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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎224v] (453/652)

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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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440
MUS-MUZ
•i
dence of the chief of Bampusht. There is a little cultivation with a few
date palms, and water from the river is available in moderation.— (St. John
1876; Orton, 1902.)
MUSAFIRABAD—
A village in Kirman, 62 miles south-east of Baft and 9 miles north of
Isfandaqeh, on the road between the two. It consists of 50 houses, while
in the neighbourhood are several small hamlets. Supplies are procurable
in moderation, and water from a hill stream is abundant and good.—
(Brazier-Creagh, 1894, from native information.)
MUSAFIRI—
A village in the Shamil district (q.v.).
MUSHKON (River)—
A tributary of the Kaju river in Makran, which it joins on its eastern
bank, about 23| miles north of Qasrqand, at a place called Tang or Tank.—
{Janes, 1900.)
MUSH KUH—
A halting-place in Persian Baluchistan on the Bampur-Plb road.
It has a well of sweet water ; scanty fuel and no supplies.— {Brazier-Creagh
1893.)
MUSTAUFl or KALATEH-I-MUSTAUFl—
A village 15 miles beyond Kalat on the road from Neh to Birjand.—
{Mohi-ud-Din).
MUTAHADDIN or KUHLAB—
A cape on the coast of Persian Baluchistan. It is the western horn of
Chahbar Bay, and is about 7| miles due west of that place.
This cape is the eastern end of the range which runs along the coast
from the mouth of the Sirgan river to the bay of Chahbar. The other
end is Ras Fazm. — {See Fazm.)
About 4 miles north-west of Ras Mutahaddin, and within the bay is
another headland, 270 feet high, known as Ras Kunarak. It is opposite
and about 7 miles from Ras Tiz.
MUTARABAD—
A fort and good-sized village in Makran, about 33 miles west of Fanuch,
and about 29 east of Ramishk. Supplies are fairly abundant and water
is obtainable from 4 kdrizes. Mdlidt in 1893 was said to be 400 tumdns .—
{Sykes, 1898.)
MUT ARA BA D—
A village in Fanuch {q.v.) in Makran.
MUZAFFARlBAD—
A village in Kirman, 3 miles north-west of Rayin, on the road to Nagar.—
{Sykes, 1900.)
muzzurAbAd—
A village in Kirman, 11J miles north of Bijnabad.— {Sykes, 1894.)

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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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