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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎241v] (487/652)

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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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474
PUS—PUZ
Not far from Puslitar is the village of Shakaun.— and Massy,
J uly 1893 .)
PUSHT-I-KUH—
A low ridge of bare sandy hills in Kirman. It lies to the east of the
village of Fehraj on the ’Azizabad-Nasratabad route, and runs north and
south.— (Dobbs, 1902.)
PllsHT-1-SHlRlN—
A village, about 16 miles from Kirman, on the road to Khabis.— (Abbott.)
PUSTU (Pass)—Elev. 3,860'.
A pass in Persian Baluchistan, 6| miles north of Surmich, and about
24 south of Bampur. It is crossed by the main kafileh road from Gwadar
to Bampur via Qasrqand:— (Janes, 1900.)
PUTAB— see Patab.
PUTAK—
The sixth stage on the Bampur-Chahbar route, 86£ miles from the former.
There are large date-groves and two small groups of huts on both bank of
the Kaurianch river. Some wheat and rice cultivation is carried on, in
terraces cut in the hillsides, which form, the river valley.
Camel-grazing and fuel limited. Fodder scarce. Water good and un
limited from river.— (Grey, 1906.)
PUTTANDUR—
A hamlet in Makran, about 25 miles from Geh, on the Fanuchroad.—
(Sykes, 1903.)
PUZEH chah—
The name of two dry wells in Persian Baluchistan, 9| and 11J miles»
respectively, south-east of Pahura, on the road to Sarbaz.— (Wood, Feb-
ruary 1899.)
PUZEH KHARAN, KtH-I-—
A small range of in hills the Rudbar district of Kirman, situated to the
north of the Minab-Rigan road, a few miles north-east ofJaghin village.
— (Napier, 1899.)
PUZEH, KUH-I- —
A low range of hills in Sarhad, to the north of the road from Ladis to
Galugan, and about 10 miles west of Ladis.— (Wood, 1899.)
PtlZEHRIG— * ' ;
A few huts in the Rhdbar district of Kirman, forming the third stage
from Ramishk on the road to Rigan, about 50 miles north of the former.
There is no cultivation or supplies, and the water from wells is scanty.—
(Sykes, 1894 ; Brazier-Oreagh, 1894, from native information.)
PUZIM—
A bay in Persian Makran (g.v.).

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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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