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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [216v] (437/652)
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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MIN—MIN
Name.
Position.
Inhabitants.
Remarks.
Kargun ..
10 miles north of Ku
histak, on the right
bank of the MazavT
stream, 4 miles from
its mouth.
100 houses of Balu
chis, Shi'ahs.
No cultivation. Livestock
are: 6 donkeys and 35
cattle. A certain number
of the inhabitants live by
fishing. Good water, from
shallow wells.
Kariun ..
On the left bank of
the Mazavi stream,
about 5 miles above
Kahatak.
100 houses of Balu
chis, Shi'ahs.
There are 100 donkeys and
100 cattle, also 1,000 date
palms, and wheat and bar
ley are grown. Water is
from a stream called the
Sirnai.
Karp an ..
3 miles south-south
east of Kuhistak,
and 1 mile from the
coast.
2 or 3 houses, inhabit
ed in the hot wea
ther only by people
from Kuhistak.
There is one well a fathom
deep, and 100 date trees.
Khagun
2 miles from the
coast and 6 miles
north of Kuhistak.
Not ascertained.
On both sides of the village
the shore is low and sandy.
Kokogaz ..
7 miles south-south
east of Mlnab town.
2 houses of Baluchis,
Shi’ahs.
Wheat and barley and a few
vines are cultivated. One
well of good water, but no
artificial irrigation. Live
stock consist of 6 cattle.
Kuhistak .
On the coast 25
miles south-south
west of Minab
town and 1 mile
from the right
bank of the Chah-
lak stream at
its mouth.
60 houses
The village is distinguished
by a fort, upon a little
isolated hill to eastward,
about 80 feet above sea-
level. There are 1,700
date palms and 5 camels,
35 cattle, 10 donkeys and
100 sheep and goats ;
many of the inhabitants
are fishermen and they
own 10 small sailing boats.
Wheat and barley are
grown and there are 2 Weils
3 fathom deep of good
water.
Kuh Siah
£ mile south of
Kuhistak between
it and the right
bank of the Chahlak
stream.
25 houses
There are 30 cattle and
1,000 date trees.
Kumbil ..
7 miles south-south
west of Minab town.
3 houses of Baluchis,
Shi'ahs.
50 date trees. Livestock are:
1 camel, 3 donkeys, and
5 cattle. Good water from
a well 1 fathom deep.
Kunareh .
5 miles north of
Minab town.
30houses of Shi’ahs.
Dates and fruit are grown
and there are some cattle.
Water is from the Shehvar
branch of the Minab river.
Supplies are scanty and
there is no transport.
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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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