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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎239v] (483/652)

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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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PIR—PIS
the Kaju river {q.v.), which here emerges from the hills and soon after
begins to divide itself into numerous channels in the low flat country
extending from here to the sea.
The elevation of Pir Suhrab is probably the same as that of Churak
or about 300 feet. Putli Kalat is a mile or two to the south.
Pir Dastgir is the name given to this place by Grant (1809). Pir Sohraf
is Beresford-Lovett’s name and he expressly mentions it as being the
same as the Pir Dastgir of the old map. There is a zidrat of seme note at
this place.—(6rra/ } 1906.)
PlR TARI—
FI oyer remarks that all the zmrats he passed going to Bint in Persian
Baluchistan were called Pir Tari, that individual being a celebrated local
saint. There is one on the Pasga river, 27 or 28 miles from Bint on the
Jashk road; another some miles nearer Bint under the Siga Pusht hill;
a third 3 miles from Bint, where the road crosses the Zangutan Kaur.
PIRUGH—
A small village in the Geh district of Makran, about 11 miles east
of Fanuch. It is close to Magin {q.v.).~~(Brazier-Creagh, 1893; from native
information.)
PISHAMAG—
A hamlet and date grove in the Sarbaz sub-district of Makran, about
20 miles south-east of Sarbaz. It is the second stage from Sarbaz to
Murtan.— (Sykes, 1894 ; from native information.)
PLSHlN— Lat. 26° 5' 2'. Elev. 1,275'—500'.—(&. John.)
{ A village with extensive date groves in Makran, 45 miles south-east of
Sarbaz, close to the borders of British and Persian territory. It is the
largest villags met with between Pahura and Gwader, and consists of some
300 mud huts with about 1,500 inhabitants, who are Baluchis, and slaves
of the Negroid type, some of the latter having a magnificent physique.
The Pishinis have a bad name, their two tribes of Rinds and Barrs being
noted for their predatory and lawless ways.- Fuel is abundant and water
fa rly plentiful from kdrizes. There is a Customs Frontier Post here under
Bandar Abbas. The soil in the vicinity of the village looks rich, and
there is extensive cultivation, cereals being principally produced.
Excellent camel-grazing is found in the Pishin plain, which is very extensive,
stretching eastward towards Mand as far as the eye can reach, while its
western limit is said to be Qasrqand. It lies parallel to the Bampur-
Magas-Kuhak plain, but at a lower level. Various hamlets and mud forts
are scattered about in the neighbourhood of Pishin, the revenue of which
was stated in 1899 to be 5,000 krdns, although none had been paid for
the three preceeding years.—(BW, 1899; Tighe, 1902.)
PLSH MANT— Elev. 330'. Watershed 450.'
A stage in the hills on the Geh-Chahbar road in Makran, 16 miles from
Nur Mumdi, 42 miles from Chahbar, and 9 miles north of the PIr-i-Gurik
Pass.

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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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