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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [242r] (488/652)
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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QABAR1STAN-I-GANGU—
A large graveyard on the Robat-Bampiir route, 17| miles south of Man-
zila Af. Two of the tombstones stand 10 to 12 feet high and form a good
landmark.— {Grey, 1906.)
QADEHAR—
A village in the Stamil district (q.v.).
QADIRABAD—
A village of 45 houses in Kirman, 5 miles north-west of Daulatabad.
Livestock : 7 horses, 30 donkeys, 70 cattle. Cultivation wheat, barlejr
and jawdr. Good water from a Txdriz. Firewood, grass, and bhiisd are procur
able. The inhabitants possess 10 Martini-Henry rifles, and 15 muzzle-
loaders .—[Sher Jang, 1902.)
There is a large well-built fort and a large garden surrounded by a wall
16 feet in height. Water for a hauz in the fort is supplied by a ndld which
runs right through it. In 1902 the Arbdb was Muhammad Baqir Khan-
his younger brother, Abbas Khan, being a Sarhang in the Persian army.
QADIR BAKSH—
A village in Persian Balhchistan near Dizak {q.v.).
QAlMABAD—
A small village of 6 families situated about 4 miles south-east of Shusp.
It has one qandt and produces annually from 20 to 50 hharwars or 300
to 750 Indian maunds of grain. It possesses also an orchard in which are
cultivated apricots, peaches, grapes, pomegranates, figs and walnuts.
{'Abbas 'All, 1907.)
QALAGHGN—
A small village of some 20 huts about 24 miles east of Bandar Abbas ;
inhabited by Shi’ahs. Livestock : 20 camels, 12 cattle, 40 sheep and
goats .'—{Sher Jang, 1902.)
QALQUZl—
A village of 40 houses in Shamil 1 march north-east of Baghu. The
land is very fertile, and barley and wheat are cultivated largely. Water
good from wells and bhiisd procurable. Cattle 150, sheep and goats 400,
donkeys 90, camels 40. The inhabitants are Shi’ahs.—{Sher Jang, 1902.)
QAMBAR (Chah)—
A village in the Minab district {q.v.).
QANAT GIIUSAN—
A village in Kirman of same 100 houses about 8 miles west of Mahun
between that place and Jxvp&T.—{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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