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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎243v] (491/652)

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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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478
QAS—QIS
The district of Qasrqand consists generally of a valley running east
and west, bounded on the west by Geh, on the
18 ric ' east by the watershed of the Mazan Kaur, on
the north by the Nukach hills, and on the south by the Baga-i-Band
range. It is watered by the Kaju river {q-v-), which has numerous hamlets
along its banks, of which Bug appears to be the chief.
Its malidt in 1903 was Rs. 1,900, while its Sarddr in the same year was
Jan Muhammad Khan, of the Bulidi tribe, who is said to control 500 fight
ing men.
The known history of Qasrqand is very scanty. No doubt at one
time it formed part of the territory of the
History. Khans of Kalat, but after the defeat of the
Baluchis at- Chil-i-Nadir, in AJD. 1737, the Persians occupied Bashar
and Amir Mahabbat was installed as Governor of Baluchistan, with his
head-quarters at Qasrqand. During the anarchy, which ensued on the
death of Nadir Shah, about 1742, Eastern Baluchistan resumed its inde
pendence, but in 1849 the Persians seized Geh, and probably annexed
Qasrqand at the same time. Since then it has formed a sub-district of
Makran, under the rule of the Governor of Persian Baluchistan, resident
at Fahraj or Bampftr.— (Floyer, 1876 ; Janes, 1900 \ SyJces, 1903.)
QASRMUNl—
A village and ndld, 4f miles from Geh on the Fanuch road, in Makran*
— (Brazier-Creagh, 1893.)
QIBLEH—
A tract of country in the Geh district of Persian Makran, situated between
Chahbar and the territory formed by Masqat. The term “ Qibleh ” implies
the westerly position of this portion. With reference to the rest of Makran,
it contains the townships of Sirgan, Kair, Bir, Karvan, Surag, etc., and on
the coast the villages of Biz, Tank, Galag, among the most flourishing.
Numerous herds of camels wander over this district kept for breeding and
farm purposes.
The people, however, seem poor and apathetic. The Hot and Sangalu
tribes prevail.— (Ross.)
qirtaT—
A village in the Shamil district (q.v.).
QISHM—
Also pronounced Jishm and by Arabs occasionally Jazirat-at-Tawilah.
The largest and most important of all the islands in the Persian
Gulf; it is situated on the coast of the Persian districts of Bastak and
Shamil, which it subtends from Lingeh almost to Bandar Abbas, and is
divided from the mainland by the channel 1 to 8 miles in breadth known
to British mariners as Clarence Strait. The islands of Barak and Hanjam
may be regarded as being physically appendages of Qishm. The extreme
length of Qishm from east-north-east to west-south-west is 68 miles ; its
average breadth is difficult to calculate on account of the irregularity of its
outline, but may be roughly stated at 10 miles, though in one place,

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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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