generals who attacked it, probably under Shah ’Abbas and Nadir
Shah, about 1736.
It has not been visited by any European.— 1902.)
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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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