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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎217v] (439/652)

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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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426
MIN—MIN
Name.
Position.
Houses and inhab-
tants.
Remakes.
Hugh Ibra
him.
11 miles west by
south of Minab
town, near the head
of the creek on
which is Tlab,
the port of Minab.
100 houses of Shi’ahs.
Date and barley are grown
and there are 10 camels.
20 donkeys, 50 cattle and
200 sheep and goats.
Murdeh Sin*
gan-
6 miles north by west
of Minab town.
25 houses of Shi’ahs.
Dates and fruit are cultivat
ed' and the people own
20 donkeys hnd 100 sheep
and goats. Water is from
the Shehvar branch of
the Minab river. Supplies
are scanty.
Patal
3 miles north-north
east of Kuhistak.
30 houses of Baluchis,
Shi ahs.
Livestock are: 5 camels,
10 donkeys, 35 cattle,
and 35 sheep and goats,
There are 200 date palms,
but no other cultivation.
Good water, from 3 wells.
If fathoms deep.
Qftmbar
(Chah).
2 miles north of Jh
Mahalleh.
15 houses of Shi'ahs.
There are 10 camels, 60
cattle, and 150 sheep.
Habin
6 miles east of Hazar-
mani, at the foot of
Kuh-i-Blaban.
55 houses of Baluchis,
Shi’ahs.
Wheat and barley are grown
without irrigation, and
there are 200 date trees.
Livestock are : 3 camels,
15 donkeys, 55 cattle, and
100 goats. Good water
from 2 wells, 5 fathoms
deep.
RSmchan
8 miles south-east of
Kuhistak.
30 houses
Wheat and barley are grown
and there are a few date
trees. Livestock are: 5
camels, 10 donkeys, 50
cattle, and 200 sheep and
goats. Good water, from
10 wells, 4 fathoms deep.
Sarbaran ..
miles west-north-
west of Minab town.
75 houses of Minabis,
Shi’ahs.
4,500 date palms; wheat
and barley. Livestock : 20
donkeys, a few camels, 15
cattle, and 80 sheep and
goats. Water is by canals
from the Minab river, and
the supply is good and
abundant.
Sargualam
2 miles east of Kuhis
tak.
10 houses of Baluchis
Shi’ahs.
There are only a few date
trees; no irrigation.
Animals: 2 camels, 3
donkeys, 10 cattle, 80 sheep
and goats. Good water
from 2 wells, 1 fathom deep.

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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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