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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎219v] (443/652)

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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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430
MIN—MIR
MlNAR—
A village in Makran, conta ning 70 houses, situated on the banks of the
Gvimak Kaur (q.v). — (Showers, 1902.)
MlRABAD—
A village in Fanuch (q.v.) in Makran.
MlRABAD—
A village of 37 huts on Qasimabad-Bampur road in Persian Baluchistan.
— (Brazier-Creagh, 1893.) —See Bampur.
MlRABAD—
A village in Kirman, 28 miles east-south-east of Bam, on the road to
Rigan.— (Sykes, 1898.)
MlRABAD—
A fair-sized village in Makran, 7 to 9 miles west of Fanuch, on the Ramishk
road. It possesses some cultivation and date groves; supplies are procur
able in fair quantities, and fuel and water are abundant.— (Sykes, 1898)
— See Bampur. '
mIrabAd—
A vill ge near Rajin (q.v.) on the Tehrud (g'.u.)—^ Bampur.
MIR ’ABDUL (Hills) (Persian Baluchistan) —
Situated between Jalk and BIzak.—(/ewmwgs.)
MIRADABAD—
A village near Mahun (q.v.) in Kirman.
MlRAK, KUH-I— • • ~
r
A snow peak in Kirman, to the south-west of the Dasht Ab nlain —
(Napier. 1899.) F
MlR ANJIR—
A village in the Marz sub-division of Bashakard, situated about 7 miles
south-south-east of the halting-place of Kahn-i-Shah, on the Manuian-
Ramishk road. It is approached by a track which branches off the main
road, If miles east of Manujan.—(>%&es, 1898.)
MIR! or AMlR (a fort)— See Jalk:.
MIRl—
A village in Rudbar (q.v.) in Kirman.
MIRI BAZAR— Lat. 25° 35. Long. 61° 12'.
A village in Makran, the capital of the Dashtiari district, lying 40| miles
west of Siroki and about 42 north-west of Gwatar. It is situated between
the junction of the Bahu and Kaju rivers, which both spread out into
numerous channels, and render the surrounding country liable to
inundation.

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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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